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derson 2029; Coulee City, Henderson 2062; Lake Chelan, Lake & Hull 363; Crab Creek, 
Suksdorf 58; Junction Crab and Wilson Creek, Sandberg 321; Wenas, Griffiths d: Cotton 8i; 
Grand Coulee, Griffiths & Cotton 447; Loomis, Griffiths & Cotton 347; Lake Omack, Griffiths & 
Cotton 408; Cow Creek, Griffiths & Cotton 537; Conconully, Griffiths & Cotton 278; Condons 
Ferry, Griffiths & Cotton 419; Toppenish, Cotton 1163, 1164, 1169; St. Johns, Piper 2744; 
Ellensburg, Whited 310. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Upper Sonoran and Arid Transition. 
56. Carex mertensii Prescott in Bong. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI. 2: 168. 1832. 
Type Locauity: Sitka. 
Rance: Alaska to Oregon. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Clallam County, Eimer 2711; Olympic Mountains, Piper 2246; 
Mason County, Henderson, June, 1892; upper Nisqually Valley, Allen 166; Snoqualmie, 
Smith 988; Cascade Mountains, 49°, Lyall in 1859; Skagit Pass, Lake & Hull 401; Stevens 
Pass, Sandberg & Leiberg, August, 1893; Whited, August 27, 1901; Mount Adams, Suksdorf 
33; Mount Stuart, H/mer 1174; Peshastin, Sandberg & Leiberg 513; Stehekin, Griffiths & 
Cotton 200; Nason Creek, Sandberg & Letberg 674; without locality, Vasey in 1899; Horse- 
shoe Basin, Elmer 739. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Hudsonian. 
57. Carex mirata Dew. Wood’s Botany 428. 1865. 
Carex exsiccata Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club 1: 6. 1889. 
Carer exsiccata globosa Bailey, |. c. 
Carex vesicaria major Boott in Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 221. 1889, not C. teretiuscula 
major Koch, Syn. 751. 1887.; 
Type Loca.iry: “In Greece, eleven miles west of Rochester and six south of Lake 
Ontario,’’ New York. 
Rance: Washington to California; Ontario; New York. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Seattle, Piper 993; upper Nisqually Valley, Allen 161; Clallam 
County, Elmer 2720. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Humid Transition. 
58. Carex monile pacifica Bailey, Proc. Cal. Acad. IH. 3: 105. 1890. 
Carex vesicaria L, err. det. W. Boott in Wats. Bot. Cal. 2: 252. 1876. 
Type Locauity: Donner Lake, California. 
Rance: Washington and Idaho to California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Klickitat River, lett 1413; Union Flat, Piper 3044; Henderson 
2095; Pullman, Piper 2659, 3509; Hull 382; Blue Mountains, Lake & Hull, July 1, 1892; 
Toppenish, Henderson, May 28, 1892. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Transition, mainly. 
59. Carex multimoda Bailey, Bot. Gaz. 21: 5. 1896. 
Carex festiva gracilis Olney, Proc. Am. Acad. 8: 407. 1873, nom. nud. 
Type LocaLiry: Oregon. Collected by Hall. 
RanGe: Washington to California 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Olympic Mountains, Piper 2249; Seattle, Piper 1110, 1111; 
Mount Rainier, Allen 193a; Piper 2536, 2544; East Sound, Henderson, July 3, 1892; Ellens- 
burg, Hlmer 403; Horseshoe Basin, Elmer 742,741,738; Lake & Hull 414; Lake Chelan, 
Lake & Hull 4038, 371, 404, Clallam County, Elmer 2700, 2701; Vancouver, Piper 6476; 
Blue Mountains, Piper 2273; Horner 481; Hell Roaring River, Cotton 1513. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Transition to Arctic. 
60. Carex nardina Fries, Nov. Mant. 2: 55. 1842. 
Type Locatiry: ‘In Junkersdalen Lapponiae Lilensis.”’ 
Rance: Alaska to Greenland south to Washington and Montana. Europe. Asia. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Mount Rainier, Allen 173; Piper 2542; Mount Stuart, Elmer 
