136 SYNOPSIS or THE FLORA OF COLORADO. 



LUZULA SPICATA, Desv. Hall & Harbour, 554. Calion City, Brande- 

 gee. Denver, Dr. Smith. 



JUNCUS BALTICUS, Deth., var. MONTANUS, Eng. Trans. St. Louis 

 Acad., vol. 2, p. 442. Sepals of nearly equal length, inner ones more 

 obtuse; anthers 4 times the length of the very short filament; capsule 

 ovate-pyramidal, angled, beaked; seeds smaller, narrower and longer 

 pointed. Abundant everywhere in damp grounds, on the plains and in 

 the mountains. Near Denver, Dr. Smith. Hall & Harbour, 567 ; Porter. 



JUNCUS DKUMMOINDII, E. Mey. Eng. Rev., I. c., p. 445. Csespitose ; 

 stems l-lj high, terete, filiform; sheath bristle-pointed; spathe ^'-IJ' 

 long, mostly surpassing the simple, about 3-flowered panicle; sepals 

 lanceolate, acute, or the outer ones acutish and scarcely longer than 

 the inner ones, more than twice exceeding the 6 stamens, 3" or more 

 long; anthers linear, a little longer than the filament; stigmas shorter 

 than the slender, prismatic ovary crowned with a very short style, 

 included; capsule ovate-oblong, triangular, retuse, 3-celled, equaling 

 or a little shorter than the sepals; seeds ovate, striate-reticulate, long 

 tailed, the body 3", including the tails, V long. Hall & Harbour, 563. 



JUNCUS HALLII, Engelm. Rev., I .c., p. 446. ( J. arcticus, Willd., var. gra- 

 cilis, Hook.?) Caespitose; stems 6 / -12 / high, terete, filiform, much longer 

 than the setaceous, terete leaves; leaves 2 / -5 / long, grooved just above 

 the sheath; spathe scarcely or a little surpassing the subsimple, few- 

 flowered, contracted panicle; sepals lanceolate, acute, 2" long, outer ones 

 a little longer, twice exceeding the 6 stamens; stigma subsessile, equal- 

 ing the ovate ovary, included; capsule ovate, angled, retuse, 3-celled, 

 scarcely exserted, deep brown; seeds oblong-linear, 5"-$" long, striate- 

 reticulated, long tailed, body 3" long. Found only by Hall & Harbour, 

 near Lake Kanch, Colorado, 562. 



JUNCUS PAKBYI, En geln. Rev., 1. c., p. 446. Ca?spitose; stems very 

 thin and wiry, 4'-cV long; leaves sulcate one-half or two-thirds their 

 length, terete above; spathe surpassing the very simple, 1-3-ilowered 

 panicle; sepals 2"-3" long, lanceolate-subulate, the outer ones longer, 

 bristle-pointed, 3 times longer than the 6 stamens; anthers linear, 2-3 

 times longer than the filament; stigmas scarcely equalling the linear- 

 prismatic ovary, attenuated into the style, included; capsule prismatic, 

 very acute, brown, exserted, 3-celled; seed oblong, delicately striate- 

 costate, 1" in length, long tailed, body about 4" in length. Hall & Har- 

 bour, 561. Parry, 3t>0. White House Mountain, at 11,500 feet altitude, 

 Coulter. 



JUNCUS TRIGLUMIS, L. Eng. Rev., 1. c., p. 448. Stem naked; leaves 

 radical, subulate, somewhat terete, channeled at base; flowers capi- 

 tate in a terminal, erect head, about 3; sepals rather obtuse, shorter 

 than the oblong, obtuse, mucronate capsule; filaments many times 

 longer than the anthers. Hall & Harjour, 557. Parry, 395. Alpine. 



JUNCUS CASTANEUS, Sm. Eng., I. c., p. 448. Stein 2-leaved ; radical 

 leaves subulate, the upper part flattened; head terminal, solitary; 

 flowers 2-3; sepals 3" long, lanceolate, acute, shorter than the oblong, 

 obtuse capsule; anthers linear, pointed, half as long as the filaments; 

 stigmas exsert; seeds oblong; body 4"-5" long, with the tailed appen- 

 dages 1.6" or more long. Alpine. Hall & Harbour, 560. Parry, 358. 



JUNCUS VASEYI, Engelm. Ren. 1. c., p. 448. Crespitose; stems l-2 

 high, slender, rigid, striate, covered with brown sheaths at base, sometimes 

 1 eaf- bearing ; leaves elongated, setaceous, terete, striate, sulcate toward 

 the base; spathe equaling or rarely longer than the small, contracted 

 panicle; panicle '-!' long, green; sepals equal, lanceolate, 2" long, outer 



