APPENDIX. 377 



Scirpus maeitimus, L. — Santa Barbara (104). 



Fimbeistylis theemalis, Watson. — Hot springs, near Kernville, 

 growing in water at 128° Fahr. Specimens frequently found with as many 

 as seven spikes in an umbel (303). 



Caeex vulgaris, Fries, var. hypeeborea, Boott. (C. hyperborea, 

 Drej.) — 4-8' high, scabrous above and sharply angled; leaves 3" wide, 

 erect, shorter than the culm. Male spikes 1-2 ; female spikes 3, the lowest 

 long-peduncled and loosely flowered at base ; perigynia ovate, nerveless, 

 purple at top, ciliate at the entire orifice and on the upper margin, as long 

 as, or shorter than the lanceolate purple scale ; bracts of the lower female 

 spike setaceous. Very scabrous, with large purple auricles. — Kern River, 

 9,800 feet elevation (371). 



GRAMINEJE. 



By De. George Vasey. 



Vilfa depauperata, Torr. (Watson's Botany of 40th Parallel). — North 

 Fork of Kem River, 1875 (377) ; apparently the same as Bolander's No. 

 6092 and Spordbolus nodosus, Nutt. 



Vilfa depauperata, Torr., var. filiformis, "Watson. — Olanche Mount- 

 ain, 9,400 feet altitude, 1875 (348). 



Agrostis exarata, Trin. — Head of Kern River, 1875 (231). 



Agrostis exaeata, Trin., var. miceophylla. (A. microphylla, Steud.) — 

 Head of Kern River, 1875 (249). It seems difficult to regard this as only 

 a variety. 



Ageostis vaeians, Trin. — Collected along Kern River, 1875 (323). 



Melica imperfecta, Trin. — Santa Barbara, 1875 (148). The var. 



SESQUIFLORA, Bol. 



Glyceria pauciflora, Presl (Watson's Bot. of 40th Parallel, Synopsis 

 Flora of Colorado).— Utah, 1871 and 1872; Kern River, 1875 (385). 



Brizopyrum spicatum, Hook., var. strictum. — 1875 (427). 



Elymus Sitanion, Schultz (Watson's Bot. 40th Parallel, Synopsis 

 Flora of Colorado).— Mount Whitney, 1875 (403). 



Elymus condensatus, Presl (Watson's Bot. 40th Parallel, Synopsis 

 Flora of Colorado). — Santa Barbara, 1875 (134). 



