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SYNOPSIS OF THE FLORA OF COLORADO. 137 
ones subulate-tipped, inner ones broader, mucronate, more than twice 
longer than the6 stamens ; anthers equaling the filaments; stigmascarcely 
equaling the ovate ovary with its short style, included; capsule straw- 
col ate, retuse, 3-celled, equaling or a little longer ‘than the sepals; 
seeds very der, body about 3” long, and with the appendages, 5/-7” 
ny ul, fide Engelmann 
JUNCUS TENUIS, —_ —Plains of the Platte, Coulter. Cation City, 
Brandegee. 
JUNCUS BUFONIUS, L Ha ld peel 559. Upper Arkansas, Porter. 
ith. ‘ 
On the Platte, near Suter! er, Dr. 
pee S LONGISTYLIS, Torr. Boi Bound Surv., p. 223. Eng. Rev., l. ¢., 
p. 453... (J. Mosistant: Gr ‘in Pl. Parry., p.34,and Pl. Hall & Harbour p 77.) 
Stems 2° high, cxspitose, stoloniferous, terete, somewhat minutely seab- 
rotis above, leafy ; leaves flat, grass-like; heads few, clustered in a con- 
pee panicle, 14/-3! long or rarely single; ; 3-8 or 12-flowered, flowers 
24-3 2, the larger ones greeni nish, with bro wn striz,s mooth, pediceled; 
Shale ant ovate-lanceo ate, very acute or cuspidate, twice longer than 
the stamens; ovary equaling the stamens and style; stigma exserted; 
capsule ova btuse, mucronat te, chestnut-colored, shining; 
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3-celled, equaling or a little longer than the calyx; seeds oblane eolate 
or obovate, ac ite at each end, ‘costate- reticulate, .25/-.27” | Pe 
most common Sauls in the mountains next to J. Balticus, pen ‘mon 
nus.— Hall & Harbour, 566. Denver, Dr. Smith; B. H. Smith. South 
Park, Canby. Twin Latkes, Porter. Cation City, Brandegee. Meehan. 
Plains of rei ebonni Coulte 
UNCUS AL 3, Vil SIGNIS, Fries. Eng. Rev., l. ¢., ee (J- 
articulatus, te en peloatpas, Gr. \—Hall & Harbour, 558; ‘Canby 
JUNCUS Nopvosws, L., var. MEGACEPHALUS, Torr.—Denver, oe ‘Smith; ; 
B. H. Sinith. Galion City, Bronte gee. 
JUNC CUS MERTENSIANUS, Bong. Hng. Rev.,l. ¢., p. 479. (J. enn [olees, 
nm Pl t fro 
H r. in Hall & Harbour.) Stem from "a thick, creepin 
Stock, czespitose, 7/-14’ high, compressed, ; leaves aversely com- 
pressed, usually 4-1” wide, sheath auricled; flow 5-25, ark pit 
ovate-lanceolate, the outer acuminate- subulate, the inner alin a 
mucronate or rarely acute and equaling the outer ones, exceeding the 
3-6 stamens, equaling the broadly-obovate, obtuse, mucronate capsule ; 
a0 ge oblong or oblong-linear, usually mucronate, equaling the fila 
ent or shorter r; style mostly shorter than the obtuse ovary; seeds 
ablanceotate obovate, sag os a soe ailed te Besa end, reticnlate- 
costate—Hall & Harbour, 565. Cation City, Brandegee. Ute Pass, Por- 
ter. Mount Tieon, at re 000 feet atisiide. bi Thite House Mountain, at 
11,000 feet, and Twin Lakes, Coulter. Wet Mountain Valley, Redfield. 
JUNCUS on ms, E.Mey. Eng. Rev., l.¢., p.481. Stem 1°-4°high, 
from a thick ¢ reeping rhizoma, erect, 2- edged ; nimgsen compressed and 
Sciam Rowers about 14” long, pedi , fe w or many in few or 
S; sepals lancenlate, arnapeaee’ acininale ata al or the inner 
te iets: the sh orter style; stigma subex series : aie ov wate-ob- 
eolate, 25-26” long, pointed at each end, reticulated and trans- 
veessty lined. 
Var. monranus, Engelm. Lower, 3°-2° high; leaves narrower, 
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