ted, erect, stiffish, 50-50 cm. tall, 1 mm. or less is diameter; "leaves 
half the length se the stem or less, filifoma, abruptly expanded below and 
sheathing; in 0 od , oer bract tin Cme long, 
very slender, flat alate 
_—_ Coville. ——~———->uootstocks slender and matted, stems 
vel iaele 1-3 nM. pti aaa tists "1 /3-1/2 the 
length of the perianth; perianth segments 5.5-4 mm. long, lanceolate, green 
in the middle, with 2 brown lines and broad scarious mrgins, very acute, 
subequal, rigid at maturity, drying light straw color, veins obscure? stamens 
2/3 the length of the segments, the anthers shorter than the filaments ; 
capsule oblong, anghed, 5 ume long, exceeded b I : e 
completely 3 The septs ‘half at maturity; 
seeds narrowly alliptical, eS mm. long, each with @ small apiculus at each 
ende 
River bottoms and meadows at about 2000 ft. elevation. 
Je tenuis Willd. +> Rootstocks slender and matted, often want- ‘ 
fng, stems tufted, erect, 20-50 cm tal] g—vBad-eBmitiae—indiramecedp: leaves 
rz the length of the stem or less, filiform, often very slender, abruptly 
expanded below and sheathing; cauline leaves none$ inflorescence 5-20 flowered, 
diffuse; outer bract 2-8 cm. long, very slender, flat, channeled, inner 
shorter but similar, each branch subtended by two short scarious "bracts, or | 
' 
the outer leaflike but reduced, pedicels 1-3 mm. long; bractlets 1/3=1/2 the 
length of the perianth; perianth segments 5.5-4 mm. long, green, frequently 
reddish toward the tip, drying light straw color, narrowly lanceolate, with 
broad scarious margins, very acute, subequal, veins obscure; stamens about 
half the length of the segments,the anthers shorter than the filaments; 
capsule oblong, angied, 5 mm. lon: , exceeded by the perianth, apex truncate, (Chembered) 
incompletely Se hr narrowly elliptical, eacn With a small apiculus at 
each end. @ ay meer 
Variable in the number of flowers and density of the inflorescence; low 
ground and stream bottoms below 5000 ft. 
