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longest: stamens 6, with anthers about as long as the filaments: capsule 
lanceolate-subulate, 3-angled, 1-celled, exceeding the perianth: seeds ob- 
one, acute below, apiculate above. Alaska to Oregon and the Eastern 
ates, 
J. Torreyi Coville Bull. Torr. Bot. Club xxii, 303. Stems stout, 8-40 
inches high, arising singely from tuber-like thickenings of a slender root- 
stock : leaves terete, thick, abruptly divergent from the stem: inflorescence 
congested, consisting of 1-20 dense heads 5-8 lines in diameter: perianth- 
segments 2-246 lines long, subulate, the outer longest: stamens 6: capsule 
subulate, 3-angled, 1-celled, with a beak 14-34 line long, exceeding the 
perianth and holding the yalves together luring dehiscence: seeds oblong, 
acute at each end. Oregon to California, Texas and New York. 
J. Oreganus Watson Proc. Am. Acad. xxiii, 267.. Stems numerous, 
very slender, 6-10 inches high, exceeding the very narrow leaves, from 
very slender matted rootstocks: heads simply panicled, few-flowered, often 
proliferous: perianth-segments nearly equal, lanceolate, acute, : stamens 6, 
with anthers as long as the filaments: capsule dark brown, acutish, mu- 
cronate, at length nearly twice as long as the perianth: seeds rather turgid. 
In bogs, Ilwaco, Washington. 
J. Bolanderi Engelm. |. c. 470.. Stems slender, about 2 feet high: 
leaves subterete, nearly equalling the stem; the ligule conspicuous, some- 
times elongated and leaf-like: heads subglobose, usually 2 or 5, very many- 
flowered: perianth-segments greenish brown, narrowly lanceolate and 
setaceously acuminate, 114 lines long; stamens 8, with anthers much shorter 
than the filaments: capsule clavate-oblong, shorter than the perianth, 
obtuse, apiculate, 1-celled: seeds very small. In wet places southwestern 
Oregon to California, 
J. Nevadensis Watson 1. c. xiv, 303. Stems very slender, 6 inches to 
2 feet high, somewhat compressed, from slender creeping rootstocks: leaves 
very narrow, somewhat compressed nearly equalling the stem, with large 
sheaths and conspicuous ligules: heads small, few to rather many, ina 
short open panicle, or often solitary: perianth-segments brownish, lanceo- 
late, acuminate, 2 lines long: stamens 6; anthers linear, longer than the 
filaments: capsule oblong, abruptly acute and Leaked, nearly equalling 
the perianth: seeds minute, apiculate at both ends. Common in wet 
mountain meadows, eastern Washington to California and Nevada. 
J. Suksdorfii Rydberg Bull. Torr. Bot. Club xxvi, 541. Stems about 
a foot high, strict, light green: leaves terete or slightly flattened, the low- 
est ones short: cauline except the upper one often a foot long, all with 
conspicuous scarious sheaths: heads in a contracted panicle, brown and 
shining, 2-8-flowered: perianth-segments subequal, about 2 lines long, 
narrowly lanceolate, acute or acuminate, stamens 6; anthers longer than 
the filaments: capsule dark browd and shining, oblong, acuminate, 
3-angled. In wet meadows about the base of Mount Adams, Washington. 
J. brachyphyllus Weigand Bull. Forr. Bot. Club xxvii, 519. Stems 
stiff, erect and very stout, 20-30 inches high, slightly compressed, very 
conspicuously grooved: leaves short, 144-14 the length of the stem, the 
blade, usually broad and flat but rather thick, stiff and spreading, about a 
line wide; sheaths loose and mostly free, with membranous margins; 
ligule conspicuous: inflorescence short and crowded: perianth-segments 
216 lines long, slightly unequal, subulate, very acute: anthers oblong, 
about as long as the filaments: capsule rather narrowly oblong, triangular 
above, obtuse or retuse, equalling the perianth, 3-celled: seeds oblong, 
strongly apiculate at each end. Idaho to Arkansas. 
J. latifolius Buch. Stems 15-36 inches high, from creeping rootstocks: 
leaves flat, about a line wide, pale green, shorter than the sheaths, with 
