ae C. Geyeri Boott. —————-+ Densely tufted and leafy, with stout 
Gwe nigricans C. A. Meyer. ——— ——> Densely tufted, the rootstocks 
stout and woody, 1.5-2.5 mm. thick, the culms 5-40 om, tall, stiffish, 
_ woody rootstocks 2-3 mm. in diemeter, the culms 15-35 om. tall, 
angled and very rough, wiry, slender, mostly equalled by the leaves; 
leaf-blades flat, 2-3 mm. in diameter, rough on the margins, developing 
after flowering; spikes solitary, terminal, 12-18 mm. long, slender and 
shining, chiefly staminate, the scales olosely :pressed and overlapping, 
blunt with thin margins, 6-8 mm. long, bearing Seusliy one ae pistill- 
ate flowery at the aia which is subtended and largely o by a 
membranous bract which is acute or abruptly awned, the awn flat and 
membranous, 2-8 mms long or more; perigynia ovoid, plump, 4-6 mn. long, 
pale dull green becaming straw-color, sanewhat narrowed at the base to 
an indistinct stalk, almost beakless, the orifice very nimitely ciliolates 
toothed. 
Fish Lake, subalpine slope, 6800 fte3 South Baldy Mt., 6000 ft.; 
divide between the St. Joe and Clearwater Rs, 
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anooth, slender, longer than the leaves; leaf-blades 1.5-3 mn, wide, 
roughened, attenuate at the apex, flat but somewhat trough-shaped at the 
base; spikes solitary and terminal, having flowers of both sexes, the 
pistillate in the lower half, narrowly ovoid, 8-12 mm. long, dense, dark 
brown; scales oblong, 3.5-4 mn. long, very thin, dark brown, soon deciduous; 
perigynia 3.5-4 mm. long, elliptical, plunp, dark brom and sWining, veinless, 
narrowed at the base to a short stalk, tapering gradually into a smooth 
beak, 
Subalpine meadows and moist ridges. Fish Lake, 6800 ft.: divide 
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between the St. Joe and Clearwater R@e, 5200 ft, 
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