ha Muhlenbergia, Volume 6 



i. Luzula DC. 

 Luzula DC. in Lam. & DC. Fl. Franc. 1: 198. 1805. Cyper- 



ella Kramer, Tent. Bot. 41. 1744. Juncoides Sabbati, Syri. 



PI. Roma 23. 1745. Juncodes Sheldon, Minn. Bot. Studies 



1: 62. 1894. 



More than 60 species, widely distributed, only the follow- 

 ing known from our region: 



Perianth at most equaling the capsule; se. d with a 



long white appendage 1- comosa 



Perianth exceeding the capsule: appendage short L. comosa macrantha 



Luzula comosa E. Mey. Synop. Lnzul. 21. 1823. Juncodes 



comosum Sheldon, 1. c. 64. 



Common by streams and in meadows in the Nevadan re- 

 gion at 4000 to 9000 feet altitude. 



Round Valley, San Jacinto mountains, July, 1909, Mrs. C 

 M. Wilder 921. Head of Bear creek, San Bernardino moun- 

 tains, August, 1882, Parish 1 437. 



Luzula comosa E. Mey. var. macrantha Wats. Bot. Cal. 2: 

 203. 1880. Juncoides comosum var. macranthum Parish, 

 Erythea 11: 59. 1895. 

 San Bernardino mountains, 5000-7400 feet altitude: Seeley's 



Flat, June, 1892, Parisli 24 7 2. Bluff Lake, June, 1894, Parish 



3 26 3- 



2. JUNCUS Linn. 

 JUNCUS Linn. Gen. PI. 104. 1737. 

 Over 200 species are recognized, of world wide distribution, 

 mostly in wet or damp soils. 



Key to the Southern California Junci 



A. Flowers solitary*, each subtended by 2 bracteoles, and borne on a pedi- 

 cel which is [-bracted at base ProphyUatu 



Annual; stems slender and branched 



Perianth segments linear-lanceolate, exceeding 



the capsule; seeds ovoid, apiculate 1. J. bufonius 



Inner s< gments obtuse, little if a1 all exceed 



the capsule; seeds truncate ia. J. bufonius halophilus 



