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%.(ay> Je Kichardsonianus Schult. Stems 10-40 em, tall, columar, loosely 
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tufted from rootstocks; leaves o/s the length of the stem or subequal to 
it, columnar, appearing jointed, acute, obtusely auricled, at least above, 
the scarious margin strongly decurrent; inflorescence terminal, very open, 
branching, the peduncles slender, 1-4 cm, long, the glomerules 3-6, 5-6 
mn, in diameter, 5-9 flowered, the flowers erect, the subtending bracts 
various, 3-5 om. long and leaf-like, or 1 cm, long or less, and chaffy, 
bractlets single, lanceolate, scarious, straw-colored, subequal to the pervonth } 
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perianth-segments; at first green, then straw-colored, lanceolate, acute, 
subequal, 3-4 mm, long, the outer l-veined, the inner 3-veined; stamens 
1/2-2/3 the length of the perianth, the anthers shorter than the filaments; 
capsule oval, straw-colored, somewhat longer than the perianth-segments, 
subacute; seeds elliptical, lanceolate, .5 mm, long, shortly apiculate, 
amber colored. 
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Sandy lake shores below 3000 fte arriest Lake; Kootenai County; 
Lake Pend Oreille; Potlatche 
J Je articulatus L. var. obtusatus ingelm, Rootstocks branching, matted, 
the stems tufted, 40-60 cm. tall; basal leaves 5-8 cm. long; stem leaves 
1-3, larger, sheathing at the base for 2-5 cm the blades terete, the 
septa distinct; inflorescence of 5-11 glomerules, the peduncles slender, 
divaricate, 1-3 cm. long, the subtending bract subfoliar or scarious, 
each branchlet subtended by a scarious bract 5-8 mm, long; glomerules 
hemispherical; 9-15 flowered, the bractlets single, scarious, shorter than 
the flowers; outer perianth-segnents 2,.2-2.5 mn, long, lanceolate, acute, 
green, l-veined, inner somewhat shorter, S-veined, the tips brownish, 
rather blunt; stamens half the length of the segments, the anthers shorter 
than the filaments; capsule dark chestnut brown, glossy, subacute, 5 mm, 
long; seeds ovate-lanccolate, apiculate, dark brown, 5 mm, long. 
Sandy river bottom, Bonners Ferry, Epling 10468. 
