176 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 
Type Locauity: ‘Carlton House.”” Collected by Richardson. 
Rance: British Columbia to Saskatchewan and Maine south to California and New 
Mexico. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Mount Rainier, Allen 168; Coupeville, Gardner 343; Hangmar 
Creek, Sandberg & Leiberg 30; Olympia, Henderson 2093. 
94. Carex usta Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club, 1: 20. 1889. 
Carex douglasii brunnea Olney, Bot. King Explor. 363. 1871, not C. brunnea Thunberg. 
Type Locatiry: California. 
Rance: Washington to Nevada and California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Colville Reservation, Griffiths & Cotton 408; Kittitas Valley, 
Cotton 1216. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arid Transition. 
95. Carex utriculata Boott in Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 221, 1839. 
Type Locauity: British America. Collected by Richardson. 
Rance: Alaska to Labrador south to California and Delaware. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Lake Wenache, Sandberg & Leiberg 640; Seattle, Piper 994; 
Tacoma, Flett 208; Clealum Lake, Cotton 846; Stehekin, Griffiths & Cotton 210; Mission, 
Griffiths & Cotton 490; Loomis, Griffiths & Cotton 332; Cow Creek, Griffiths & Cotton 497; 
Railroad Creek, Elmer 758; Marshall Junction, Piper 2277; Waitsburg, Horner 202; Mount 
Adams, Henderson 2095; Mount Adams, Suksdorf 1278. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Transition, mainly. 
96. Carex vernacula Bailey, Bull. Torr. Club 20: 417. 1893. 
Carex foetida “ All.”” of American authors. 
Type Locauity: ‘Colorado and Wyoming.” 
Rance: Washington to California and Colorado. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Mount Adams, Suksdorf 812; Henderson. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arctic. 
97. Carex vespertina (Bailey) Howell, Fl. N. W. Am. 1: 705. 1903. 
Carex pennsylvanica vespertina Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club 1: 74. 1889. 
Type Locauity: ‘Dry hills near the Cascades of the Columbia,’’ Oregon. Collected by 
Howell and by Henderson. 
RancE: Oregon to British Columbia. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Waitsburg, Horner 208; Olympia, Henderson 2077; Chiquash 
Mountains, Suksdorf 2990; Mount Adams, Suksdorf 292, 437, 23, 67; Henderson 2078; Klick- 
itat River, Flett 1406. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arid Transition. 
Specimens of this have been referred to C. globosa Boott, a species which seems not to 
occur in Washington. 
98. Carex vicaria Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club 1: 49. 1889. 
Type Locauity: ‘Oregon and California.” 
Rance: Washington to California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Vancouver, Piper 6439. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Humid Transition. ' 
99. Carex vulpinoidea Michx. Fl. 2: 169. 18038. 
Tyre Locauity: ‘In Canada et Nova Anglia.” 
Rance: Washington to New Brunswick, south to Florida and Texas. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: West Klickitat County, Suksdorf 1298; Ophir, Elmer 516; Cusick, 
Piper, September, 1903; Usk, Kreager, August 16, 1902. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arid Transition. 
Besides the above listed species in this difficult genus a number of others have been 
reported from the region, but there is too much uncertainty regarding them to warrant 
