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spicate ; spikes 3 to 4 lines long, erect, cymosely disposed, some on rays 14 to 1 

 (or 2) inches long, some subsessile; bractlets scarious, hyaline and ciliate above; 

 perianth segments lanceolate, acuminate, iy 2 lines long, tinged with dark brown ; 

 seed dark, with a whitish conical appendage at one end 14 to Y 2 as long. 



Partially shaded spots, mountain and coast regions of California, 100 to 6000 

 feet. North America, Europe, Asia. 



Locs. Mt. San Jaeinto, Hall 2460; Kaweah River Valley, ace. Coville (Contrib. U. S. Nat. 

 Herb. 4:208); Italian Bar, Tuolumne Co., A. L. Grant 24; Calaveras Co., Blasdale; Eight 

 Mile, Wawona road, Jepson 4292 ; Little Yosemite, Jepson 4405 ; Lake Mereed, Yosemite Park, 

 Jepson 4425 ; Big Creek, Big Oak Flat road, Jepson 8347 ; Cascade Creek, Tuolumne Co., 

 Jepson 6531; Lassen Co., Baker & Nutting; Pine Creek, Big Valley Mountains, Baker & 

 Nutting; Medicine Lake, Goldsmith; Shackelford Creek, w. Siskiyou Co., Butler 1701; Eureka, 

 Tracy 1087; Conn Valley, Jepson; Martinez, Chandler 851; Berkeley, Davy; Alameda, Bioletti; 

 Angel Isl., Davy 6912; Pacific Grove, Davy 7493. Unalaska, Jepson 55. 



Var. congesta Buch. (Fig. 46d.) Spikes several, congested into a pyramidal or conical 

 head; perianth often dark-brown. California coast: Pacific Grove, Heller 6467; Lake Merced, 

 San Francisco, Davy; Inverness, Jepson 8304; Eureka, Tracy 3642. 



Var. sudetica Celak. Inflorescence congested; perianth almost black. Mineral King ace. 

 Coville. Europe. 



Eefs. LUZULA CAMPESTRJS DC. Fl. Fr. 3:161 (1805). Juncus campestris L. Sp. PI. 1:329 

 (1753), type European, Lusula comosa Mey. Syn. Luz. 21 (1823); Jepson, Fl. W. Mid, Cal. 

 95 (1901); var. macrantha Wats. Bot. Cal. 2:203 (1880), no station given; perianth 2% lines 

 long. San Bernardino Mts. ace. Parish, PI. World 20:178. Juncoides campestre Ktze. Eev. 

 Gen. PI. 722 (1891). Var. CONGESTA Buch. Monog. Juneae. 162 (1890). L. comosa var. con- 

 gesta Wats. Bot. Cal. 2:203 (1880). Var. SUDETICA Celak. Prodr. Fl. Bohm. 749 (1881). 

 Juncoides campestre var. sudeticum Cov. Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. 4:208 (1893). Juncus 

 sudeticus Willd. Sp. PI. 2:221 (1799), type loc. Silesia. 



5. L. subsessilis Buch. (Fig. 46e.) Erect or ascending, 5 to 12 inches high ; 

 spikes solitary or rarely 2 in a place, sessile or nearly so, 2^ to 4 lines long. 



Central California coast. North to British Columbia. 

 Loc. Olema, Davy 4320. 



Eefs. LUZULA SUBSESSILIS Buch. Osterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 290 (1898). L. comosa var. sub- 

 sessilis Wats. Bot. Cal. 2:203 (1880), type loc. not given. 



6. L. spicata DC. (Fig. 46f, g.) Densely tufted, 4 to 12 inches high, with- 

 out rootstocks; leaves narrowly linear, channeled; flowers in sessile clusters, 

 forming a spike-like panicle; panicle nodding, sometimes interrupted, y 2 to % 

 inch long; perianth segments bristle-pointed, equaling or exceeding the bluntly 

 acute capsule. 



High mountains, Sierra Nevada, 9,000 to 12,500 feet. North to Alaska, east 

 to New England. Europe, Asia. 



Locs. Mt. Whitney, Jepson 1090; Mineral King (ace. Coville, Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. 

 4:209); Lake of Lone Indian, Fresno Co., A. L. Grant 1547; Soda Springs Canon, Kennedy 

 Lake, A. L. Grant 541. 



Refs LUZULA SPICATA DC. Fl. Fr. 3:161 (1835). Juncus spicatus L. Sp. PI. 330 (1753). 

 Juncoides spicatum Ktze. Rev. Gen. PI. 725 (1891). 



LILIACEAE. LILY FAMILY 



Perennial herbs, the stems from bulbs or rootstocks, or rarely shrubs or trees. 

 Leaves all basal and the stem a scape, or the stem more or less leafy and frequently 

 branching. Flowers regular and perfect ; perianth with 6 segments or lobes, the 

 3 outer and 3 inner petaloid and alike (or nearly) in shape and color, or some- 

 times strongly differentiated ; when strongly differentiated by shape or color the 

 outer 3 are called sepals and the inner 3 petals. Stamens 6, sometimes 3 or 4. 

 Ovary superior, 3-celled; styles 3, or 1 and entire or 3-cleft; stigmas 3, rarely 1. 

 Fruit a capsule or berry. Maianthemum has a 2-merous flower, Scoliopus a 

 1-celled ovary, Veratrum polygamous flowers, and Smilax dioecious flowers. 

 Cauline leaves alternate, or sometimes whorled in Fritillaria and Lilium, netted- 

 veined and whorled in Trillium. About 200 genera and 2500 species; all conti- 

 nents. The genus Odontostomum is peculiar to California, while Chlorogalum, 



