76 Charles V. Piper. 



nom. nud.; XXII, 152; 1886; not C. muricata americana Bailey, Proc. Am. 

 Acad., XXII, 140; 1886. — British Columbia to Oregon and Colorado. 



30. Carex rigida hesperia Piper, 1. c, p. 173. 



Carex vulgaris bracteosa Bailey, Proc. Am. Acad., XXII, 81; 1886; not 

 C. bracteosa Schwein., 1824. — Washington to California. 



31. Carex stellulata excelsior (Bailey) Piper, 1. c, p. 175. 



Carex sterilis excelsior Bailey, Bull. Torr. Club, XX, 424; 1893. — 

 Carex echinata excelsior Fernald, Proc. Am. Acad., XXXVII, 484; 1902. — 

 British Columbia and Oregon to Newfoundland and North Carolina. 



32. Carex stellulata ormantha (Pernald) Piper, 1. c, p 175. 



Carex echinata ormantha Pernald, Proc. Am. Acad., XXXVII, 483; 1902. 

 — Washington to California. Connecticut. 



33. Carex umbellata brachyrhina Piper, 1. c, p. 175. 



Carex umbellata brevirostris Boott, 111., II, 99, t. 294; 1860; not C 

 brevirostris Cederstr., 1857. — British Columbia to Saskatchewan and 

 Maine, south to California and New Mexico. 



34. Juncus effusus hesperius Piper, 1. c, p. 180. 



Juncus effusus brunneus Engelm., Trans. St. Louis Acad., II, 491 ; 1868 j 

 not J. tenageja brunneus Neilreich, 1859. — Washington to California near 

 the seacoast. 



35. Juncus brachystylus (Engelm.) Piper, 1. c, p. 181. 



Juncus triformis brachystylus Engelm., Trans. St. Louis Acad., II, 492; 

 1868. — Washington to California. 



36. Juncus covillei Piper, 1. c, p. 182. 



Juncus falcatus paniculatus Engelm., Trans. St. Louis Acad., 495; 1868; 

 not J. paniculatus Hoppe, 1823. — Juncus latifolius paniculatus Buch., Engl. 

 Bot. Jahrb., XVIII, 426; 1890. — British Columbia to California, in the 

 coast region. 



37. Juncoides piperi Coville apud Piper, 1. c, p. 185. 



Densely tufted, from short horizontal usually matted rootstocks; 

 stems erect, 10 to 35 cm high; leaves mostly basal, firm in texture, pale 

 green and dull, erect or nearly so, linear-lanceolate, attenuate, 2 to 4 mm 

 broad, 15 to 17-nerved, about one-fourth as long as the stem, smooth 

 and glabrous except for a few long hairs on the sheaths and margins, 

 inclined to become revolute; cauline leaves two or rarely three; panicle 

 5 to 8 cm long, dark brown, nodding; lowest bract foliaceous, usually 8 

 to 15 mm long; bractles brown, paler and hyaline toward the apex, 

 lacerate; flowers solitary on the branches or sometimes in clusters of 

 two or three; perianth segments dark brown, nearly equal, ovate, acumin- 

 ate, about 1,5 mm long; stamens half to two-thirds the length of the 

 perianth, the anthers nearly equaling the filaments; style about 0,2 to 

 0,3 mm, stigmas 2 to 3 mm in length; capsule dark brown, exceeding 

 the perianth, its valves broadly ovate, broadly acute, indistinctly or not 

 at all apiculate; seeds of a light brown to buff or amber color, about 

 1,2 mm in length, lanceolate-oblong in outline, narrowed to each ends 

 distinctly keeled on the inner side, the cellular reticulations faint. 



