Mo 



long or niorc, tl,o nwie sii.-l. T 1 fc^"! f' ? 1," '' I" "• '}'""'"<^^'l. "•' md, 



ovate, «,.aj.,any or ab„„rt./e,K,i„K i,. ';';,!^;;;:i ': „ , o "oT':?;.,- li,.: 



beak, co„,p,csse<l above, triangular bcl„«-, otecure y nervej o.eeplL" t .f 1 „ 



ram^gnjal vcn^ e,,.,al|i„g or shorter than the Jale : nutlet it l} tl^ ed u 



ami mud, s,„a ler tl.an the perigyuium, ohovohl-triangular or leutic, kr slTpTtate 



o^.ve.eolore,l : sfgrnas 3 or 2. - Hook. Fl. Bor.-Ara. ii. lu, t. 22 1, a ,1 1 1 ^ 97' 



^iCTw'Z-it'''- """■ "*"" '''■ '• ''■ '^^ ■''*""'■'"' I'-^y. ' « xxix: 



.uiouui (hiatei, n. 2319) the pengynia are stainiiiifeious. 

 55 C. Raynoldsii, Dewey. Sholoniferous : stem 1 to 3^ foot hicrl, slnrnlv 

 angod: leaves gluucou., 3 or -i lines l.roa.l, Hat with revolutn^na^.M•^ °n, ^ 



spikes 3 to G, oblong or obovoul, tlie male single, 4 to 9 lines long sessile the female 



low St . t'l in?,;;:',-' ''\ ' '''''' r \'« r ^'-^H-auncleclTcontiguo!;: or U 

 Joucst .to 21 inches distant on a pe.luncle 1 to 1 ^ inches long, occasionallv com- 

 pound at base, the upper often staminate at top; slales purple,^;, pa h" the mi 1- 

 c le and on the margins oblong or ovate, acute or acuminite ! p;,igyniuu d ei e t 

 ad deciduous, pale yellow, obovoid, ventricose, obtusely S-angled abruptly ist 

 nu le ttL' T''^ r emarginate beak, nerved, longer and broader than 'the see: 

 " er xxxii"39'" ' ' ' ' '°"'''' ^'''^'' «l-«-'^'>I-'-<^J- - Am. Journ. Sci. 



In w!I'^;^'!'■''^!^'''•''.'^''' "^^'""^ *° ^2.n00 fePt altitu.Ie, from Mount Dana to Silver Vallev • also 

 in Waslnngtou Terntory iL,j,dl), an.l from Wyon.ing Territory to Northeru Utah ^ ' 



1 ^^ ?; ^^^a^O^ens. Stem 1 to l^L f,,fc ]„• ] gj^^^th : leaves 11 lines broad 

 shorter than the stem ; lower sheaths sparingly fibrous-reticulate : bracls fol ac oi^' 

 clasping, narrow, the lowest exceeding the stem and the next its spikelet ; auricles 

 oblong, purple, separated or united : spikes 3 or 4, the male single, clavate, 1 to 1 ' 



