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BOTANY, 
katcliewaii and Behring Strait. The speciuicji.s arc good fiiougli comosa^ 
which is not distinguishable from forms of campestris, ami has ])een referred 
to it by Dr. Hooker. In the Uintas near the head of Bear River ; 8,000 feet 
altitude; July, August. (1,192.) 
LuzuLA SPICATA, Desv. White Mountains, Labrador, Greenland, Beh- 
ring Strait, Rocky Mountains in latitude 49°, (Lyall,) and in Colorado. East 
Humboldt and Uinta Mountains ; 9-11,000 feet altitude ; August. (1,193.) 
JuNCUS Balticus, Deth., Yar. montanus, Eng. Revis, Jimc.^ Trans. 
St. Louis. J cad. 2. 442. Sepals nearly of the same length, the inner ones 
sometimes more obtuse ; anthers four times longer than the filament ; capsule 
ovate-pyramidal, angled, beaked ; seeds smaller, narrower and longer pointed 
than in the eastern form. — From New Mexico and Colorado to the Saskat- 
chewan and Slave Lake, and west to California, Washington Territory and 
Unalaska. Abundant in marshes throughout Nevada and in Utah ; 4-6,000 
feet altitude. Known as ''Wire grass" and considered valuable for hay and 
pasturage. (1,194.) 
Var., approaching J. Lesueurii, Bol. ; with large flowers, 3" long ; cap- 
sules abruptly mucronate ; stem 3° high. On Truckee River. (1,195.) 
JuNCUs FiLiFOEMis, L. Northern New England to Michigan, Canada 
and Hudson's Bay, the Saskatchewan and Great Bear Lake ; Cascade and 
Rocky Mountains, (Lyall;) Colorado, (Vasey.) Uintas; 8-9,000 feet alti- 
tude; August. (1,196.) 
JuNcus Drummondii, E. Mey. Eng., I. c, 445. Ceespitose; stems 
l-li° high, terete and filiform ; sheaths bristle-pointed ; spathe long, 
more or less exceeding the simple about 3-flowered panicle ; sepals 2-3'' long, 
lanceolate, acute or the outer ones pointed ; stamens 6, 1" long or less ; an- 
thers linear, the filaments a little shorter ; stigmas included, shorter than the 
sl(Mider prismatic ovary; style very short, persistent; capsule ovate-oblong, 
triangular, retuse, 3-celled, about equaling or shorter than the sepals ; seeds 
ovate, striate- reticulate, long-caudate. — Alpine Mountains of Colorado and 
California to Washington Territory and Unalaska. Wahsatch and Uintas ; 
9-10,000 feet altitude; July, August. (1,197.) 
JuNCUS Parryi, Eng.; c, 446. Caespitose ; stems low, (4-8',) seta- 
ceous, longer than the silicate subterete leaves ; spathe 1' or more long, ex- 
ceedimi i]\<^ simple 1-o-flowered panicle ; sepals 2i-3i" long, lance-subulate, 
the outer ones longer and awned ; stamens 6, about 1" long; anthers Hnear, 
