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VOL.?).' LOS ANOCLCS, CAL, n ARCH 1,1904. NO 3 



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A Preliminary Synopsis of the Southern California 

 Cyperaceae. 



By S B. PARISH. 



The Sedges have been neglected by most Southern Cali- 

 fornia botanists, and consequently they are represented but 

 scantily in collections. The number of the species, therefore, 

 and their distribution, are known very imperfectly. It seems 

 desirable that our knowledge should be augmented, and made 

 more accurate : and it is to facilitate this end that the present 

 paper has been prepared. 



All the species now known to occur in the southern coun- 

 ties are described, and their distribution indicated, so far as 

 the scanty material permits. With the exception of a few rare 

 species, specimens of which I have not been able to see, the de- 

 scriptions are drawn directly from Southern California plants. 



Besides my own material I have had access to that belong- 

 ing to the University of California, and to the collections of Mr. 

 T. S. Brandagee and Dr. A. Davidson. My thanks are due to 

 Mr. H. M. Hall, and to the two gentlemen named, for this oppor- 

 tunity, and also to Dr. N. L. Britton, Dr. L. H. Bailey and Prof. 

 C. F. Wheeler for valuable assistance. 



The plate of Cyperus bromoides is from a drawing made at 



