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29. J- xiphioides Mey. (Fig. 44 f, g.) Stems ancipital, IV2 to 3 feet high ; 

 leaves e(juilant. more or less obviousl.v septate, l^^ to 21,4 lines wide, 6 to 14 

 inches long; panicle 21/2 to 7 iuelies long; heads 6 to ll-tlowered, disci'ete or more 

 or less congested ; perianth segments lanceolate, subulate-acuminate, the inner a 

 little shorter than the outer ; stamens 6 ; stigmas barely exserted ; capsule nar- 

 rowly cylindrie, abruptly acute or somewhat beaked, equaling or exceeding the 

 perianth ; seeds narrowly ovoid, apieulate. 



Coastal region, salt marshes and moist lands. Southern California to Hum- 

 boldt Co. and north to Oregon. 



lioes. — Malibu Canon, Los Anfjeles Co., Barber; Victorville, Parish 10.568; East Oakland, 

 Harriet Walker SOO (infl. congested); Berkeley, Jepson 8188; Stege, Davy 4076; Laribee 

 Creek, Humboldt Co., Tracy 4671 ; North Fork Eel Eiver near north border Mendocino Co., 

 Goddard 636; Houey Lake Valley, Jcpsoii 7794. 



Var. auratus Eugehn. Stems slender, lower; heads yellow. — Central California: Suisun 

 mar.shes, Jepson 3a; Mt. Diablo, Brewer 838; Saratoga, Davy 293 (transition to species). 



Refs. — JUNCUS XIPHIOIDES Mey. Syn. Jun. 50 (1823), type loc. Monterey, Eaeiike. Var. 

 littoralis Engelm. Trans. St. Louis Acad. 2:481 (1868), the tj'pical coast form. Var. auhatus 

 Engelm. I.e., type loc. Mt. Diablo, Brewer. 



30. J. ensifolius Wikstr. Similar to J. xiphioides; stems 1 to 2 feet high; 

 heads fewer, den.se, dark-colored, many-flowered, 3 to 4 lines broad ; perianth 

 larger, dark brown, equaling the acute capsule ; stamens mostly 3 (sometimes 6). 



Wet granitic gravel. Sierra Nevada, 4000 to 9600 feet, north to Siskiyou 

 Co., thence southwesterly to Mendocino Co. Far north to Alaska. 



Locs. — Merced Big Trees, Hall ^- Babcock 3415 ; Kennedy Mdws., Tuolumne Co., A. L. 

 Grant 116; Soda Springs Canon, Kennedy Lake, Tuolunme Co., A. L. Grant 475, 480; Sonora 

 Pass, A. L. Grant 145; Strawberry, Tuolumne Co.. Jepson 6504; Eagle Lake, Baler cf- Nut- 

 ting; Jess Valley, Modoc Co., Jepsem 7954, 7985; Oro Fino, Siskiyou Co., Butler 1784; Quartz 

 Valley, Siskiyou Co., Butler 1832; White Thorn Valley, s. Humboldt Co., Tracy 5027; Ft. 

 Bragg, TV. c'. Mathews 156, 160. Unalaska, Jepson 276. 



Refs. — JuNCUs ENSIFOLIUS Wikstr. Vet. Akad. Handl. Stockh. 2:274 (1823), type loc. 

 Unalaska. J. xiphioides var. triandru-s Engelm. Trans. St. Louis Acad. 2:481 (1868), type 

 loc. Yosemite Valley, Bolander 6026. 



31. J. phaeocephalus Engelm. (Fig. 44h, i.) Stems % to IVn feet high, 

 erect, leafy, ancipitally compre.ssed, not winged, arising from stout elongated 

 rootstocks; leaves i^ to li/. lines wide, compressed, equitant, ribbed by trans- 

 verse sejita, sometimes very distinctly so ; lignles none ; flowers in terminal heads, 

 the inflorescence usually barely exceeding the leaves; heads 1 to 3, solitary or 2 

 in a place ; perianth dark brown, I14 to 2 lines long ; style long ; stigmas ex- 

 serted; capsule long acuminate, equaling or slightly exceeding the perianth; 

 seeds ovoid, the longitudinal ridges connected by similar transverse ones. 



IMeadows and borders of swamps, coast region from Los Angeles Co. to 

 Mendocino Co. and north to Oregon. 



Locs. — Los Angeles, Ha-sse; Carmcl, Ferguson 291; Pajaro hills, CItandler; Lake Pilarcitos, 

 San Mateo Co., Davy 756; Belmont, Davy 751; Lone Mt., San Francisco, Kellogg; Peralta 

 Park, Berkeley, Davy. 



Var. paniculatus Engelm. (Fig, 44j, k,) Stems 1 to 3 feet high from a stout rootstock; 

 heads few-flowered, many to numerous in a loose compound panicle; perianth segments very 

 dark; styles long-e.xserted. — Valleys and mountain flats. Coast Ranges, Sierra Nevada, and 

 cismontane Southern California, 



Locs. — Tauquitz Valley, Mt. San Jacinto, Jepson 2311; San Bernardino Valley, Parish 

 2029; South Fork Santa Ana River, Hall 7609; Huckleberry Mdw., Kaweah Eiver basin. 

 Hopping 416; Warm Springs, Alameda Co., Jepson 100b; Alviso, Elmer; Berkeley, Davy 753; 

 Alderney, Mariu Co., Jepson 8266; Vaeaville, Jepson 4244 (det. F. V. C). 



Refs. — JuNcus PHAEOCEPHALUS Engelm. Trans. St. Louis Acad. 2:484 (1868), type loc. 

 central California sea-coast; Buch. in Engler, Pflzr. 436:178, fig. 88 (1906). Var. glomcratus 

 Engelm, l,c, the usual form of the species, Var, paniculatus Engelm, I,c, type loc, Napa 

 Valley, Bigelou: 



2, LUZULA DC. Woodrisii 



Plants of dry or high grouml in open or shady or sometimes moist places. 

 Stems hollow, leafy, simple, slender. Leaves softer and flatter than in Juneus, 



