92 JUNCACEAE. 



broad; inflorescence narrow, erect, the lowest spike often long-peduncled ; 

 bracts ciliate, equalling or longer than the inflorescence; perianth segments 

 lanceolate, acute, subequal, 3-3.5 mm. long, brown with scarious margins, 

 the inner slightly broader and tridentate-mucronate at apex. 

 Known from Vancouver Island, Macoun, and California. 



Juncoides campestre (L.) Kuntze. Stems tufted, 15-40 cm. tall, the 

 whole plant loosely villous; leaves flat, 2-5 mm. broad, 5-15 cm. long; flowers 

 in short spikes, these cymose; longest bract usually exceeding the inflorescence; 

 spikes oblong, 5-15 mm. long, on peduncles 1-5 cm. long, erect or nodding; 

 perianth segments straw-colored or brownish, lanceolate, acuminate, 3 mm. 

 long; capsules obtuse, short-beaked, equalling the perianth. 



Common in open woods; a widespread and very variable species. The 

 following subspecies occur in our limits. 



Juncoides campestre comosum (Meyer) Kuntze. Inflorescence usually 

 loose; spikes elongate; perianth segments 3-4.5 mm. long, as long as the cap- 

 sule; bracts ciliate. 



In open woods. 



Juncoides campestre congestum (Thuill.) Piper n. comb. (/. congestum 

 Thuill.) Inflorescence dense, the heads congested; perianth 3.5-4 mm. long, 

 much exceeding the capsule. 



In open woods. 



Juncoides campestre multiflorum (Ehrh.) Sheldon. Inflorescence of several 

 subglobose heads; perianth 2.5-3.5 cm. long, pale brown, usually a little 

 longer than the capsule. 



Common in open woods. 



Juncoides glabratum (Hoppe) Sheldon. Glabrous throughout; stems 

 30-50 cm. high, from creeping rootstocks; leaves dark green, flat, 10-20 cm. 

 long, 10-12 mm. broad, acute; panicle loose and nodding; bracts small; perianth 

 segments dark brown, lance-ovate, acute, shorter than the apiculate nearly 

 black capsule. 



In open woods at moderate elevations in the mountains, greedily eaten 

 by horses. 



Juncoides divaricatum (Wats.) Coville. Tufted; stems 15-30 cm. high; 

 leaves flat; panicle loose, broadly pyramidal, stiff; perianth segments brownish, 

 shorter than the capsule. 



At high elevations, Mount St. Helens and southward. Considered by 

 Buchenau to be a subspecies of J. spadiceum. 



Juncoides parviflorum (Ehrh.) Coville. Very similar to J. glabratum but 

 taller and more slender; leaves usually with a few long hairs at base; panicle 

 very loose; perianth segments straw-colored, lanceolate, acuminate, hardly 

 equalling the straw-colored capsule. 



In moist places, very common. 



Juncoides majus (Hook.) Piper n. comb. (Juncoides piperi Coville; Luzula 

 arcuata major Hook.) Densely tufted, 10-35 cm. high; leaves pale, firm, flat 

 or revolute, 2-4 mm. broad; perianth segments acute, shorter than the capsule. 



At high elevations in the mountains. British Columbia to Idaho and 

 Oregon. 



Family 22. LILIACEAE. Lily Family. 



Terrestrial herbs or sometimes woody plants; stems usually 

 from bulbs, corms, or more or less thickened rootstocks; flowers 



