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108. C. barbarae Dew. Culms ;5 to 10 dm. high, stout, .sharply triangular, 

 serruhite at k'a.st in inflorescence; leaves 7 to 12, the sheaths brownish-puberulent, 

 the blades light-green, thick, flat or channeled, 3.5 to 9 mm. wide, serrulate, the 

 middle ones much reduced, filamentose ; staminate spikes 1 or 2, narrowly linear ; 

 pLstillate spikes 2 to 5, sessile or short-peduueled, oblong- or linear-cylindric, 

 2.5 to 8 cm. long, reddish-pui-ple with lighter center ; perigynia ascending, oval, 

 obscurely nei-ved, 3 to 4.5 mm. long, at length brownish, often granular. 



Mountains of coastal Southern California, Sierra Nevada foothills. Great 

 Valley, and Coast Eanges. One of the most characteristic California species 

 from about 20 to 4000 ft. North to Oregon. 



Locs. — Southern California: Jamacha, Cliaiuller 52()2; Waterman Caiion, San Bernardino 

 Mts., Parish 1053; Pasadena, McClatchie; Santa Barbara, Parry. Sierra Nevada and Great 

 Valley: Keru Caiion, Heller 7773; Visalia, Ahrams 5382; Kings River, Dudley; MarysviUe, 

 Wooton; Mule Creek, lone, Braunton 1093. Coast Ranges: Arroyo Seco, Santa Lucia Mts., 

 Brewer 083; Berkeley Hills, Jepson 4172; Mt. Diablo, Aljrams 5723; Mark West Creek, 

 Bolander; Clear Lake, Bolander 2609; Ilkiah, Barrett; Sisson, Jepson 57a. 



Refs. — Carex barbarae Dew. Bot. Mox. Bound. 231 (1858), type loc. Santa Barbara, 

 Parry; Mackenzie, Erytliea 8:77, fig. 42 (1022). C. laeiniata Boott in Benth. PI. Hartw. 341 

 (1857), name only; 111. Car. 4:175, pi. 594 (18(i7) in part, type from banks of the Sacra- 

 mento, Hartweg 2022. C. willesii Olucy, Bot. Wilkes Exped. 2':477, pi. 17 (1874), type from 

 banks of the Sacramento, Wilkes. C. lanmarum Holm, Am. Jour. Sci. ser. 4, 17:303, f. 12-13 

 (1904), type from Sebastopol, Heller 5797. C. mac/iiifica Dew. var. laeujiarum Kiik. in Bugler, 

 Pflzr. 4-":3()0 (1909). C. midata var. nniimala Kiik. I.e. 337, as to Cal. spms. C. prescottiana 

 Olney in Bot. King 3(i9 (1871) in part. 



109. C. schottii Dew. Culms 10 to 15 dm. high, sharply triangular, very 

 rough above ; leaf -blades flat with revolute margins, sernilate, the lower sheaths 

 hispidulous dorsally ; staminate spikes about 3, elongate-linear, 8 to 14 cm. long ; 

 pistillate spikes mostly 3, sessile or nearly so, elongate-linear, 11 to 14 cm. long; 

 scales narrowly lanceolate, acute or obtusish, purplish-black with broad 3-ribbed 

 lighter center ; perigynia appressed plano-convex, obovate, 3 mm. long, greenish 

 straw-colored, strongly several-nerved on both faces, the beak 0.25 mm. long. 



Coastal Southern California and north to Monterey Co., 20 to 2500 ft. 



Locs. — Santa Ana, Geis ; Wat-erman Caiion, San Bernardino Mts., Parish 2144; Pasadena, 

 Geo. B. Grant 137 ; Castroville, Elmer 438lj. 



Refs. — Carex schottii Dew. Bot. Mex. Bound. 231 (1858), type loc. Santa Barbara, Parry. 

 C. barbarae Parish, Bull. S. Cal. Acad. 4:108, pi. 14 (1905), not Dew. 



110. C. senta Boott. Culms 4 to 9 dm. high, sharply triangular; leaves 6 

 to 12, the middle sheaths sparingly hispidulous dorsally and filamentose ven- 

 trally, the blades 3 to 5 mm. wide, the middle ones much reduced; tenninal spike 

 staminate, peduncled, 3 to 4.5 cm. long, with 1 or 2 smaller ones at base; pistillate 

 spikes 1 to 3, sessile or short-peduneled, 2.5 to 5 cm. long; scales oblong-ovate 

 or lanceolate, obtu.se to acumiuate, purplish-black with lighter center; perigynia 

 ovate, conspicuously several-neiwed on both faces, green or straw-colored, often 

 dark-tinged and frequently strongly red-dotted, granular, the beak 0.25 mm. 

 long. 



Coastal counties from Alameda Co. to San Diego Co. ; Sierra Nevada from 

 Amador Co. to Tulare Co. East to Arizona. 



Locs. — Coast Ranges: Oakland, Bolander 15()<id; Stanford, Schofield; Nacimiento Creek, 

 Monterey Co., Dudley. Sierra Nevada: Amador Co., Hansen (i36; Mariposa, Congdon; Giant 

 Forest, Dudley 299G. Southern California: Santa Paula, Cobb 135; Los Angeles, Bigelow ; 

 San Jacinto Mts., Reed 2558; Laguna, San Diego Co., Sohoenefeldt 3594. 



Kefs.— C.\REX SENTA Boott, 111. Car. 4:174 (1867), type loc. Santa Inez Mts., Brewer 350. 

 C. auriculata Bailey, Mem. Terr. Club 1:19 (1889), typo loc. Coloma, Andersson. C. austro- 

 Montana Parish, Bull. S. Cal. Acad. 4:108, pi. 15 (1905), type loc. San Bernardino Mts., 

 Parish 2485. C. jamesii W. Boott in Bot. Cal. 2:243 (1880) in small part, not Torr. C. 

 bisltallii C. B. cnarkc, Kew Bull. Misc. Inf. Add. ser. 8:70 (1908), type from Yosemite, Brewer 

 1648. C. 7iud4ita W. Boott, f. ses.s-iliflora Kiik. in Engler, Pilzr. 4"':337 (1909), type from 

 Amador Co., Hansen 636. C. midata Kiik. I.e. in part, not W. Boott. C. jamesii var. austro- 

 montana Kiik. I.e. 318. C. jame.iii var. W. Boott in Bot. Cal. 2:243 (1880). C. angustata 

 W. Boott, I.e. 242 in part, not F. Boott. 



