December 31, 19m 123 



[5. JUNCUS MERTENSIANUS Bong. Mem. St. Petersb. VI. '-£: 167. 



1S32. 



In a marsh at 6000 feet altitude, Mill creek, San Bernar- 

 dino mountains, July, 1S92, Parish 2^22. Stream bank above 

 Round Valley, San Jacinto mountains, July, 1909, Mrs. C. -'/• 

 // tlder 924. 



A northern species which finds its southern limit at the 

 last named station. 



1/ 16. JUNCUS NEVADENSIS Wats. Proc. Am. A.cad. 14: 303. 1879. 



Common in meadows in the San Bernardino mountains at 

 5000 to 7500 feet altitude. 



Seeley's Flat, June, 1892, Parish 2312. Little Bear Valley, 

 August, 1884, Parish 1663. Bear Valley, August, 1882, June, 

 1894, June, 1895, Parish 1439, 3253, 3788. Bluff Lake, June, 

 1894, Parish 3236. 



J. ascplus is an herbarium name given by Dr. Engelmann 

 to my no. 1439, and most of my collections were distributed 

 under it. Buchenau, in Das Pflanzenreich (IV. 36: 202), con- 

 siders it a form of/. Suksdorfii Rydb. Bull. Torr. Club 26: 541. 

 But that is a larger flowered plant, and our specimens are better 

 referred to J. nevadensis, from which they differ only in the 

 somewhat deeper. color of the flowers and the narrower leaves. 



j/ 17. JUNCUS DTJBIUS Kngelm. Trans. St. Louis Acad. 2: 459. 

 1868. 

 Apparently very rare in our region. 



Witch creek, San Diego county, Alderson 363. Cuyamaca 

 mountains, Palmer 384, according to Watson, Bot. Cal. 2: 209. 



18. JUNCUS RUGULOSUS Kngelm. Bot. Gaz. <>: 224. 1881. 



Common by streams and marshes throughout the Cismon- 

 tane region, and ascending the mountains to 3500 feet altitude. 



Los Angeles river, July, 1902, Braunton j8p. Pasadena, 

 McClatchie. San Bernardino Valley, September, 1907, Parish 

 6jjj. Lone Pine canyon, Cucamunga mountains, July, 1 

 Abrams and McGregor 688. Glen ranch, upper Lytic creek, 

 July, 1902, Abrams 2-32. Balona ranch, San Diego county, 



