Juncaginaceae of Nevada

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FLORA OF NEVADA. NO. 14.

JUNCAGINACEAE OF NEVADA

by
F, J, HERMANN

December 1, 1940.

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JUNCAGINACEAE OF NEVADA

By F. J» Hermann

Marsh herbs with rush=-like leaves and small spicate or race=
mosey, bractless, perfect flowers. Porianth herbaceous, 6-lobed;
stamens 3-6, with clongated or short filaments; carpels 3 or 6,

l-2-ovuled, more or less united but separating ot maturity.

One genus in our arede

1. TRIGLOCHIN Le Arrow-grass.

Leaves radical, bladeless, tercte, fleshys Sepals and petals
nearly alike, greenish, concave, deciduous. Stamens 3-6; anthors
extrorse, on very short pedicels. Stigmas sessile. Ovules soli=

tary.

One species known from Nevada.

1. TRIGLOCHIN MARITIMA Le Spe Ple 339. 1753.
Triglochin clata Nutte Gon. 1: 237. 1818.
Triglochin maritima var. debilis M. E. Jones, Proc. Calif.
Acads Scie IIe 53 7236. 18956
Triglochin concinna Dewey, Erythea 3: 117. 1895.

Perennial with wand-like naked and jointless scapes 1=7

dm. high; raceme clongate, often ) dm. long or more; pedicels
decurrent; stomens 6, almost sessile; pistil of 6 unitc” car-
pels; fruit ovoid or short-prismatic, 5-6 mm. long, 2h, mme
thick; carpels JZ=angled, slightly grooved on the back, the,
edges acutce

In saline, marshy habitats, Labrador to New Jersey, west=
ward to Alaska, California and Mexico.

Nevada: Washoe, Lincoln and Elko Countics,.

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