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88. C. luzulaefolia W. Boott. (Fig. 34a-c.) Culms 4 to 10 dm. high ; leaf- 

 blades 5 to 15 mm. wide; terminal spike peduncled, 1 to 2 cm. long, often with 



1 or 2 sessile staminate spikes at its base ; pistillate spikes 3 to 6, all or only the 

 lower strongly exsert-peduncled, widely separate, the upper often equaling the 

 staminate spikes, oblong-cylindric, 1.5 to 2.5 cm. long, the 20 to 50 perigynia 

 appressed ; perigynia 4 to 5.5 mm. long, oblong-ovate, the beak 1.5 to 2 mm. long. 



High montane, 7000 to 9500 ft., Sierra Nevada from Shasta Co. to Tulare Co. 



Locs. Hat Creek, Shasta Co., Eggle-ston 7472; Mt. Tallac, Abrams 4838; Carson Pass, 

 Brewer 2131; Kennedy Lake, Tuolumne Co., A. L. Grant 479; Soda Canon near Big Arroyo, 

 Jepson 1130. 



Refs. CAREX LUZULAEFOLIA W. Boott in Bot. Cal. 2:250 (1880) in greater part, type loc. 

 above Ebbetts Pass, Brewer 2019; Mackenzie, Erythea 8:65, fig. 34 (1922). C. luzulaefolia 

 var. strobilantha Holm, Am, Jour. Sci. 20:305, f. 18 (1905), type loc. Donner Lake, Heller 

 7187. C. pseudo-japonica C. B. Clarke, Kew Bull. Misc. Inf. add. ser. 8:81 (1908), type loc. 

 Donner Lake, Heller 7187. 



89. C. fissuricola Mackenzie. Culms 5 to 8 dm. high; leaf -blades 3 to 8 mm. 

 wide; terminal spike sessile or short-peduncled, often slightly pistillate; lateral 

 spikes 4 or 5, the upper contiguous and sessile or short-peduncled, the lower 

 separate and strongly peduncled; perigynia narrowly ovate, 4.5 to 5 mm. long, 

 abruptly beaked, the beak 1.5 mm. long. 



Mountain meadows, 5500 to 10.000 ft., Sierra Nevada from Tulare Co. to 

 Placer Co. East to Nevada. 



Locs. Hockett Mdw., Tulare Co., Dudley 1008; Mt. Whitney, Dudley 2481; Mariposa Big 

 Trees, Congdon; Echo, Eldorado Co., Brainerd; Emigrant Gap, Jones 2917. 



Refs. CAREX FISSURICOLA Mackenzie, Muhl. 5:53 (1909), type loc. South Fork Humboldt 

 River, Elko Co., Nev., Heller 9429. C. luzulaefolia W. Boott in Bot Cal. 2:250 (1880) in 

 part. C. ablata Bailey var. luzuliformis Bailey, Bot. Gaz. 25:272 1898), type from Cal., 

 Bolander 6210. C. luzulaefolia W. Boott var. ablata Kiik. f. lusulaeformis Kiik. in Engler, 

 Pflzr. 4 20 :558 (1909). 



Sect. 26. Anomalae Carey. Culms stout, leafy. Leaf-blades broad, flat, glabrous, not septate- 

 nodulose. Terminal spike staminate, linear. Lateral spikes pistillate, linear-cylindric, 

 scattered, closely many-flowered in several rows. Bracts leaflike, sheathless. Perigynia 

 ascending or in age spreading, obovoid, small, olive green, tapering at base, triangular, 

 slightly inflated, thin, abruptly beaked, the beak conic, lightly bidentate. Achenes tri- 

 angular, apiculate, more or less closely enveloped. Stigmas 3. 



90. C. amplifolia Boott. Long-stoloniferous, the culms 5 to 10 dm. high; 

 leaf -blades 8 to 18 mm. wide, nearly smooth above; terminal spike 4 to 9 cm. 

 long; pistillate spikes 3 to 6, the upper approximate, the lower more or less 

 strongly separate, short-peduncled or nearly sessile, 3.5 to 14 cm. long; scales 

 pointed ; perigynia 3 mm. long, glabrous, nerveless except for keels, long-beaked, 

 the beak often excurved. 



Wet soil, Sierra Nevada from Tulare Co. to Butte Co., 4000 to 8000 ft. ; Coast 

 Ranges from San Mateo Co. to Siskiyou Co., 1500 to 4000 ft. Northerly to 

 British Columbia and Idaho. 



Locs. Sierra Nevada: Mineral King, Dudley 1581; Dinkey Creek, Fresno Co., Hall $ 

 Chandler 369; Mariposa Big Trees, Bolander 5011; Sierra Valley, Lemmon; Jonesville, Butte 

 Co., Hall 9782. Coast Ranges: Kings Mt., San Mateo Co., Abrams 5563; Howell Mt., Napa 

 Co., Tracy 1606; Bald Mt., Humboldt Co., Tracy 4530; Sisson, Brainerd 98. 



Refs. CAREX AMPLIFOLIA Boott in Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:228, pi. 226 (1840), type loc. 

 Columbia River, Douglas; Mackenzie, Erythea 8:67, fig. 35 (1922). 



Sect. 27. Atratae Kunth. Culms aphyllopodic or phyllopodic. Terminal spike gynaecandrous 

 or staminate, the lateral 1 to 10 pistillate or with a few staminate flowers at base, from 

 sessile, erect and closely approximate to long-peduncled, nodding and distant. Bracts 

 sheathless or nearly so, dark-colored at the base, the blades short. Scales usually dark- 

 tinged. Perigynia membranaceous or more or less coriaceous, straw-colored or greenish, 

 often strongly dark-tinged, elliptic to broadly obovate, circular in cross-section to much 

 flattened, papillose to puncticulate, glabrous, abruptly short-beaked or beakless, the orifice 

 entire or bidentate. Achenes triangular, apiculate-tipped. Stigmas 3. 



91. C. spectabilis Dew. Culms 2.5 to 5 dm. high, from densely matted tough 

 rootstocks; leaf -blades 2 to 3.5 mm. wide; pistillate spikes 2 to 4, oblong, 1 to 



2 cm. long, closely 15- to 30-flowered, not aggregated, the upper short-peduncled, 



