88 Corilh — .Tiiiiciis ( 'oJuiiihi(inii!<^ (in lii<h-scrihed liiifih. 



the anthers aboul as lou^' as the tilameiits, often a little Ioniser: style 

 conspicuous, about 'I mm. in iennth: ca])sule eciualinj;' the perianth or 

 a little shorter, cinnamon-colored or sometimes caslaneous at the apex, 

 narrowly oblono', acute at the apex, the style usually persistent and its 

 basal portion developed into a distinct beak thoujih not splitting' with 

 the dehiscence of the cai)s\ile: seed |)ale brown, oblong. 0.4 to 0.5 mm. 

 in length (the body about 0.:! mm. long), the outer coat with a tendency 

 to be loose, reticulated in about 'li) to 2() longitudinal I'ows, the areolae 

 usually isodiametrical, transversely plurilineolate. 



Type specimen in the United States National Herbarium, collected 

 July 20, 1890, in wet meadows near Pullman, Washington. l)y A. I). K. 

 Elmer (No. 2:?.i). 



.Jiiiicii.^ (■<ijn\)il)'i<iiinx differs from tvpical Californiaii .JimcKx 

 nevadensis in the paler color of its flowers, conijtaratively 

 Hhorter anthers, less well-defined beak of tlie capsule, and much 

 ])aler seeds with nearly tAviee as many rows of areolae, always 

 trans-lineolate. The recently described Jhih-hs xnkt^dorfii Ryd- 

 berg* is another plant of the same group, more closely resem- 

 bling nevadensis than rohnnhiaxxtt. It is distinguishable from 

 the latter by its greater size and robustness, its height commonly 

 60 to iOO cm. and the annual growth of its rootstocks o to 10 

 cm., usually larger inflorescence, and almost always dark brown 

 longer perianth 4 to 5 mm. in length, anthers much longer than 

 the filaments (commonly 2 to 3 times as long), and body of the 

 capsule not plainly visible at maturity at the mouth of the 

 perianth, as is usual in columbianns. 



The specimens of Juncxts c<>h(mbiaiit(>< in the National Her- 

 barium are as follows: 



Washington: 



Klickitat County, "springs, Columbia Kiver," W. X. 



S>iksdo)[t\ August 8, 1881. 



Klickitat County, near Columbus, IT. .\'. Sxksdorf, 

 June 10, 1886. 



Douglas County, Egbert Spring, altitude about 1300 

 feet, Sandherg and Leiberg, July 1 and 5, 1893 (Nos. 

 358,388). 



Douglas County, Wilson Creek, Lake and IIulU August 

 6, 1892 (No. 389). 



*Rydberg, Bull, Torr. Club, a6: 541, 1899. 



