RUSH FAMILY 



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45. Juncus phaeocephalus Engelm. 

 Brown-headed Rush. Fig. 899. 



Juncus phaeocephalus Engelm. Trans. St. Louis Acad. 



2: 484. 1868. 

 Juncits phaeocephalus glomeratns Engelm. Trans. St. 



Louis Acad. 2: 484. 1868. 

 Juncus phaeocephalus paniculatus Engelm. Trans. St. 



Louis Acad. 2: 484. 1868. 



Stems flattened, 2-edged, 3-9 dm. high, from 

 creeping rootstalks. Leaves flattened laterally, 

 equitant, without auricles, the blades 8-20 cm. 

 long, 2.5 mm. wide ; inflorescence of 1-f ew 

 large heads or paniculate with numerous few- 

 flowered heads ; perianth 4-5 mm. long, dark 

 brown or purplish, the segments lanceolate, 

 about equal, the outer acuminate, the inner 

 acute ; stamens 6, two-thirds the length of the 

 perianth ; anthers much longer than the fila- 

 ments : capsule oblong, abrupth' acute below 

 the prominent beak ; seeds reticulate, the retic- 

 ulations in about 20 rows, the areolae cross- 

 lined. 



Wet places. Transition and L^pper Sonoran Zones, 

 Coastal region and Coast Range of California from 

 Mendocino to Los Angeles and San Bernardino 

 Counties. The variety glomciatus inhabits the sea 

 coast from Mendocino to Monterey County and has 

 few— many-flowered heads: the variety paniculatus is 

 inland ranging from Napa County to southern Cali- 

 fornia. Tyjie locality : ^lonterey, California. 



46. Juncus macrandrus Coville, n. sp. 



Long-anthered Rush. Fig. 900. 



Stems tufted from creeping rootstocks. flattened, 

 2-edged, 3-5 dm. high. Leaves flattened laterally, 

 equitant. without auricles, the blades of the lower 

 stem leaves usually about 10 cm. long, 2-3 mm. 

 wide ; inflorescence paniculate, 2-8 cm. long, the 

 heads few to many, usually 3-5-flowered ; perianth 

 3-4 mm. long, dark purplish brown ; segments ob- 

 long-lanceolate, the outer acuminate, the inner 

 acute ; stamens 6. the anthers much longer than the 

 filaments ; the capsule broadly oblong, shorter than 

 the perianth, obtuse below the beak ; seeds reticu- 

 late, the areolae in about 20 rows, cross-lined. 



Springs and wet meadows. Transition and Canadian 

 Zones; northern Sierra Nevada to the San Jacinto Moun- 

 tains, southern California. Type: Owens River Vallej-, 

 Invo County, California, Coville & Funston 1774. 



47. Juncus oxymeris Engelm. 

 Pointed Rush. Fig. 90L 



Juncus o.rvmeris Engelm. Trans. St. Louis Acad. 2: 

 483. 1868. 



Stems compressed and 2-edged. 3-6 dm. high, 

 arising from creeping rootstocks. Leaves flattened 

 laterally and equitant ; auricles usually obscure ; 

 blades 5-20 cm. long, 3-5 mm. wide ; panicle 

 usually ample, compound, with numerous few- 

 flowered heads ; perianth 3 mm. long, light green, 

 with broad scarious margins, usually tinged with 

 purple toward the acuminate and sharp-pointed 

 tips ; stamens 6, about two-thirds the length of the 

 segments ; anthers twice the length of the fila- 

 ments ; capsule tapering into a slender beak, 

 longer than the perianth ; seeds finely reticulate, 

 the areolae in about 20 rows, smooth. 



Stream banks and mountain meadows. Transition and 

 Upper Sonoran Zones; western Washington to southern 

 California. Tyjie locality : Sacramento Valley. 



