206 



JUNCACEJ^:. Junctu 



ovate, acuniinate, the inner acnte, 2 lines long : antliers much exceeding the fila- 

 ments : cai)3ulc and seeds unknown. 



Near Mouloicy (/.'/•«,/(•<;•); Suntii C'liu, H'oikL 



++ ++ Flowers in couipound panicles, smaller : capsule ohovate or suhcjlohose. 



7. J. efifusus, Linn. Scapes soft, usually 2 to 4 feet high : inner sheaths tijjped 

 ■with a sluni awn : panicle slender and usually dilfiise, many-llowered : perianth 

 j)ale, a line long, the sfguients lanceolate, acuminate, equalling the triangular clavate- 

 ohovate obtuse or retuse ca])sule : stamens 3, the anthers equalling the filaments : 

 seeds apiculate, finely ribbed, about \ line long. — J. communis, Meyer ; Kunth, 

 Enum. iii. 320. 



Var. brunneus, Engelm. 1. c. 491. Panicle usually very short and compact: 

 perianth and capsule dark brown. — J. procerus (]), Engelm. 1. c. 442. 



The typical form is distributed throughout most of the northern temperate regions of both tlie 

 OKI and New Worhls, and is also found in Australia ami New Zeahin<l. It is very common in the 

 Atlantic States, and is found in Oregon, in the Sierra Nevada (Mariposa County, Holandcr and 

 others), about San Francisco, and in the Cuyamaca Mountains, Palincr. The variety is a coast 

 form, common in the salt-mamhes about San Francisco Bay, collected also at Santa Barbara 

 ( Wood), and in Oregon. 



8. J. patens, Meyer. Eesendjling the ordinary form of the last : flowers some- 

 Avhat larger (I2 lines long), the jiale or brownish peiianth more spreading in fruit : 

 stamens 6 : capsule subglobose, slightly angled, obtuse, apiculate, e(|ualling or a little 

 shorter than the perianth, with thin se|)ta, the valves breaking from the central 

 lilacentaj. — P^el. Ihenk. i. 141 ; Engelm. I. e. 443. 



From Santa Barbara County (Santa Inez Mountains, Mrs. Kltrood Cooper ; Santa Lucia Moun- 

 tains, Jircwer) to Oregon, //(///. The iianicle is usually spreading, an inch or two long, some- 

 times more compact ; llowers soniewhaL secund on the blanches. 



++++++ Flowers few (1 to 3) : loio and alpine. 



9. J. Drummondii, IMeyer. Cespitose : scapes very slender, a foot high or 

 less : inner slii;allis bristle-tipped : sitathe usually a half to an inch long, e(piidling 

 or exceeding the inflorescence : perianth-.segments 3 lines lung or more, with brown 

 margins, lanceolate, acute or acuminate, the inner a little shorter : anthers a little 

 longer than the filaments : capsule brown, oblong, retuse, nearly ecpialling the peri- 

 anth : seeds ovate, caudate, a line long, very finely stiiate. — Ledeb. El. lutss. iv. 

 235 ; Engelm. 1. c. 445. 



In the Sierra Nevada, at an altitude of 8,000 to 10,000 feet, and northward to Alaska ; also 

 in the Rocky Mountains. 



10. J. Parryi, Engelm. 1. c. 44G. Cespitose : scapes liliform, 3 to G inches high : 

 inner sheaths k-af bearing ; the leaves sulcate at base, terete al)ove, much shorter than 

 the scape : spathe exceeding the inllorescence, \ to U inches long : perianth-segments 

 3 lines long or more, more or less tinged with brown, lanceolate and acuminate or tlie 

 inner obtuse : anthers much longer tlian the filaments : capsule oblong, acute, about 

 equalling the perianth : seeds as in the last. 



In the Sierra Nevada, in alpine meadows (I'.olnmlcr), and northward to British Columbia ; in 

 the Kast Hund)ohlt Mountains ( ;/^,(Asv;/,) and Hocky Mountains of Colorado. 



* * Leaves fl<tt, rliannc/lnl, or senii-tcrrfc, not knotted : panicle or Iiritd evi- 

 denthj terniinnt npon tlie, vahed or teafu stem, the spathe usnal/i/ short. 



■*- Dwarf or low .^lender annuals, with Jihrons roots: stent leaftj, hrancUed. 



11. J. bufonius, Linn. Stem usually brandling from the base, 1 to 12 inches 

 high : leaves very narrow, usually revolute and bristlefbrm : flowers greenish, nwstly 

 remote and secund upon the spreading branches : perianth-segments lanceolate, 

 acuminate, with scarious margins, 2 or 3 lines long, the inner .shorter : stamens G ; 

 anthers about equalling the filaments : capsule oblong, obtnse, shorter than the i)eri- 



