Q. Sisyrinchium L. Blue-eyed Grass, 
Herbs from short, little developed rootstocks, the roots fascicled; 
stems flattened and often winged along the margin, Leaves linear, grassez = 
like, largely basal. Flowers in an umbel, subtended by two erect, green 
sheathing bracts, pedicels slender, cach subtended by a scarious bract, 
Perianth segments equal, spreading, Filaments united, the anthers alternate. 
with the slender style branches, Fruit a subglobose capsule, Seeds ovoid. 
© Stems with a narrow wing along each margin§ perianth 
4 segments 10-12 mn, long, bluish purple ). Se idahoense 
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© Stems flattened but not winged; perianth segments 
| oil mm, long, reddish purple, usually mech 
4 
\ surpassed by the outer bract 2. Se Douglasii 
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1. S. idahoense Bickn, Blue-eyed grass, Tufted herbs 20-35 cm,tall; 
leaves commonly 8-15 cm. long, flattened, in two ranks, the margins scarious 
near the base; bracts commonly shorter than the umbels, the outermost 
somewhat longer; flowers 4-5, mature pedicels 2-2.5 om, long; perianth 
segments 8-11 mm, long, 3-4.5 mm, wide, dark blue with a yellowish base, 
oblong, each abruptly acuminate into a short appendage; stamens 5-6 mm, 
long, filaments united throughout, the anthers bright yellow, divergent 
at the base; capsule sparingly glandular, 5 mm, in diameter, the valves 
dehiscing half their length; seeds 1 mm, in diameter, (7 S. angustifolium 
Miller). f 
flower 
Moist open places below 3000 ft.; infrequent; type télen—tn Nez Perces 
Co. by J. He Sandberg. Lake Pend Oreille, Leiberg; Priest R. bxp. Sta. 
2500 fte, Hpling 5742; Upper Priest Re 5000 ft., Epling 7471; Weippe, 
Epling. 
