484 TRANS. OF THE ACAD. OF SCIENCE. 
This species is intermediate between J. xiphioides, var. 
auratus, the paniculate form of J. phewocephalus ei J. du- 
bius; from the two first it is te oes by the sharp 
pointed sepals and their proportion, and the almost eubulate 
e fir 
ines wide ; atm 4—6 inches a flowers 313 ~2 lines oan 
greenish straw-colored or sometimes reddish towards the 
tip; seeds 0.22-0.24 line long, with the ribs - visible on 
the side) slightly crenulate but the are smooth 
*60::.Ju» PHHOCEPHALUS, n. sp.: caulibus erectis compressis 
apice capitulum singulum paucave multiflora seu rarissime 
mino 
ar. a, glomeratus : : rhizomate longe repente, ¢ caule spitha- 
meo sesquipedali; vaginis sine auriculis in folia latiora sensim 
excurrentibus; capitulis multi-(15-25)floris paucis glome- 
oe 
r. 3. paniculatus: caule bi-tripedali; vaginis foliisque 
ut as a3; capitulis minoribus pauci-(8-12)floris composite pa- 
ni culatis. 
Var, y. gracilis: cxespitosus caule digitali spithameo; va- 
ginis mioulaags foliis ee se u angustissimis ; capitulis 
California, from the beware st the Sierras; var. a 
the coast, from Monterey, Haenke, Brewer, to San Decale 
_— - Malloy; Hb. n. 96, and to REonsucines Bolander ; 
Tree Grove,” Hillebrand, Bolander, and eneuile in the 
fs Tuolumne lows Brewer, Cal. St. Surv. 2339, 1709 & 
Bolander, 5062, Hb. n. 98, and Mono Pass, the same, 
ais —All the forms As roti ariable ies are readily 
di : 
sep vay arge conspicuous anthers, long style, and by the mark- 
ees of their seeds, whatever the height of the stem, width of 
