XLI. (1877) 222; I,. H. Bailey, 1. e. 120. — lihizoma elongatum obliquum lignosum. 

 Culmus 16 — 22 cm altus gracilis obtusangulus. Folia culmum longc superantia 5 — 

 6 mm lata plana supra peraspera subtus minute papillosa longe attenuata glauco-viridia 

 riirida, vaginae inferiores ferrugineae. Spiculae 4 — 5 distantcs cvlindricae, lenninalis j* 

 3 cm longa, reliquae 3 — 4 Q (apice breviter ($) 2—3 cm longae sul.densiflurae. 

 suprema lateralis, inferiores vel omnes subradicales inaequaliter longe pednnculatae 

 erectae, pedunculi setacei laeves. Bracteae longe vaginantes breviter iaminatte. Squamae L 

 obovato-oblongae apice truncatae saepe emarginatae ciliatae marginibus rul'ae dorso 



. ellipsoidei trigoni 5 nun Inn-i pallide virides piil.es- 

 centes plurinervosi, in stipitem longum spongiosum alfenuaii. rnslm l.re\i *\- m \ < . • •!■•■ 

 hyalino oblique truncato apiculati. Nux arete inclusa ellipsoidea slipitafa. Styli basis 

 incrassata. Stigmata 3. 



Florida selten (Sartwell n. 103!). 



457. C. triquetra Boott in Trans. Linn. Soc. XX. (1816 126 el in Illustr. IV. 

 (1867) 219 (excl. t. 417); Bailey, 1. c. 127; W. Bootl in S. Wats. Bot Calif. 11. 1880, 

 247; S. B. Parish in Bull. South. Calif. Acad. Sc. IV. (1905) 112 t. XIX. — '*. monii- 

 cola Dew. in Bot. Mexic. Bound. (1858) 229. — Rhizoma caespitosum. CulmM id 

 45 cm altus firmus triqueter scabriusculus vel laevis inferne foliatus. Folia culmo 

 breviora 2 — 4 mm lata marginibus revoluta dense papillosa glabra cinereo-viridia rigid.-.. 

 vaginae inferiores partim aphyllae cinnamomeae purpureo-resinosae. Spiculae 3 — 5, 

 terminalis q* subelavalo-linearis 2 1 2 em lon-a breviter pedunrulata. laterales 2—4 %1 

 cvlindricae 2—3 cm longae sublaxiflorae, superiores spiculae r? approximatae sub- 

 sessiles, una distans exserte pedunculata. Bracteae culmo breviores, superiores setaceae 

 vix vaginantes, ima foliacea longe vaginans. Squamae Q ovalae eii>pi.I.iln-imi. n-iiiii.i. 

 cupreae marginibus albo-byalinae viridi-carinatae. Ftriculi squamis latiores el paullo 

 longiores suberecti membranacei late ovati vel subobovati aeute trigoni i mm tongl 

 pallide virides hirto-pilosi, in latere utroque nervo elevato percursi, basi enniraHi. apv 



i'aciebus concavis. Stigmata 3. 



Sierra Madre (Nev in), Ojai (Peckham . Sanla Barbara (Klmer n. 3 9 ■ ' 

 '"no 1000-^-2500' (Parish n. 4150!, 4696, 5616!), San Diego [Pnng 

 Mexiko: Encenada (M. E. Jones n. 3744!). 



458. C. tapintzensis Franch. in Bull. Soc. philom. Paris 8. ser.XII. (1895) 14 

 '■ in Nouv. Arch Mus Par. 3. ser. IX. (1897) 164; C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. 

 s -- XXXVI. (| <)()P 3 13 — Khizoi.ia ci^s.un obliquum plurireps cacspites densos 

 '""nans. Culmus 30-60 cm altus graeilis <ed l.r.m.s hiqueter sursum parce scaber 

 M foliatus. Folia eulmo breviora 1-3 mm lata plana supra aspera ngidnla amce 

 oreinata, vaginae inferiores fuscescentes dissolutae. Spiculae 4-5 cvlindricae term - 

 nal * c^ (rarius androgyna) 2—3 cm longa dense multiflora, laterales 3-4 y (su- 

 Periorel apice plerumque' tfj 2-4 cm longae pluri- et sublaxiflorae, ™^^'%^ 

 su bap P roximata, caeterae remotae pedunculatae. Bracteae Inn. 



br eviter i ma longiue laminiferae. Sqnamae $ obovatae apice 



R'natae fulvae marginibus srariosis lab albo-bvalimn •■ dorso "'•';» ' '< ■ ' 



;, ^atae basi involveutes. I Irieuli squamas >.■!■■ , ,'i rnni ■• 



ovato-oblongi obtuse trigoni 4 mm longi pallide virides birt.^i ! ""; m '^' ' ~ 



late rales prominentes), in slipitem l.m.uin aHenual ''..slm brew • v ."|< »™ - 



