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3. J. compressus, H. B. K. nov. gen. 1, 235; Kunth. 
En. 3, 317: rhizomate repente, caulibus (palmaribus sesqui- 
pedalibus) compressis farctis siccis tenuiter striatis; vaginis 
aphyllis muticis seu saepius folia culmo simillima breviora 
gerentibus; spatha paniculam compositam seu decompositam 
ad ultimos ramos secundifloram aequante seu superante; 
sepalis lanceolatis, exterioribus acutis seu subulato-aeutatis, 
interioribus paulo brevioribus obtusiusculis stamina six di- 
mida seu tertia parte superantibus; antheris late linearibus 
filamento brevi multo (quadruplo quintuplo) longioribus; 
stigmatibus ovarium cum stylo fere sequilongo subaequantibuS; 
capsula ovata acuta (inclusa?) triloculari; seminibus ovatis 
obtusis vix apiculatis laeviusculis. 
Salinas valley, in sandy river bottoms, May 1 in flower; 
Calif. State Survey No. 529, the only locality in our flora 
known to me. Dr. J. Gregg collected the same species in 
northern Mexico, smaller forms, eight inches high, with very 
short spathe, and a stouter one, 12-18 inches high, with 
longer spathe and larger panicle. The Californian specimens 
are 10-15 inches high, with a spathe 2-4 inches long; panicle 
small, rather simple, only the extreme branchlets with one¬ 
sided flowers; the reddish streaks on the sepals very pale; 
the only capsule seen (not ripe) was shorter than the sepals 
and contained a few large seeds, 0.37 line long and apparent¬ 
ly very slightly lineolate.—This plant is evidently closely 
allied to J. Balticus / it bears very similar but paler flowers, 
with the same stout anthers on very short filaments; but the 
flattened stem and the frequent occurrence of leaves distin¬ 
guish it. Among Fendler’s Sante Fe plants, however, I find 
under No. 860, with the legitimate J. Balticus , var. montanus , 
small specimens 6-7 inches high, with the darker flowers of 
the former, but with a slightly compressed stem, and occa¬ 
sionally with a leaf from the vaginae. Is that a form interme¬ 
diate between and connecting both species? 
4. J. Breweri, n. sp.: rhizomate perpendiculari; caulibus 
csespitosis (pedalibus) compressis laevibus farctis; vaginis 
nervosis muticis; spatha paniculam paucifloram in ultimis 
ramis secundam longe superante; sepalis subaequalibus ovatis 
late marginatis abrupte acuminatis; antheris late linearibus 
filamento brevi multo (quadruplo quintuplo) longioribus; 
stigmatibus ovarium cum stylo aequi-longo aequantibus ex- 
sertis; capsula .... 
Wet, sandy soil, near Monterey, California, the same un¬ 
fortunate locality that has so often been confounded by 
botanical writers with Monterey in Nuevo Leon, Real del 
Monte in Mexico, and even Montreal in Canada; Calif. State 
Survey No. 651, in flower in the latter part of May.—The 
perpendicular rhizoma (if a constant character) and the 
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