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Elymus condensatus Presl, Rel. Haenk. 1: 265. 1830, 



No. 8069, collected June 19, near Grenada Station, Siski- 

 you county. The plants here were considerably less robust 

 than the typical form from Monterey, which attains a height of 

 8 or 10 feet, with very large spikes and broad leaves. 



SiTANiON CALiFORNicuM J. G. Smith, U. S. Dep. Agric. Div. 

 Agrost. Bull. 18: 13. 1899. 

 No. 8071, collected June 19, near Grenada Station, Siski- 

 you county, where it is rather plentiful along the railroad, grow- 

 ing in small tufts. The type was collected in the San Bernar- 

 dino mountains by S. B. Parish, no. 3295. 



CYPERACEAE 



The determinations by Mr. Theodor Holm 

 SciRPUS RiPARius Spreng. 



No. 7854, collected May 26, about two miles west of Red- 

 ding, Shasta county, growing in shallow pools which become 

 dry J[ater in the season. I can find no reference to this name in 

 any of the literature at hand. 



Carex amplifolia Boott, in Hook. Fl. Bor. Am 2: 228. p/. 

 226. 1839. 

 No. 7974, collected June 5, on a wet bank along the rail- 

 road a short distance above Shasta Retreat, Siskiyou county. 

 This number represents a small form of the species. 



No. 7982, collected June 5, a short distance below Shasta 

 Springs, Siskiyou county, is the large typical form. The plants 

 were growing on the edge of a small stream near a soda spring, 



Carex aurea Nutt. Gen. 2: 205. 1818. 



No. 8096, collected June 22, in a wet meadow near Igerna, 

 Siskiyou county. The type is from the "shores of Lake Michi- 

 gan." 



