250 JUNCACEAE 



4. J. balticus Willd. WIRE RUSH. (Fig. 38f, g.) Plants caespitose, grass- 

 like, 1 to 3V-> feet high ; stems strict, terete or sometimes compressed, mediumly 

 stout, sulcately channeled ; panicle lateral, lax, many-flowered, its branches dis- 

 posed to be secund ; perianth segments lanceolate, acuminate, greenish, iy 2 to 2 l / 2 

 lines long, sometimes faintly lined with purple inside the white scarious margins; 

 inner segments a little shorter and less pointed or obtuse; capsule equaling or 

 shorter than the perianth, ovoid, acute ; seeds shortly oblong-cylindric, obscurely 

 apiculate and faintly striate longitudinally, 14 to % line long. 



Widely spread throughout California. America, Europe. 



Locs. Gazelle, Shasta Valley, Goldsmith 16; Calistoga, Jepson 7664; Petaluma, Davy 

 4051; Little Oak, Solano Co., Jepson; Montezuma Hills, Solano Co., Jepson; Carmel, Fergu- 

 son 284; Avery Sta., Calaveras Co., A. L. Grant 4d; Phoenix Lake, Sonora, A. L. Grant 58; 

 Middle Canip, Tuolumne Co., Jepson 6454; Bakersfield, Leclcenby; Tulare Co., Davy 2447 

 (stout, intergrade to J. textilis Buch.); Owens Lake, Jepson 5116; Afton, Mohave Desert, 

 Parish 9862 ; Barstow, Jepson 4798 ; Mecca, Parish 8455 ; Lytle Creek, San Bernardino, Parish 

 8013. In desert spms. the capsules are usually longer than the perianth. 



Var. montanus Engelra. Lower, the stems more slender, sometimes flattened; panicle very 

 small. Montane: Medicine Lake, Mt. Hoffman, Goldsmith 31, 34; Carson Pass, Jepson 8097; 

 Sonora Pass, A. L. Grant 133; Seelys Flats, San Bernardino, Parish (very similar to the 

 Goldsmith spms.). 



Befs. JUNCUS BALTICUS Willd. Berlin Mag. 3:298 (1890). type loc. shores of the Baltic 

 Sea at Warnemiinde, Germany. Var. MONTANUS Engelm. Trans. St. Louis Acad. 2:441 

 (1866), type loc. "western plains and mountains" of the U. S. 



5. J. textilis Buch. INDIAN RUSH. (Fig. 38h, i.) Similar to J. balticus; 

 stems much shorter, 3 to 6 feet high, very finely channeled; panicle with longer 

 branches ; bractlets and perianth concolorous mostly ; inner perianth segments 

 obtuse. 



Southern California. 



Locs. San Fernando Mission, Parish; Waterman Canon, San Bernardino, Parish 8012 

 (this is exactly the same as Parish 8013, same station, distributed as J. leseuril Bol.) ; Fall- 

 brook, Parish; Coahuilla Valley, D. P. Barrows; Catalina Isl. ace. Buchenau. 



Befs. JUNCUS TEXTILIS Buch. Abh. Nat. Ver. Brem. 17:336, t. 6 (1902). J. leseurii Bol. 

 var. elatus Wats. Bot. Cal. 2:205 (1880), based on spms. from San Gabriel Canon (Brewer) 

 and Los Angeles (Wood). 



6. J. mexicanus Willd. Stems slender, grass-like, usually compressed, often 

 contorted ; basal sheaths usually bearing a scapif orm blade ; panicle small ; outer 

 perianth segments narrowly lanceolate ; capsule ovate, long-beaked. 



Death Valley region and southerly through Southern California to Mexico. 



Locs. Texas Spr., Funeral Mts., Jepson 6878; Bloomington, San Bernardino Co., Parish 

 4727. 



Befa. JUNCUS MEXICANUS Willd.; B. & S. Syst. Veg. 7:178 (1829). J. balticus var. 

 mexicanus Ktze. Bevis. Gen. 32;320 (1898). J. comprcssus H.B.K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. PI. 1:235 

 (1815), not Jacq. J. balticus f. mexicanus Parish, Muhl. 6:119 (1901). Parish discusses the 

 specific validity of J. mexicanus Willd. and makes a strong argument against it. 



7. J. patens Mey. COMMON RUSH. (Fig. 39a.) Stems slender, densely 

 tufted, l!/o to 3 feet high, erect, terete ; rootstock creeping ; sheaths rarely awn- 

 tipped ; panicle lateral, lax, many-flowered ; perianth 1 line long, pale or brown- 

 ish, its segments lanceolate or broadly subulate, spreading in fruit; stamens 6; 

 anthers y line long, about y> as long as the filaments ; capsule sub-globose, slightly 

 angled, obtuse, apiculate, a little shorter than the perianth ; seeds apiculate with 

 a minute white appendage or none. 



A common species, in marshy or springy ground, coastal region from Santa 

 Barbara Co. to Del Norte Co. North to Washington. 



Locs. Mt. Hermon, Santa Cruz Co., Bowe; Mill Valley, Blasdale; Suisun Marshes, Jepson; 

 Wild Horse Canon, Vaca Mts., Jepson 2455; Santa Bosa, Heller 5680; Kneeland Prairie, 

 Humboldt Co., Tracy 3848. 



Befs. JUNCUS PATENS Mey., Synops. Luzul. 28 (1823), type loc. Monterey, Haenke; Bueh. 

 in Engler, Pflzr. 436 : 131, fig. 71 (1906). 



