Carex. CYPERACE/E. 247 



ono or two of tlio upper exceeding tlio stem : si)ikes 3 or 4, rather loosely few-flow- 

 ered, the one male liiiear-obloiig, 3 to 5 lines long, erect or ubli(iiie, the femalo 

 oblong, 2 to 4 lines long, the upper contiguous to the male and short-pedunded, tho 

 lowest remote or subradical on a peduncle an inch long or less ; scales purple on tho 

 side, pale in the middle, 1 - 3-nerved, obtuse, acute or more or less rougiily cuspi- 

 date, tho male oblong, tho female broadly ovate, clasping at base : perigynium cori- 

 aceous, hisi)id, triangular-subglobi)se, much attenuate at base, conically beaked, the 

 beak straight or bent with a minutely bidentate orifice, obscurely striate on the lower 

 half, longer or shorter than the scale : nutlet triangular-ovoid. 

 In the Sien-a Nevada ; Lake Taiioe to Bear Valley, Kellogg. 



GO. C. hirtissima. Stem 15 to 18 inches high, obtusely angled, smooth: 

 leaves pale, flat, the cauline 1 to H lines broad, somewhat 3-nerved, about half 

 the length of the stem, hairy beneath, ciliato on the margins ; sterile leaves 9 

 inches long and 4 to G lines broad : bracts foliaceous, exceeding the spikes, the lower 

 with hairy sheaths 1 to 3 inches long : spikes 2 to 4, the male oblong or clavate, | 

 to 1 j inches long, commonly female at top and rarely at bottom ; female 2, rarely 3, 

 cylindrical, | to 1| inches long, rather loosely flowered, the upper close to the male 

 and subscssile, the rest remote, on erect peduncles 2^ to 4^ inclies long ; scales mem- 

 brano\is, very pale ferruginous with broad hyaline margins, obovate or orbicular, 

 obtuse, ciliate on the margins, the lower abruptly hispid-awned, tho upper and the 

 male mucronate : perigynium olive-color, hirsute with stiff white hairs, triangular, 

 ellipsoidal or obovoid, acute at base, abruptly ending in a stout cylindrical minutely 

 bidentate beak, the lower shorter than tho scale, the upper about eijualling it : nutlet 

 olive-colored, obovoid, stipitate, punctate. 



In the Sieri'a Nevada, Kellogg. 



Gl. C. triquetra, I'oott. Stem 5 to 18 inches high, slightly scabrous : leaves 

 pale, 1 to 2| lines broad, equalling or shorter than the stem : lower bracts sheathed, 

 e(|ualling the stem, or the lowest remote and shorter : spikes 3 to 5, oblong, tlie male 

 9 lines long and 1 thick, subsessile, the female 6 to 9 lines long and U or 2 lines 

 thick, erect, the upper approximate, the lower on enclosed peduncles or the lowest 

 remote on a long-exserted peduncle, all with abortive flowers at top and the lowest 

 also at bottom ; scales pale chestnut, ovate, mucronate, acute or obtuse, with hyaline 

 margins : perigynium pale, covered with long white hairs, ellipsoidal, sharply trian- 

 gular, acute at each end, with a very short bidentato beak, 1 - 4-nerved on one or 

 more of the sides, longer and broader than tho scale : nutlet dark chestnut, con- 

 formed to and filling the perigynium. — Linn. Trans, xx. 12G, and 111. iv. 219, 

 t. 417. C. mnnticola, Dewey, 1. c. xxxi. 2G, and ]}ot. I\Iex. Bound. 229. 



Mountains east of San Diego (Parry) ; Matilija canon, near Ojai [Peckham); first collected by 

 NiUlall, probably near Santa i5arbara. 



■*— -J— Beak of perlf/i/nium more or less elongated. 



++ Beak emarglnate or obliquely truncate. 



62. C. polymorpha, Muhl. Rootstock creeping : whole plant densely granu- 

 lar : stem 1 to 1^ feet high, sharply angled, smooth, clothed at base with lanceolate 

 purple leafless sheaths : leaves rigid, 1 or 2 lines broad, with revolute margins, much 

 shorter than the stem ; lower sheaths fibrous-reticulate : bracts of the female spikes 

 sheathed, exceeding their spikes but shorter than the stem; sheaths 3 to 12 lines 

 long : spikes 2 to 4, cylindrical, purple, the male 1 or 2, rarely 3, G to 15 lines long 

 and 1 or 2 thick, tho up[)ermost the largest, and the lowest subtended by a clasping 

 bract ecpialling or exceeding tho stem ; female spiki's 10 to Ki lines long and 2 to 4 

 thick, tho upper sometimes male at top, loosely flowered at base, the lowest often 

 remote on a short sul)radical peduncle, rarely compound ; scales i)urple with hyaline 

 margins, the male obovate-oblong, obtuse, tlio female broadly ovate, obtuse or mrely 



