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Pig. 



S. 



10. Eleoch.-vris acicularis R. & 

 a, entire plant, X 1; 6, spikelet, 



X 5; c, bract, X 18; d, aehene, X 18. 



Locs. — Cuyamac-a, T. Brandegee; Mt. San Jacinto, Ball 2232; San Bernardino, Parish 

 2143; Yosemite, Jipson 83(35, 8371; Confidence, Tuolumne Co., Jcpson 7707; Calaveras Grove, 

 HUlehrand 2332; upper Fall River Valley, Jepson 5753; Klamath Hot Sprs., Goldjimith 22; 

 Forestdale, Modoe Co., Baler cf- Nutting; Oro Fino, Siskiyou Co., Butler 866. 



Rpfs. — Eleoch.\sis acicularis R. & S. Syst. 

 Veg. 2:154 (1817). Scirpus acicularis L. Sp. "Pl. 

 48 (1753), type European. E. acicularis var. radi- 

 cans Britton", Jour. N. Y. Mic. Soc. 5:105 (1889). 



7. E. parishii Britton. Stems 4 to 7 

 inelips high, strongly striated, arising from 

 a slender rootstoek; spikes slender-lanceo- 

 late, 3 to 7 lines long, dark ehestnut-color ; 

 bristles 6 (oi* 7), eiliate, exceeding or 

 sometimes rather .shorter than the aehene ; 

 aehene nearly plane on one side, convex and 

 somewhat keeled on the other; tubercle 

 narrow, short, somewhat like a fool's cap. 

 Valley and mountain marshes through- 

 out California. 



Locs. — Palm Caiion, e. base Mt. San Jacinto, 

 Parish 6145; Sau Antonio Mts., Hall 1517; 

 Mohave, Parish 9796; Seymour Mdws., Mt. Pines, 

 Hall 6(J25; Sau Emigdio, Potreros, Hall 6370; 

 Chvcns Lake, Hall # Chandler 7325; Ibex Spr., Inyo Co., Parish 10025; San Joaquin River 

 Bridge, K. Brandcgee; Chico, Copeland 3280; Castle Rock, Sacramento River, Goldsmith; 

 Hornbrook, Siskiyou Co., Copeland 3556. 



Refg. — Eleocharis parishu Britton, Jour. N. Y. Mic. Soc. 5:110 (1889), type loc. Palm 

 Sprs. (Agua Caliente), Parish 1569. E. disciformis Parish, BuU. S. Cal. Acad. 3:81 (1904), 

 type loe. e. base Mt. San Jacinto, Hall 2013 (in isotype material of this the aehene shape, 

 the tubercle and bristles are as in E. parishii; it is, however, said to be annual). 



8. E. montana R. & S. Stems 10 to 14 inches high from stoutish rootstocks ; 

 spikelets narrowly oblong, 21 o to 5 lines long ; scales straw-color or light-brown ; 

 bristles 5 or 6, exceeding or a little shorter than the aehene ; aehene obovoid, 

 tlattish on one side, strongly convex on the other ; tubercle conical, broadened 

 at base. 



Southern California, north in the Coast Ranges and Sierra Nevada. East to 

 Colorado and New Mexico, south to South America. 



Locs. — La Mesa, Jcpson 6684; Witch Creek, San Diego Co., ace. Parish: Los Angeles, ace. 

 Parish; San Bernardino Valley, Jepson 5595; Vietorville, Parish 10563; Soulsbyville, Tuolumne 

 Co., Jepson 7686 ; Hopland, Jcpsmi 7625. 



Refs. — Ei.EOCH.^Ris MONTANA R. & S. Syst. Veg. 2:153 (1817), type loc. Quindiu, Columbia. 

 E. arenicola Torr. Jour. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 5:237 (1845), type loc. Galveston Isl., Tex., Lind- 

 hcimcr. 



9. E. rostellata Torr. Walking-Sedge. Stems from a short caudes, 1 to 21^ 

 feet high, the sterile ones bending over and rooting at the apex ; spikelet oblong, 3 

 to 5-flowered; scales light-brown or straw-color; bri.stles 6, exceeding the aehene; 

 aehene obovoid, obtusely triangular; tubercle stoutly .subulate or narrowly pyra- 

 midal, half or nearly half as long as the aehene. 



Marshy meadows : cismontane Southern California and east and northeast 

 through the Colorado and Mojave deserts. Mostly throughout North America. 



Locs. — San Bernardino, ace. Parish; Owens Lake, Jepson 5117; Death Valley (Contrib. 

 U. S. Nat. Herb. 4:211). Var. congdonii Jepson n. var. Bristles equaling the aehene; 

 tubercle barely V:\ as long as the aclicne. — (Setae aclienio aequales; tuberculimi vix longum 

 triento quam achenium). — San Francisco, Congdon (type). 



Refs. — Eleocharis rostellata Torr. Fl. N. Y. 2:347 (1843), based on material from 

 New York and South Carolina. Var. accident aJ is Wats. Bot. Cal. 2:222 (1880). based on 

 spms. from Ft. Tcjon, Horn, and San Bernardino Co., Parry 4' Lemmon 398. 



