174 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 
80. Carex rostrata Stokes; With. Bot. Arr. Brit. Veg. ed. 2. 1059. 1787, 
Carex ampullacea Goodenough, Trans. Linn. Soc. 2: 207. 1794. 
Type Locauity: ‘Bogs of Isla, and on Bentelkerny in Breadalbane,” Great Britain. 
Rance: British Columbia to Newfoundland south to New York, Utah, and California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Mount Adams, Suksdorf 1278. 
81. Carex scirpoidea Michx. Fl. 2: 171. 1803. 
Carex pseudoscirpoidea Rydberg, Mem. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 1: 78, 1900. 
Type Locaniry: ‘‘Ad sinum Hudsonis.”’ 
Rance: Alaska to Greenland, south to New England and Washington. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Olympic Mountains, Piper 2243; Mount Stuart, E/mer 1126; 
Skagit Pass, Lake d& Hull 408; Horseshoe Basin, Elmer 684. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arctic. 
The western form is somewhat larger and broader-leaved as a rule, a difference we con- 
sider too slight to warrant separating it as a distinct species as has been done by Rydberg. 
82. Carex scoparia Schkuhr; Willd. Sp. Pl. 4: 230. 1805. 
Tyre Locauity: “Habitat in America boreali.”’ 
Rance: British Columbia to Nova Scotia south to Colorado and Florida. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Vancouver, Henderson, June 12, 1892. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arid Transition. 
83. Carex scopulorum Holm, Am. Journ. Sci. IV. 14: 422. 1902. 
Type cvocauity: ‘In the region of Clear Creek Cafion”’ Colorado. 
Range: Washington to Montana and Colorado. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Olympic Mountains, Piper 2247; Fleft 826; Mount Rainier, 
Allen 170; Piper 2533 in part; Little Klickitat River, Henderson, August 4, 1892; Horse- 
shoe Basin, Elmer 729; Lake & Hull 407; Mount Adams, Suksdorf 4246, 4247, 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arctic and Hudsonian. 
84. Carex siccata Dewey, Am. Journ. Sci. 10: 278. 1826. 
TYPE LocaLity: Westfield, Massachusetts. 
Rance: Alaska to Ontario, south to Oregon and New York. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Mount Baldy, Wenache Mountains, Cotton 1757. 
85. Carex sitchensis Prescott in Bong. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI. 2: 169. 1832. 
Carex howellii Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club, 1: 45. 1889. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Sitka. 
Rance: Alaska to Oregon along the coast. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Shoalwater Bay, Henderson 1783; Mount Constitution, Hen- 
derson 2086. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Humid Transition and Canadian. 
86. Carex specifica Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club 1: 21. 1889. 
Type Locauity: “California, Silver Valley, head of Toulumne River, and Ebbett’s Pass.” 
Rance: Washington to California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Mount Adams, Suksdorf 3099. 
87. Carex spectabilis Dew. Am. Journ. Sci. 29: 248. pi. 10. f. 76. 1836. 
Carex invisa Bailey, Proc. Am. Acad. 22: 82. 1887. 
Type Loca.ity: “Found in the Arctic Regions.” 
Rance: British Columbia to California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Mount Rainier, Allen 194a, 195a; Piper 2545, 2538; Smith, 
August, 1890; Mount Adams, Suksdorf 39, 76; Skagit Pass, Lake & Hull 402, 407; Fort 
Vancouver; Olympic Mountains, Fett 826. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arctic. 
Our species has erroneously been referred to C. podocarpa R. Br., a quite different plant. 
