180 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 
1. Juncus effusus L. Sp. Pl. 1: 326. 1753. 
’ Juncus effusus gracilis Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 190. 1838. 
TYPE LocALiry: European. 
RanGE: Subarctic and temperate North America. Europe. Asia. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Mason County, Kincaid, June, 1892; King County, Suksdorf 
1010; Seattle, Piper 1029; Everett, Piper. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION. Humid Transition. 
la. Juncus effusus hesperius nom nov. 
Juncus effusus brunneus Engelm. Trans. St. Louis Acad. 2: 491. 1868, not J. tenageja 
brunneus Neilreich 1859. 
Type LocaLiry: Cerro Leon, Mexico. 
Rance: Washington to California near the seacoast. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Clallam County, Elmer 2728; Montesano, Heller 3970; Olympic 
Mountains, Grant; Chambers Lake, Henderson, August 23, 1892; Lillewaup, Henderson 
1860; without locality, Cooper in 1852; Klickitat County, Suksdorf’ 2157; Everett, Piper. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Humid Transition. 
2. Juncus filiformis L. Sp. Pl. 1: 326. 1753. 
Type Loca.iry: European. 
Rance: British Columbia to Labrador, south to Colorado and Pennsylvania. Europe. 
Asia. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Cascade Mountains, 49°, Lyall; Skamania County, Suksdorf 216; 
Nason City, Sandberg & Leiberg 602; Rogers Lake, Elmer 717. 
This species has been mistaken for J. patens Meyer, and we believe that. all Washington 
references to the latter really belong to J. filiformis. 
3. Juncus balticus Willd. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berlin. Mag. 3: 298. 1809. 
Type Locatity: “ Bei Warnemiinde,”’ Germany. 
Rance; Alaska to Labrador, south to California, Nebraska, and New York. Europe. 
Asia. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Clallam County, Elmer 2730; Whidby Island, Gardner 299; 
Fidalgo Island, Lyall in 1858; Lake Osoyoos, Lyall in 1860; Falcon Valley, Suksdorf' 2146, 
214, 215; Egbert Springs, Sandberg & Leiberg 404; Seattle, Smith 1021; Longmire Springs, 
Piper, August, 1895; Wenache, Whited 1422; Ellensburg, Whited in 1897; North Yakima, 
Henderson 2554; Wilbur, Henderson, July, 1892; Rock Lake, Lake & Hull 385, 393; Pull- 
man, Henderson 2553; Piper, August 2, 1899; without locality, Vasey in 1889; Clealum 
Lake, Cotton 850; Conconully, Griffiths & Cotton 320. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Upper Sonoran and Transition. 
4. Juncus lescurii Boland. Proc. Cal. Acad. 2: 179. 1858-62. 
Type Locatity: Salt marshes of San Francisco Bay, California. 
RaNnGE: Vancouver Island to Chile, on the seashore. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Westport, Henderson 2552; Heller 3945; Thurston County, Hen- 
derson 2550; Cascade Mountains, Tweedy 34, 35; Oyhut, Conard 412. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Humid Transition. 
5. Juncus subtriflorus (Meyer) Coville, Contr. Nat. Herb. 4: 208. 1893. 
Juncus compressus subtriflorus Meyer, Linnaea 3: 368. 1828. 
Juncus drummondii Meyer; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 4: 235. 1853. 
Type Locauity: “Hab. in insulis Koraginsk.”’ 
Rance: Alaska to California and Colorado. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Olympic Mountains, Flett 828; Mount Rainier, Allen 68; Cas- 
cade Mountains, Tweedy 31; same, latitude 49°, Lyall in 1859; Mount Stuart, Elmer 1139; 
Mount Adams, Henderson, August, 1892; Skamania County, Suksdorf 1011; Nason Creek, 
Sandberg & Leiberg 675; Bridge C reek, Elmer 652; Blue Mountains, Piper 2274, 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION; Arctic. 
