1016 | 
Ga, Je badius Suksd. Stems gregarious rather than tufted, 40-60 om, tall, 
1-2 mm, in diameter, lightly compressed, soft and pliant, from slender root =/ 
stocks; leaves mostly shorter than the stems, the basal ones 3-6 mm, broad 
with blunt auricles 1-2 mm, long, the scarious margins decurrent for 4-6 
om,, all septate; flower clusters hemisherical, mostly 5-8 on slender ped- 
uncles usually not over 1 cm, long, subtended by brown scarious bracts 3-6 
mm, long, abruptly acuminate; outer perianth segments 5-3,5 mm, long, dark 
brown with midribs usually greenish toward the base, acuminate, the inner 
brown throughout, somewhat shorter and more obtuse; stamens about 2f3 as 
long as the perianth, their anthers subequal to the filaments; capsules 
scarcely 3 mm, long, obtuse, shortly beaked at the apex, the styles rather 
tardily deciduous; seeds .5 mm, long. 
Frecuent in marshy ground in boggy meadows at low elevations; a species 
which resembles J. nevadensis but is smaller and more graceful throughout, 
Partridge Cre,Epling; imerald Cr.,#pling and Offord. 
Je nevadensis 3, Wats. | Stems gregarious rather than tufted, 40-60 
om, tall, 2-4 m, in diameter, lightly compressed, from slender root =| 
stocks; leaves mostly shorter than the stems, the cauline with blunt 
auricles, the narrow margin decurrent sometimes 8-12 cm.,the basal leaves 
expended, sheathing, 6-10 mm, across at the base, all distinctly and sharp- 
ly septate; inflorescence terminal, 2-3 times branched, the glomerules 
hemispherical, 15-30 on cach stem, 7-9 mn, in diameter, brown, borne on 
slender peduncles mostly 1-3 cm, long, the bractlets scarious, brown, 
broadly ovate, abruptly aristate, 4-6 mm, long; flowers narrowed at the 
base to a short stipe about 1 mm, long, their segments 4,5 mm, long, sub- 
ecual, firm, deep brown, abruptly acuminate at the apex to a sharp mucro; 
stamens 2/3 as long as the perianth, the anthers 4 times as long as the 
filaments; capsules not seen. (J. Suksdorfii Rydb.) 
Frequent in boggy ground of meadows or along roadwayse Valley of 
Little Potlatch Re; head of Little Potlatch Re; Forks of St. Maries Re, 
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