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Sect. 20. Bicolores Tuckorm. StolouiftTOus. Culms central, slender, leafy toward base. 

 Leaf-blades narrow. Basal slieaths light brown. Terminal spike linear, stamiuate or 

 gynaecandrous. Lateral spikes 2 to 5, pistillate, rather closely few to many-flowered, in 

 fow ranks on erect e.xserted peduncles. Bracts sheathing, not colored or dark-auricled, the 

 blades elongated, leaf-liJie. Scales reddish- or purplish- brown tinged. Perigynia ascend- 

 ing, broadly oval or ellipsoid, circular in cross section, nerved, glabrous, golden-yellow or 

 wh'.te-pulvcruleut at maturity, tapering or rounded at base, essentially beakless. Achenes 

 lenticular, aiiiculate, closely euvelojjed. Stigmas 2. 



73. C. salinaeformis Mackenzie. (Fig. 33d-f.) Ctilms 5 to 15 cm. high, 

 smooth ; leaf-blades 2 to 5 mm. wide ; staminate spike 8 to 16 mm. long ; pistillate 

 spikes 3 or 4, the upper approximate, short-peduncled, the lower widely separate, 

 long-peduneled, 6 to 12 mm. long, with 8 to 15 appressod-ascending perigynia; 

 perigynia slightly constricted at apex. 



Mendocino coast, not otherwise known. 



Locs. — Mendocino City, Bolander 4702; Fort Bragg, Davy (il39. 



Eefs. — Cares salinaeformis Mackenzie, Bull. Torr. Club 36:477 (1909), type loc Mendo- 

 cino City, Bohnider 4702; Erythea 8:37, fig. 28 (1922). C. saJina Wahl. var. minor W. Boott 

 in Bot. Cal. 2:242 (1880), not Boott. C. salina Kiik. in Engler, Pflzr. 4=°:361 (1909) as to 

 Cal. plant, not Wahl. 



74. C. hassei Bailey. Culms 1.5 to 7 dm. high, usually much roughened 

 above ; leaf-blades 2 to 4 mm. wide ; staminate spike 6 to 20 mm. long, often 

 ])istillate at apex; pistillate spikes 3 to 5, the upper approximate and short- 

 peduncled, the lower loiig-peduncled. linear-oblong, 8 to 20 nun. long, with 6 to 

 20 ascending perigynia ; perigynia obovoid, 2.5 to 3 mm. long, style becoming 

 short-exserted and somewhat persistent. 



River banks and wet rocks : San Gabriel Mts. and San Bernardino Mts. ; 

 Sierra Nevada from Tulare Co. to Siskiyou Co., 4000 to 5000 ft. ; verj^ local in 

 the Coast Ranges. North to Alaska, east to Labrador. 



Locs. — Southern California: San Gabriel Eiver, Basse; San Antonio Mts., Johnston 1391; 

 San Bernardino, Parish 1055. Sierra Nevada: Bear Creek, Tulare Co., Dudletj 2858; Yosemite, 

 Abrams 4407; Sierra Valley, Lrmmon 487. Coast Ranges: Mt. Pinos, Kern Co., Hall; Loma 

 Prieta, Santa Clara Co., Elmer 48fi.'j ; Sisson, Dudleii. 



Refs. — Care.x hassei Bailey, Bot. Gaz. 21:5 (1896), type loe. San Antonio Caiion, San 

 Gabriel Mts., Basse. C. aurea Nutt. var. celsa Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club 1:75 (1889), type 

 from San Bernardino Mts., Vasey. 



75. C. aurea Nutt. Culms 0.3 to 5.5 cbn. high, smooth or somewhat rough- 

 ened; leaf-l)lades 2 to 4 mm. wide; staminate spike 3 to 10 mm. long; pistillate 

 spikes 3 to 5, the upper approximate and short-peduncled, the lower separate 

 and often strongly peduneled, 4 to 20 nun. long, with 4 to 20 ascending perigynia; 

 perigynia umbonate, 2 to 3 mm. long. 



Wet places, high montane, 5000 to 9000 ft. : Sierra Nevada from Modoc Co. 

 to Tulare Co. ; occurring locally in the San Gabriel Mts. and San Bernardino 

 Mts. North to Alaska, east to New England. 



Locs. — Sierra Nevada; Big Valley Mts., Modoc Co., Baker ^ Nutting; Little Grizzly 

 Ranger sta., Plumas Co., EggJeston 7593; Glen Alpine, McGregor 21; Kennedy Mdw., Tuolumne 

 Co., A. L. Grant 120, 180aVMono Lake, Brewer 1839; Mineral King, CoviU'c # Fuiiston 1429. 

 Southern California: Mt. Pinos, Ball 6518; Mt. San Antonio, Wilder; Bear Valley, San Ber- 

 nardino Mts., Abrams 2847. 



Refs. — Carex aurea Nutt. Gen. N. Am. PI. 2:205 (1818), type loc. shores of Lake Michi- 

 gan, Nuttall. C. calif urniea Pari.sh, Bull. S. Cal. Acad. 5:36 (1906), not Bailey. 



Sect. 21. Paniceae Tuckerm. Stoloniferous. Culms central, .slender. Basal sheaths brownish 

 or purplish tinged. Terminal spike staminate, linear or liue.ar-oblong. Lateral spiies 1 

 to 5, pistillate, loosely to rather closely several to many-flowered, in few or several ranks, 

 on erect, e.xserted or included peduncles. Bracts sheathing, not colored or dark-auricled, 

 the blades developed. Scales purplish- or reddish-brown tinged. Perigynia asconding or 

 spreading, ovoid or obovoid, membranaceous, obtu-sely triangular, slightly inflated, glabrous, 

 puncticulate, light or olive green, pointed or beakoil, the orifice entire or nearly so. Achenes 

 triangular, apiculate. Stigmas 3. 



76. C. livida "Willd. Rootstocks very slender; culms 1 to 6 dm. high, smooth, 

 light brownish at base, pliyllopodic ; leaf-blades 0.5 to 3.5 mm. wide ; staminate 



