c | 4014 
C2 Je Vaseyi Engelm, Rootstocks matted, the stems tufted, erect, 50-60 
cm. tall; leaves about 2/3 the length of the stems or less, filiform, 
channelled, sheathing for 2-4 cm, at the base, all basal; inflorescence 
10-20 flowered, 1-2 cm. long, rather crowded; outer bract 3-5 cm. long; 
slonder, channelled, the inner about 1 em, long; pedicels 1-2 mm, long; 
flower subtended by 2 ovate scarious bracts; segments 3,5 mm, long, 
green, drying straw-color, narrowly lanceolate, very acute, subequal, 
erect and rather rigid, the margins scarious but narrow, the veins 
obscure; stamens about half the length of the segments; capsule oblong = 
oval, nearly 4 mm, long, retuse at the apex, exceeding the perianth 
slightly, polished, $-chambered, the ee eae at maturity, the 
valves often joined at the style after dehiscence, the capsule thus 
q appearing poricidal; seeds oblong, e5 mm. long, mostly straight, tailed 
at each end, the appendages nearly as long as the sced, 
Near Kellogg, stream bottom, 2500 ft., Epling and Houck 10299. 
Se. 
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Na ae cules i ae A 
