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‘Cyperus Guadalajaranus in. sp. 
No. 27603, Guadalajara, Mex., Nov. 26 1930. Plant appar- 
-ently near C. Gatesii Torr., and with the habit of aristatus. Fil- 
iform annual, afew inches high and erect, and with relatively 
‘broad leaves shorter than the filiform stems. Spikes capitate at 
h long by 2 mm. wide, straight, a little tapering, 
brilliant-chestnut colored, flat, with the scales about 1mm. long, 
and with very prominent and green mid-nerve ending in a short 
and rather recurved awn, withasingle nerve. Flowers rather de- 
-ciduous. Seeds triquetrous and about half as long as scales. 
Cyperus aristatus var perennis n. var. 
A densely tufted perennial growing on the Laguna mesa along 
with Paspalum n, ep. Stems and leaves about equal in length. 
Flowers rarely more than 10. Scales uncinate. Plants about 4 
inches high, No. 27595, Laguna mts. L. Cal., Sept 22 1930. 
Cyperus Barrancae n. sp. 
No. 27601a, La Barranca, Guadalajara, Jalisco Mex., Nov. 2 
1930, Plants near C, Surinamensis Rottb, Whole.plant smooth, 
erect, perennial, with elongated and narrow leaves. Heads yel- 
Jowish, linear, about an inch long, congested at the ends of une- 
qual and mostly short rays, but with 10-15 heads sessile on very 
short secondary rays, Flowers early deciduons and leaving the 
with only the central nerve or a trace of a ‘lateral -one, smooth, 
sbout 1 mm.long. Flowers about 50, iu an arcuate head. 
Fuirena Primiera n. sp. 
tout style. growing in water ina little pond and along « ditch. 
This is likely the same as got by Brandegee at Comondu not far 
away. 
Eleocharis capitata R. Br. 27606, Primiera Agua near Lore- 
to L. Cal., and 27597, Borrego ranch. ‘Laguna mts. ‘L. Cal. 
