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tance: Washington to California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Olympic Mountains, Elmer 2702; Mount Rainier, Piper 2532; 
Simcoe Mountains, Suksdorf 60; west Klickitat County, Suksdorf 14; Stevens Pass, Sand- 
berg & Leiberg 773; Conconully, Griffiths & Cotton 298: Blue Mountains, Horner, June 17, 
1896, 479; Piper 2272. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Hudsonian and Arctic. 
24b. Carex festiva pachystachya (Cham.) Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club 1: 51. 1889. 
Carex pachystachya Cham.; Steud. Pl. Glum. 2: 197. 1855. 
Tyre Locatiry: “In Unalaschka.”’ 
Rance: Alaska to Montana and Oregon. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Olympic Mountains, Elmer 2709; Montesano, Heller 3954; Seattle, 
Piper, June 9, 1884; Henderson 2107; Mount Adams, Henderson, August 6, 1892; Nisqually 
Valley, Allen, 164;Stevens Pass, Sandberg & Letberg 756; Skamania County, Flett 1373: 
Rattlesnake Mountains, Cotton 700; Lake Omach, Griffiths & Cotton 402; Wenache, Whited, 
June 28, 1896, 1081; Wenas, Henderson, June 18, 1892; Bridge Creek, Elmer 815; Stehekin, 
Griffiths & Cotton 245;Salmon River, Horner 483; Waitsburg, Horner 199; Pullman, Piper 
1934; Blue Mountains, Lake & Hull 371. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Transition. 
25. Carex festucacea brevior (Dew.) Fernald, Proc. Am. Acad. 32: 477. 1902. 
Carex straminea bremor Dew. Am. Journ. Sci. 11: 158. 1826. 
Type Locauity: “Grows with the other [i. e. C. straminea] also in Missouri.” 
Rance: British Columbia and Washington to New England and Arkansas. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: West Klickitat County, Suksdorf 13, 74, 613; Spokane, Henderson, 
July 10, 1892; Toppenish, Henderson 2070; without locality, Vasey in 1889. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arid Transition. 
26. Carex feta Bailey, Bull. Torr. Club 20: 417. 1893. 
Carex straminea mixta Bailey, Proc. Am. Acad. 22: 151. 1886, not C. mixta Miégev. 1865. 
Type Locauiry: California. 
Rance: Washington to California. - 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Vancouver, Piper 6477; Falcon Valley, Suksdorf 3103; Husum, 
Suksdorf 3102. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Humid Transition. 
The Columbia River specimens referred to C. lagopodioides Schk. in Hooker’s Flora @ 
probably belong to C. feta. Suksdorf’s record of C. adusta Boott is, to judge from a speci- 
men so labeled, likewise C’. feta. 
27. Carex filifolia Nutt. Gen. 2: 204. 1818. 
Type Locauiry: “ Dry plains and gravelly hills of the Missouri.” 
Rance: British Columbia and Saskatchewan to California and Colorado. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Rattlesnake Mountains, Cotton 329; Chelan, Griffiths & Cotton 
249; Fort Colville, Lyad/ in 1861; Rock Lake, Sandberg & Leiberg, May, 1893; Rock Creek, 
Piper 2790; Sandberg & Leiberg 81; Pullman, Piper 1764; Elmer 837. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arid Transition. 
28. Carex filiformis L. Sp. Pl. 2: 916. 1753. 
TYPE LocALity: European. 
RanGE: British Columbia to Labrador, south to Washington and New Jersey. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Seattle, Piper 1108; Stehekin, Griffiths & Cotton 207; Ellensburg, 
Piper 2748. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Transition. 
a Hook. F!. Bor. Am. 2: 214, 1839. 
