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(8) Melica fugax Boland., Proc. Calif. Acad. 4: 104. 1870. Dormer Lake, 



Calif., [Bolander and Kellogg]. 

 Melica geyeri [Munro misapplied bv] Thurb., in Wilkes, U.S. Expl. Exped. 



Bot. 17: 492. 1874. Cascade Mountains, Oreg. 

 Melica fugax madophylla Piper, Contrib. U.S. NatL Herb. 11: 128. 1906. 



Falcon Valley, Wash., Suksdorf 61. 

 Melica macbridei Rowland, in Xels., Bot. Gaz. 54: 404. 1912. Silver Citv, 



Idaho, Macbride 948. 

 Melica fugax var. inexpansa Suksdorf, Werdenda l 2 : 1. 1923. Falcon Vallev, 



Wash., Suksdorf 6989. 

 (5) Melica geyeri Munro; Boland., Calif. Acad. Sci. Proc. 4: 103. 1870. [Ukiah], 



Calif., Bolander 7, the specimen examined by Munro (in U.S. Xat. Herb.). 



The same collection was later distributed as 6119. 

 Glyceria bulbosa Buckl., Acad. Xat. Sci. Phila. Proc. 1S62: 95. 1863. Colum- 

 bia woods, Xuttall. 

 Bromus muticus Xutt.; A. Gray, Acad. Xat. Sci. Phila. Proc. 1862: 335. 1863, 



as synonym of Glyceria bulbosa Buckl. 

 Melica poaeoides var. bromoides Boland., Calif. Acad. Sci. Proc. 4: 103. 1870, 



as synonym of M. geyeri Munro. Bolander 40 and 6119. 

 Melica bromoides Boland.; A. Gray, Amer. Acad. Sci. Proc. 8: 409. 1872. 



Based on M. poaeoides var. bromoides Boland. [Bolander 6119]. 

 Melica poaeoides Boland.; Scribn., Acad. Xat. Sci. Phila. Proc. 1885: 47. 1885, 



as synonym of " M. bromoides Gray."' 

 Melica bromoides var. howellii Scribn., Acad. Xat. Sci. Phila. Proc. 1885: 47. 



1885. Near Waldo, Oreg., Howell 335 in 1884. 

 Melica pammeli Scribn., Davenport Acad. Sci. Proc. 7: 240. 1899. Geranium 



Park, Wyo., Pammel 159. 

 Bromelica geyeri Farwell, Rhodora 21: 78. 1919. Based on Melica geyeri 



Munro. 

 Bromelica geyeri var. howellii Farwell, Rhodora 21: 78. 1919. Based on 



Melica bromoides var. howellii Scribn. 

 (3) Melica harfordii Boland., Calif. Acad. Sci. Proc. 4: 102. 1870. Santa 



Cruz, Bolander 53 [type]; Redwood, Bolander 6464; Yosemite Valley, and 



Bear Valley, both Bolander. 

 Melica harfordii var. minor Vasey, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 15: 48. 1888. 



Siskiyou Mountains, Oreg., Howell in 1887. 

 Melica* harfordii tenuior Piper, Contrib. U.S. Natl. Herb. 11: 127. 1906. 



Based on M. harfordii var. minor Vasey. 

 Bromelica harfordii Farwell, Rhodora 21: 78. 1919. Based on Melica 



harfordii Boland. 

 Bromelica harfordii var. minor Farwell, Rhodora 21: 78. 1919. Based on 



Melica harfordii var. minor Vasey. 

 Melica harfordii var. tenuis Suksdorf, Werdenda 1: 17. 1927. Binsen, Wash., 



Suksdorf 12018. 

 Melica harfordii var. viridifolia Suksdorf, Werdenda 1: 17. 1927. Bingen, 



Wash., Suksdorf 11686, 11777. 

 (15) Melica imperfecta Trim, Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI. Sci. Xat. 2 1 : 59. 



1836. California. 

 Melioa colpodioides Xees, Ann. Xat. Hist. 1: 283. 183S. California, Douglas. 

 Melica panicoides Xutt., Jour. Acad. Xat. Sci. Phila. II. 1: 188. 1S48. Santa 



Barbara, Calif., Gambel. 

 Melica poaeoides Xutt., Jour. Acad. Xat. Sci. Phila. II. 1: 1SS. 1S4S. Santa 



Catalina Island, Calif., Gambel. [The type at the British Museum is 



labeled San Diego.] 

 Melica imperfecta var. flexuosa Boland., Calif. Acad. Sci. Proc. 4: 101. 1870. 



'"Mariposa to Clark's" [Yosemite Valley region] Calif., Bolander in 1866. 

 Melica imperfecta var. refracta Thurb., in S. Wats., Bot. Calif. 2: 303. 1SS0. 



San Bernardino, Calif., Lemmon. 

 Melica imperfecta var. minor Scribn., Acad. Xat. Sci. Phila. Proc. 1SS5: 42. 



1885. San Bernardino Mountains, Parish Brothers 856. 

 Melica parishii Vasev; Beal, Grasses X.Amer. 2: 500. 1896. Southern 



California, Parish 1997. 

 Melica imperfecta var. pubens Scribn., U.S.Dept.Agr., Div. Agrost. Circ. 30: S. 



1901. Santa Cruz Island, Calif., Brandegee 64. 

 The name is erroneously given as Melica imperforata Xees. in Hook, and Arm, 

 Bot. Beechev Vov. 403. " 1840. This is the species described and figured bv 

 Vasey (U.S.Dept.Agr., Div. Bot. Bull. 13 2 : pi. 84. 1893) as Poa thurberiana 

 Vasey, but the name is based on Panicularia thurberiana Kuntze. 



