230 CYPERACEAB 



80. C. whitneyi Olney. C^ulms 2.5 to 10 dm. high; leaf-blades 2.5 to 8 mm. 

 wide; stamiuate spike pediineled, 5 to 30 mm. loiifi-; pistillate spikes 2 to 4, 

 approximate or lower separate, erect, sessile or short-peduneled, 7 to 30 mm. long, 

 closely 5 to 30-flowered ; scales ovate, acute or short-cuspidate ; perigynia round- 

 tapering at base. 



Sierra Nevada from Tulare Co. to Pluma.s Co., 4000 to 7000 ft. North to 

 Oregon. 



Locs. — Tobias Mdw., Tiilare Co., Dudley 614; Yosemite, Jepson 4348; Tuolumne Mdws., 

 Jcpson 4477; Conner Lake, Heller 6941; Iron Caiion, Butte Co., if. M. Aiistin 57; Devil's 

 Kitchen, Lassen Peak, B. M. Austin 1300. 



Eefs. — C.'.REX WHiT.\'EYi Olnev, Proc. Am. Acad. 7:394 (1868). tvpe loe. Yosemite Valley, 

 BreayeT 1639; Mackenzie, Erythea 8:61, fig. 31 (1922). 



81. C. gynodynama Olney. Culms 2 to 9 dm. high, slender, brownish at 

 base ; leaf -blades 3 to 9 mm. wide ; terminal spike usually stamiuate, 1 to 2 cm. 

 long; lateral spike.s 2 to 4, oblong-eylindrie, 1 to 3.5 cm. long, closely 20 to 

 40-flowered, tlie upper approximate, u.siudly overtopping tlie stamiuate spike, 

 sliort-peduncled, the lower strongly separate, long-peduncled ; scales ovate- 

 orbicular, short-cuspidate or obtuse ; perigynia ascending, the beak 0.75 mm. 

 long. 



Coast Ranges from San Mateo Co. to Humboldt Co. North to Oregon. 



Locs. — Pescailero, San Mateo Co., Biidlcp ; Fort Ross, Sonoma Co., Heller 6605; Sherwood 

 Valley, Dudley; Eureka, Traey 3577. 



Refs. — Cakex gtnodtnama Olney, Proc. Am. Acad. 7:394 (1868), type loc Mendocino 

 City, Bolandcr 4700. C. bUinlcinshipU Fern. Erythea 7:121 (1899), type loc. Hydesville, 

 Humboldt Co., Blantinship. 



82. C. hirtissima W. Boott. Culms 3 to 6 dm. high, erect, purplish red at 

 base ; leaf-blades 3 to 7 mm. wide ; terminal spike stamiuate or gynaecandrous, 

 peduncled, 1.5 to 2.5 cm. long; pistillate spikes 2 or 3, linear, 1 to 2.5 cm. long, 

 more or less strongly separate, the lower on long-exserted peduncles, - closely 

 flowered with 20 to 30 ascending perigynia : scales ovate or obovate, cuspidate 

 or mucronate, the margins broad, white-hyaline ; perigynia ascending, the conic 

 beak 1 mm. long. 



Sierra Nevada from Nevada Co. to Mariposa Co., 3700 to 7000 ft. ; Lake Co. 

 Rare and local. 



Locs. — Hetch-Hetehy, Congdon ; e. base Mt. Sanhedrin, Bei/twlds. 



Bef.— C'AREX HiKTissiMA W. Boott in Bot. Cal. 2:247 (1880), type loc. Summit Sta., Nevada 

 Co., Kellogg. 



83. C. triquetra Boott. (Fig. 33j-l.) Culms 3 to fi dm. high, stiffi.sh; leaf- 

 blades 2.5 to 6 mm. wide, the sheaths cinnamon-brown tinged and purplish 

 spotted ventrally ; staminate spike 1 to 3 em. long; lateral spikes 3 or 4, erect, 

 the upper little ex.sert-pcduncled, approximate, the lower 1 or 2 often widely 

 separate and long exsert-peduncled, 1 to 4.5 cm. long, the 5 to 30 jierigynia 

 ascending; scales ovate, short-cuspidate, brownish copper-color; perigynia 4 to 

 4.5 mm. long, softly short-pubescent, light green, obscurely several-nerved, tlie 

 beak 0.3 mm. long. 



Diy hillsides below 2000 ft. from Santa Barbara Co. to San Diego Co. Lower 

 California. 



Locs. — Santa Inez Mt-s., Brundegee ; Ojai Valley, Elmir 39d.j; Los Angeles. Hasse ; Avalou, 



Trash; San Antonio Mts., Jolinstoii 1917; San Bernardino Valley, Porisli 6250. 



Eefs. — Carex triquetka Boott. Trans. Linn. Soc. 20:126 (1846), type loc. probably neai- 



Santa Barbara, Nuttall: Mackenzie, Erythea 8:62, fig. 32 (1922). C. monticola Dew. Bot. 



Hex. Bound. 229 (1858>, type from San Diego, Parry. 



Sect. 24. Debiles Carey. Culms aphyllopodic, strongly piu-plisli tinged at base, tufted, slen- 

 der, leafy. Leaf-bladea flat. Terminal spike normally staminate. Lateral spikes 2 to 5, 

 elongate, narrowly linear, slender-pcduncled, tlie lower often drooping. Bracts green- 

 sheathing, the blades leaflike. Perigvuiia appressed or ascending, lanceolate to ovoid, 

 membranaceous, obsoletely nerved, rather closely enveloping the achene, tapering to a well- 

 developed conic beak, oliliquely cut at orifice and strongly hyaline-tipped, at length 

 bidentate. Acheues triangular, apiculate. Stigmas 3. 



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