BOTANY. 153 
Eleocharis capitata, R. Br.; Torr. Cyp. p. 305. With the last. We have this species from 
Texas, collected by Drummond, and also by Dr. Leavenworth. 
Isolepis carinata, HooJc. <£’ Am. in Torr. Cyp. 1. c. p. 349. Wet places, Laguna of Santa 
Rosa Creek, California; May 1. This agrees well with the eastern plant, except that the 
achenium is more minutely roughened, and the spikes are sometimes in pairs. 
Isolepis leptocaulis (sp. nov.): culmo sulcato angulato setaceo elongato hasi 1-3-pbyllo; 
spica ovata 10-12-flora ; involucro monophyllo spicam superante ; squamis ovatis obtusis, infimo 
bracteiformi acuminato ; stylo trifido. Cocomungo, California ; March 18. The spike is appa¬ 
rently lateral, and indeed the one-leaved involucre (which is 5-6 times as long as the spike) 
may he regarded as a continuation of the culm. The species resembles I. carinata, hut differs 
in being much more slender and taller, with smaller heads, and the scales are not acuminate. 
There were no mature achenia on the specimens. 
Scirpus triqueter, Linn. ? Near San Francisco? The specimens are too young for satisfac¬ 
tory determination. 
Scirpus lacustris, Linn.; Torr. Cyp. p. 321. Overflowed places, Comanche Plains, and near 
San Domingo, New Mexico. 
Scirpus maritimus, var. macrostachyos, Miclix.; Torr. 1. c. p. 323. Sandy alluvions of the 
Upper Canadian River ; probably in saline soils. 
Scirpus sylvaticus, Linn.; Torr. 1. c. p. 323. Wet ravines, Upper Cross Timbers of the 
Canadian River. 
Eriophorum gracile, Koch; Hook. FI. Bor.-Amer. 2, p. 232; Gray, Bot. U. States, p. 529. 
E. angustifolium, Torr. Cyp. p. 339, not of Roth. Swamps near Sonoma, California; May 3, 
(with mature achenia.) The peduncles are mostly erect, and much shorter than the spikes. 
Fimbristylis spadicea, Vahl; Torr. Cyp. p. 346. Borders of streams, Upper Cross Timbers of 
the Canadian River. 
Carex* Sitchensis, Prescott , in Hook. FI. Bor.-Am. 2, p. 220, t. 221. Marshes at the head 
of Tomales Bay, and near San Francisco, California ; April. 
Carex decidua, Boott, in Linn. Trans. 20, p. 119. Mountains near Oakland, Los Angeles, 
Duffield’s Ranch, Sierra Nevada, and other parts of California; April, May. 
Carex laciniata, Boott, in Benth. Plant. Hartweg ined. Swamps on Mark West’s Creek, 
Bolinas Bay, etc., California; April. This is the same as Hartweg’s No. 2022, and Coulter’s 
806. It is likewise (in part) 1241 Herb. U. S. Expl. Exped. from the Sacramento. It is very 
near C. Jamesii, Torr., quae foliis glaucis, auriculis pallidis discretis elongatis, perigyniis ner- 
vosis glabris bracteis brevioribus, squamis non ciliatis differt. 
Carex Xalapensis, Kunih, Enum. 2,p. 380. Low swampy places, Mark West’s Creek, and 
Napa, California ; April 25-30. 
Carex Deweyana, Schivein.; Torr. & Schioein. Mon. Car. in Ann. Lyc. N. York, 1, p. 316. 
Shady hill-sides, Napa Valley, California ; May 5. The Oregon specimens and these have 6-8 
approximate spiculae. 
Carex festiva, Deic. in Sill. Jour. 29, p. 351. Spica oblonga; in uno specimine spicula 
infima subremota. Punta de los Reyes, California ; April 18. 
Carex Geyeri, Boott, in Linn. Trans. 20, p. 118. Flosculis foeminiis 2-3, squamis inferioribus 
foliaceis. Hill-sides, Duffield’s Ranch, Sierra Nevada, California ; May 10-12. This is like Dr. 
Parry’s specimens collected in California. Kunze’s figure, t. 47, has a solitary female flower. 
Carex Hoodii, Boott , in Hook. FI. Bor.-Am. 2, p. 211, t. 211. Mark West’s Creek, Cali¬ 
fornia ; May 1. 
Carex lagopodioides, Schk. Car. t. Yyy. f. 177; Torr. & Schio. 1. c. p. 313. Mark West’s 
Creek, California ; May 1. 
°The Carices of this collection were determined by our valued friend Dr, Boott, whose names and remarks are given as 
they were received from him. 
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