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shorter than the lo^Yest bract; heads 1 — 30, spherical, several to many- 
flowered, 3 — 6 lines in diameter; perianth 1 — 2 lines long, the parts 
lanceolate-siibnlate, usually reddish brown above, outer shorter than the 
inner; stamens 6, about one-half the length of the perianth; anthers 
longer than the filaments; capsule lanceolate-subulate, 3'Sided, l-celled, 
longer than the perianth; seeds oblong, acute below, apiculate above, 
reticulate in 20 — 30 rows. Type locality: ''Halntat in America septen- 
trionali” 
This species ranged from Nova Scotia to British Columbia, south to 
Virginia, Nebraska, Wyoming and Nevada. It is common throughout 
Iowa in low wet soil. Specimens at hand are from Fayette county. 
Professor Pammel reported the species from Woodbury county; Cratty 
from Emmet, Kossuth, Dickinson, Webster and Cerro Gordo counties; 
and Peck from Hardin county. 
Arthur, J. C. Contributions to the Flora of Iowa, p. 83, 1876. 
Pammel, L. H. Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Sciences, 1895, Vol. 8, 
p. 184, -1896. 
Cratty, It. I. Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Sciences, 3 908, Vol. 11, 
p. 215, 3904; The Iowa Naturalist, Vol. 1, No. 4, p. 78, October, 1905. 
I’eck, jMorton E. Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Sciences, 1904, Vol. 
12, p. 208, 1905. 
7. JUNCUS TOKEEYi Coville Bull. Torr. Club. 22: 303. 1895. 
J uncus noclosus var. megaceplialus Torr. FI. N. i. 2: 826. 1848. 
Juncus megaceplialus Wood, Bot. Ed. 2, 724. 1861. Not Juncus megaccphalus 
M. A. Curtis, 1885. 
Rootstock slender, tuberous at intervals; stems 8 — 40 inches high, 
stout, 1 — 4 leaved; blade stout terete, a line or less in thickness, diver- 
gent, marked by septa; inflorescence congested, exceeded by the .lowest 
bract; heads 1 — 20, 5 — 8 lines in diameter; perianth 2 — 3 lines long, the 
parts subulate, the outer longer than the inner; stamens 6, about half 
the length of the perianth; capsule subulate, 3-sided, l-celled, with a 
beak nearly a line in length, exceeding the perianth; seed oblong, acute 
at both ends, reticulate in about twenty rows. 
A species ranging from New England to Oregon, south to Alabama 
and Texas. Wood’s type locality is: “Borders of streams and lakes, 
New York to Wisconsin, south to Florida.” The species is common 
throughout Iowa in low wet soil. 
Specimens in the writer’s herbarium are from Linn, Decatur, Fremont 
and Osceola counties. The species was noted in Emmet, Kossuth, Palo 
Alto, Humboldt and Wright counties. The State University herbarium 
has specimens from the additional counties of Woodbury, Lyon, Dickin- 
son, Cerro Gordo, Winnebago and Dallas. Professor Hitchcock reported 
the species from Story county; Barnes, Reppert and Miller from Scott 
and Muscatine counties; Cratty from Webster and Payette counties, and 
Peck from Hardin county. 
Arthur, .1.. C.. Contributions to the Flora of Iowa, p. 33, 3876. 
Upham, IVarren. Catalogue of the Flora of Minnesota, p. 149, 1884. 
Hitchcock, A. S. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis, Vol. 
5, p. 521, 1892. 
Shimek, B. Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Sciences, 1896, Vol. 4,. p. 
76, 1897. 
