. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 231. Fig. 527. Melica smithii (Porter) Yasey, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 15:294. 1888. (Avena smithii T. C. Forter.) Smith's Melic- GRASS.—A slender, erect perennial, 5 to 10 dm. high, with flat leaves, and spreading panicles 12 to 24 cm. long. Spikelets 3- to 6-tlowered, 20 mm. long, with unequal emptj' glumes and awued, glabrous flowering glumes (&) about 10 mm. long. Awn one- fourth to one-half as long as the glume.—Moist woodlands Michi- gan, Montana, Washington, and British Columbia. June-August. Allied to M. arisfala.
. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 231. Fig. 527. Melica smithii (Porter) Yasey, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 15:294. 1888. (Avena smithii T. C. Forter.) Smith's Melic- GRASS.—A slender, erect perennial, 5 to 10 dm. high, with flat leaves, and spreading panicles 12 to 24 cm. long. Spikelets 3- to 6-tlowered, 20 mm. long, with unequal emptj' glumes and awued, glabrous flowering glumes (&) about 10 mm. long. Awn one- fourth to one-half as long as the glume.—Moist woodlands Michi- gan, Montana, Washington, and British Columbia. June-August. Allied to M. arisfala. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Division of Agrostology. Washington, D. C. : The Division
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