164 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 
18. Carex comosa Boott, Trans. Linn. Soc. 20: 117. 1846. 
Carex pseudo-cyperus americanus Hochst.; Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club 1: 54. 1889. 
Tyre Locauity: “In Georgia et Carolina.” 
Rance: Washington to Nova Scotia, south to California and Georgia. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Whatcom County, Suksdorf 1018; Seattle, Piper 992; Waitsburg, 
Horner, July, 1898; near Touchet River, Horner 586. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Transition. 
19. Carex cryptocarpa ©. A. Meyer, Mem. Sav. Etr. Petersb. 1: 226. t. 14. 1831. 
Carex scoulert Torr. Ann. Lyc. N. Y. 8: 399. 1836. 
Tyre Locauity: “Habitat in Unalaschka et Kamtschatca.”’ 
RanaeE: Alaska to Oregon. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Seattle, Piper 990; Smith 1005; Tacoma, Flett 134; Ilwaco, Hen- 
derson, September, 1892; without locality, Cooper in 1854; Ilwaco, Piper 6446; Clallam 
County, Elmer 2719. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Humid transition. 
The Tolmie specimen from Hood Canal referred by Boott @ to C. salina Wahl. is with 
little doubt the above species. 
20. Carex deflexa Hornem. Plantel. ed. 3. 1: 938. 1821. 
Tyre Locauity: Not ascertained. 
Ranae: Alaska to Greenland, south to Oregon, Michigan, and New England. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Mount Rainier, Piper 2552; Wenache region, Brandegee 1145. 
21. Carex deweyana Schwein. Ann. Lyc. N.Y. 1: 65. 1824. 
Type Loca.ity: “ New Eng.” 
RanGe: British Columbia to Nova Scotia, south to New Mexico, Michigan, and Penn- 
sylvania. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: West Klickitat County, Suksdorf 31; Peshastin, Sandberg & 
Leiberg 508. 
ZON: LIBUTION: Transition. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTIC I t 
22. Carex dives Holm, Am. Jeurn. Sci. 1V. 18: 19. 1904. 
Type Locauity: Chilliwack Valley, British Columbia. 
RanaGe: British Columbia to Oregon. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Nisqually, Wilkes Expedition 308; Trout Lake, Suksdorf 43, 44; 
Cascade Mountains, Suksdorf 41. 
ZONAL pistRiBUTION: Humid Transition. 
These specimens have been supposed to represent (’. barbarae Dewey, and may prove to 
belong there. Suksdorf’s No. 41 was labelled C. aquatilis Wahl., and is perhaps the basis for 
the inclusion of that name in his list of Washington plants. 
23. Carex douglasii Boott in Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 218. ¢. 214. 1839. 
Type Locauiry: “N. W. coast.’’ Collected by Douglas. 
Rance: British Columbia and Saskatchewan to California and New Mexico. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Wenache, Griffiths & Cotton 135; Rattlesnake Mountains, Cotton 
572; North Yakima, Griffiths & Cotton 65; Brewster, Griffiths d&: Cotton 257 ; Cow Creek, Grif- 
fiths & Cotton 505; Ellensburg, Piper 2744; Rock Lake, Sandberg & Leiberg, May, 1893; 
Rock Creek, Sandberg & Leiberg 79; Ritzville, Sandberg & Leiberg 188; Spokane County, 
Suksdorf 80; Pullman, Piper, June, 1899. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Upper Sonoran and Arid Transition. 
24a. Carex festiva horneri nom. nov. 
Carex festiva stricta Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club 1: 51. 1889, not C. stricta Lam. 1789. 
Type Locauity: California. 
a Hook. FI. Bor. Am. 2: 219. 1839. 
