PIPER—FLORA OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, 161 
RHYNCHOSPORA. 
1. Rhynchospora alba (L.) Vahl, Enum. 2: 236. 1806. 
Schoenus albus L. Sp. Pl. 1: 44. 1753. 
Type LocaLity: Europe. 
RanGe: Alaska to Labrador, south to Oregon and Florida. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Whatcom County, Suksdorf 1014; Seattle, Piper 1121: Gran- 
ville, Conard 374. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Humid Transition, 
CAREX. SeEpbGer. 
1. Carex ablata Bailey, Bot. Gaz. 13: 82. 1888. 
Carex frigida of American authors. 
Type Locauity: None cited. 
Rance: British Columbia to Utah and California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Olympic Mountains, Piper 2244; Flett 823; Clallam County, 
Elmer 2703: Mount Rainier, Allen 270; Piper 2546; Mount Stuart, Elmer 1136, 1127; 
Mount Adams, Suksdorf 25, 26; Henderson, August 8, 1892; Stevens Pass, Sandberg & Lei- 
berg 707; Cascade Mountains, Tweedy. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arctic. 
2. Carex accedens Holm, Am. Journ. Sci. [V. 16: 457. 1903. 
Carer spreta Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club 1: 6. 1889, not C. spreta Steud. 
Carer stylosa virens Bailey, Proc. Am. Acad. 22: 79. 1886, not Carex virens Lam. 1789. 
Type Locatiry: Sauvies Island, Oregon. Collected by Howell. 
RANGE: Oregon and Washington. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Mount Rainier, Piper 2550; Mount Adams, //owell, August, 1882; 
without locality, Vasey in 1889. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Transition to Arctic. 
3. Carex acutina tenuior Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club 1: 53. 1889. 
TyprE LocaLity: Oregon. Collected by Howell. 
‘Rance: Washington and Oregon. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Mount Adams, Henderson 1489 (fide Bailey). 
4. Carex amplifolia Boott in Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 228. ¢. 226. 1839. 
Tyre Locaity: ‘ Marshy places, Columbia River.’’ Collected by Douglas. 
Rance: British Columbia to Idaho and California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Olympic Mountains, Grant in 1889; Seattle, Piper 995; upper 
Nisqually Valley, Allen 174; Mount Adams, Suksdorf 50; Cascade Mountains, latitude 
49°, Lyall in 1859; Cascade Mountains, Henderson, July, 1892; Ellensburg, Elmer 422; 
Tampico, Henderson, July, 1892; Falcon Valley, Suksdorf 42; without locality, Vasey in 
1889; Clarks Springs, Kreager 26; Klickitat River, Cotton 1443. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Transition. 
5. Carex aperta Boott in Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 218. ¢. 219. 1839. 
Carex turgidula Bailey, Bot. Gaz. 25: 271. 1898. 
Type Locatity: ‘Columbia River.’”’ Collected by Douglas and Scouler. 
Rance: Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Columbia River, Scouler; west Klickitat County, Suksdorf 22, 
64, 65, 66; Pend Oreille River, Lyall in 1861; McAllister Lake, Henderson 1788; Palouse, 
Henderson 2088; Meyers Falls, Kreager 588; Kalispel Valley, Spillman, July 1, 1901. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Transition. 
This species has been considered the same as C. proliza Fries of Europe, C. acuta prolira 
Hornem. 
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