CYPERACE/E. 247 



Carex. 



„.,e „. two of 0.0 upp. exo.«,i,,g ^^^-^^ itl t'^bl'CZ'lunf^I; 



'Z\ ,!"! r: ul^ '^l^X u S/eo;rti«„o;;n„'o.r^ale a„a sl,„vt'peduucleJ, the 

 oblong, 2 to 4 liiit!, loup, me 11,,° ; , ] „„ oi-fess; scales purple on the 

 lowest -"-'« »-;;'?- - :^; ;tr bulL"!lte or move or less .onghly euspi- 

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Mf lo"« or shorter than the scale : antlet tnangnlar-ovoid. 

 In the Sie,» Nevada ; Lake Tahoe to Bear Valley, Kdl«» 



inches long and 4 to o iineb uitci i oblong or clavate, ^ 



cylindrical, ^ to i^j mcneb iun„, i„„„ipe 91 to 4>- inches long ; scales mem- 



aid subsessile, the rest remote, on erect P«^ ^^^^^^^ ^| l,C,.inrobovat: or orbicular, 

 branous, very pale ferrugmous with b^'^^d hy "^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ 



olive-colored, obovoid, stipitate, punctate. 



In the Sierra Nevada, ifc/%(/. 1„„„«„ 



fJl C triauetra Boott. Stem 5 to 18 inches high, slightly scabrous : leaves 



pa^'l^ 2 S::fw equalling or shorter than the st.m ^ l-^^^tt^^ 



eum Uin- the stem, or the lowest remote and shorter : spikes 3 to 0, «W<^;f ' * '.^ ^^^ 



gular, acute at each end, ^^^^h a vey she. b en ate beak^^ ^^^_ 



'•:LSr5tC:^^;.MS^;r,r^^^Z»..-..leetea. 



Nuttall, probably near Santa Barbara. 



^ H_ Beak of perlgijnmm more or less elongated. 

 ^ Beak emarginate or obliquely truncate. 



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