Botany of United States Geological Exploration, 40th Parallel
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Campiistris 153. L (comosa) May. - Approximately needle forms of L. campiistris. - See $1. Nov. Ann. 2. 1867. From the Rockies to the Pacific from northern Montana to Colorado. (H+H.) July 31, 1869 - Bear River bottom, near Camp Aug. 14, " " " Stomp 11 " 4 6 4 154. Jamesii Baltim., dett. var. montana, Eng. Spikes open of equal length, slender the inner ones more obtuse; anthers 4° longer than the myriophyll filaments; capsules ovate-pyramidal, angled (notably) and rather small in number. May bloomed. From New Mexico & Colorado To the upper San Juan River to Wapiti Creek & Calypso, Grand Voyageurs in marshes - "Wire Grass" + reedlike fronds Hay & feather grass. July 28, 1867 - Glendale - 65ft Aug. 5 " Soda Lake Oct. 11 " Unimilla Valley to June 23, 1868 - Essan Valley - Hot Springs July 6 " Dry Creek - Mount Tor Valley 155. J. Baltim. var. dett., Roseovit. coupi; stem solitary, stature (2-3') asft. After fertilization; branches of the panicles erect; flowers large, brown, strictly perfect; Lanceolate, the other myriophylls a little longer than the others, about equal in length over the ovary, acute, scarcely angled capsules; anthers 6, broadlinear, 4-5 times longer than the myriophyll filaments; and large over others, scarcely defined by oblique simple chaff or anything else. - Scarcely more than a shrub-like form of J. Baltim. Aug. 17, Knight's & Truller (1867-8.) 156. J. filiformis, L. From New England to Michigan, Canada, to Hudson Bay, the Saint Lawrence River - collected by Lyell in the Cascade & Rocky Mts. Aug. 5, 1869 - Shone Lily Lake " " Stomp Lake in meadow