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large tufts, 2-3 feet in diameter, on tlie sandy banks of stream¬ 
lets, alt. 6,500 feet, H. Bolander , fl. in July. — In many re¬ 
spects intermediate between the foregoing and the following 
species, this plant is distinguished from both by its small ob¬ 
tuse flowers, green with light brown margins (l^ or in fruit 
nearly 2, lines long), the elongated obtuse capsule, and above 
all by the distinctly reticulated almost obtuse seeds, which 
in both others are more or less pointed or even tailed and 
differently marked; the seeds, I could examine, not quite ma¬ 
ture, are 0.25 line long and half as much in diameter, and ex¬ 
hibit 8 ribs on one side; their arete are apparently smooth. 
J. longistylis also on the Red River of the North, Hub- 
hard in Hb. Lapham; Huerfano Valley of the Rocky Moun¬ 
tains, Parry; on the banks of Mono lake in the Californian 
mountains, Bolander , Hb. n. 43. —Stem with several short 
leaves, always considerably exceeding the linear foliage; 
seeds apiculate or short tail-pointed, with a distinct white 
raphe, strongly ribbed, when not perfectly mature, like those 
of J. marginatus; fully ripe seeds with very slight cross-bars 
and a faint transverse lineolation. 
Var.? latifolius: caule erecto (pedali) nudo seu basi uni- 
foliato, folia brevia lineari-lanceolata longe excedente; pani- 
cula simplici spatha membranacea rare foliacea longiori; ca- 
pitulis pauci- (3-5-)floris; antheris longe linearibus filamento 
triplo quadruplo longioribus; seminibus obovatis costato-sub- 
reticulatis. 
Californian Sierras on alpine meadows or along rivulets in 
the Yosemite Valley, alt. 4,000 feet, Hb. n. 46 ; on the upper 
Tuolumne, alt. 10,000 feet, and frequent on the eastern slope 
of the mountains, H. Bolander. —Easily recognized by its 
broad (2-3 lines wide) and short (2-4 rarely 5 inches long) 
light green leaves, few-flowered heads and long anthers, but 
probably not specifically distinct; seeds 0.25-0.30 line long, 
reticulate with faint cross-bars, areas slightly lineolate or al¬ 
most smooth; 7 or 8 ribs visible. 
Pag. 454. J\ leptocaulis ; the Arkansas specimens have 
been collected by Dr. Leavenworth; for the Texan localities 
credit is also due to that ardent old gentleman, Dr. Gideon 
Lincecum, who, in his 79th year, still continues an active 
botanist, and is now seeking a new field in Mexico.—Mr. 
Buckley protests against the change of his and the restora¬ 
tion of an older manuscript name, and threatens to lay the 
matter before the public for arbitration, in which I wish to 
assist him, referring only to the remarks on page 454. 
J. marginatus ; var. paucicapitatus ought to follow var. 
vulgaris ; both are distinguished from the other variety by a 
more slender growth, meagre panicle, and mostly smooth 
edges of the leaves; in Herb. norm, only gracile forms are 
represented, 33 Pennsylvania, Porter ; 34 West Canada, 
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