1921] Smiley: Flora of the Sierra Nevada of California 129 



4. Luzula campestris var. congesta (Thuill.) Meyer, Syn. Luz., 

 p. 18. 1823. 



Juncus congestus Thuill., Fl. Par., ed. 2, p. 179. 1799. 

 Luzula comosa var. congesta Wats., Bot. Calif., vol. 2, p. 203. 1880. 

 Juncoides comosum var. congestum Howell, Fl. N.W. Am., vol. 1, p. 681. 

 1905. 



Range. — In North America in the mountains of the Cordilleran 

 section and of the Pacific Coast. 



Specimens ex^amined. — Meadows near Black Mountain, Fresno 

 County, 10,000 feet. Hall and Chandler 607 ; Elizabeth Lake, Yosemite, 

 9,800 feet. Smiley 791. 



Coville and Fuiiston 1553, from timber line near Mineral King, 

 Tulare County, has been referred to this variety,^" but the specimen 

 is possibly too immature for certain determination. 



4b. Luzula campestris var. multiflora (Ehrh.) Celak., Prodr. Fl. 

 Bohm., p. 85. 1869. 



Range. — British Columbia to Newfoundland and south to Califor- 

 nia, Wyoming, Great Lakes, and Middle States. 



Specimen examined. — High mountain near Donner Pass, Torrey 

 542. 



4c. Luzula campestris var. comosa (Meyer) Fernald and "Wie- 

 gand, Rhodora, vol. 15, p. 41. 1913. 



L. comosa var. subsessilis Watson, Bot. Calif., vol. 2, p. 203. 1880. 



Range. — In America from the subarctic regions south in the east 

 to Quebec ; in the west to mountains of southern California. 



Spepinieyis examined. — Above Lake Tenaya, margin of a stream, 

 8,400 feet, Smiley 862; Elizabeth Lake, Yosemite, meadow at 9,800 

 feet. Smiley 792. 



2. JUNCUS 



Dwarf annual, 1-2 inches high 1. J. trifonnis 



Perennials. 



Stems naked, terete, sheathed at base; leaves terete or none; panicle lateral 



and sessile; flowers few (1-4); low, high montane plants. 



Stems very slender, 1 foot or less high with inner sheaths bristle-tipped; 



spathe %-l inch long, about equalling the panicle; anthers subequal 



to the filaments or a little longer; capsule retuse, included by the 



sepals 2. J. Drummondii 



Stems filiform and wiry, 3-6 inches high with inner sheaths leaf bearing; 

 spathe exceeding the inflorescence; anthers much longer than the fila- 

 ments; capsule acute, exserted from the sepals 3. J. Parrjd 



