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3. J. compressus, H. B. K. nov. gen. 1, 235 ; Kunth. 

 En. 3, 317 : rhizomate repente, caulibus (palmaribus sesqui- 

 pedalibus) compressis farctis siccis tenuiter striatis; vaginis 

 aphyllis muticis seu saepius folia culrao simillima breviora 

 gerentibus ; spatha panicnlam compositam seu decompositam 

 ad ultimos ramos secundifloram aequante seu superante ; 

 sepalis lanceolatis, exterioribus acutis seu subulato-acutatis, 

 interioribus paulo brevioribus obtusiusculis stamina six di- 

 mida seu tertia parte superantibus ; antheris late linearibus 

 filamento brevi multo (quadruplo quintuplo) longioiibus ; 

 stigmatibus ovarium cum stylo fere aequilongo subaequantibus; 

 capsula ovata acuta (inclusa?) triloculari ; seminibus ovatis 

 obtusis vix apiculatis lamusculis. 



Salinas valley, in sandy river bottoms, May 1 in flower; 

 Calif. State Survey No. 529, tbe only locality in our flora 

 known to me. Dr. J. Gregg collected the same species in 

 northern Mexico, smaller forms, eight inches high, with very 

 short spathe, and a stouter one, 12-18 inches high, with 

 longer spathe and larger panicle. The Californian specimens 

 are 10-15 inches high, with a spathe 2-4 inches long; panicle 

 small, rather simple, only the extreme branchlets with one- 

 sided flowers ; the reddish streaks on the sepals very pale ; 

 the only capsule seen (not ripe) was shorter than the sepals 

 and contained a few large seeds, 0.37 line long and apparent- 

 ly very slightly lineolate. — This plant is evidently closely 

 allied to J. Balticus / it bears very similar but paler flowers, 

 with the same stout anthers on very short filaments; but the 

 flattened stem and the frequent occurrence of leaves distin- 

 guish it. Among Fendler's Sante Fe plants, however, I find 

 under No. 8(50, with the legitimate J. Ilalticus, var. montanus, 

 small specimens 6-7 inches high, with the darker flowers of 

 the former, but with a slightly compressed stem, and occa- 

 sionally with a leaf from the vaginae. Is that a form interme- 

 diate between and connecting both species? 



4. J. Breweri, n. sp. : rhizomate perpendiculari; caulibus 

 ceespitosis (pedalibus) compressis laevibus farctis; vaginis 

 nervosis muticis ; spatha paniculam paucifloram in ultimis 

 ramis secundam longe superante; sepalis subaaqualibus ovatis 

 late marginatis abrupte acuminatis ; antheris late linearibus 

 filamento brevi multo (quadruplo quintuplo) longioribus ; 

 stigmatibus ovarium cum stylo axpii-longo aaquantibus ex- 

 sertis ; capsula .... 



Wet, sandy soil, near Monterey, California, the same un- 

 fortunate locality that has so often been confounded by 

 botanical writers with Monterey in Nuevo Leon, Real del 

 Monte in Mexico, and even Montreal in Canada ; Calif. State 

 Survey No. 651, in flower in the latter part of May. — The 

 perpendicular rhizoma (if a constant character) and the 



