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Carex Lagunensis n. sp. 
No, 27592 The Laguna Laguna mts. L- Cal. Sept. 22 1930 on d 
the akenes remind one of the straminea group, though much 
smaller, Plants related to C. illota 
Carex longissima n. sp. 
No. 27594, growing in clefts of rocks on the trail down the Lagu- 
nas, in dense tufts, about the lower edge of the Middle Temperate 
life zone. Stems and leaves thread-like and nearly equal. Spike 
single and terminal, abont 3 inches long by 2mm. wide, chestnut 
colored, flexuous, pistillate on the lower third, very dense above 
with imbricated and triangular scales about 4mm, long aud closely 
packed, the pistillate scales alittle wider below and inclined to be 
rounded and pubescent and nerveless akene which is closel 
pressed and abruptly contracted into a round beak half as Jong as 
the body, the whole 3 mm. long, scattered, early deciduous. 
alms, 
The 
In my former Contributions ] have tried to clear up the confusio 
& bout the generic identity of Erythea and Washingtonia. No 
; ; : 
ver and seldom erred, but he spea 
mon in the Lagunas, but I seare 
there in vain, Washingtonia is everywhere but the otheris absent. 
When not in bloom they are hard to distinguish, but the flutter- 
ing of leaf-segments of W. Sonore in the constant wind at the 
Cape and the green leaves and white strap-like bracts of Sonore 
should identify it. Now our knowledge i i 
comers, Fifty years ago seeds of edulis were planted in California 
then elegans- came from So 
