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SciRPUS (FiiiBRiSTYLis) APUS. Annuus, cajsp'taus, pygmasus ; 

 spicis numerosis in caulibus brevissiniis inter folia radicalia et subradi- 

 calia longe superantia capitato-congestis, singulis oblongo-cylindiaceis ; 

 squamis lanceolato-ovatis acutis scariosis costa valida fusca j^ercursis ; 

 floribus monandris ; achenio stipitulato obovato-lenticulari marginato 

 fere lajvi apice nudo ; stylo glabro apice bifido basi breviter bulboso 

 secedente. — Wet shores of Clear Lake, Lake County, California, 

 Bolander. This little plant was discovered many years ago by Dr. 

 Bolander, but has been left undescribed. It forms depressed tufts on 

 the ground ; the leaves an inch or two long, pale green, filiform- 

 subulate, flat, roughish ; their sheathing bases dilated, whitish, striate, 

 involucrate around the clusters of spikes. The spikes themselves are 

 two or three lines long. 



