1921] Smiley: Flora of the Sierra Nevada of California 121 



26a. Carex rigida var. hesperia Piper, Contr. Nat. Herb., vol. 11, 



p. 173. 1906. 



Carex vulgaris var. bracteosa Bailey, Proc. Am. Aoad., vol. 22, p. 81. 1886, 

 not C. hracieosa Schwein. 



Tijpe locality.— EhhQlV^ Pass, California, alt. 8,000 feet." 



Range. — Pacific Coast. 



Zone. — Hudsonian ? 



Specimen examined. — Ebbett's Pass, 8,000 feet, Brewer 2015. 



Carex scopulorum Holm (Am, Jour. Sci. IV, vol. 14, p. 422. 1902), 

 a high mountain sedge of Colorado and nearly related to C. rigida, is 

 accredited to California by Kukenthal (Pflanzenr., I.e., p. 303), but 

 no specimens from the Sierra have agreed with the description or 

 figures of that species, particularly in the sharply flexed beak to the 

 perigj^nium. 



27. Carex Goodenowii J. Gay, Ann. Sci. Nat. II, vol. 11, p. 191. 



1839. 



Type locality. — Not ascertained. 



Range. — Transcontinental at the north, extending southward in 

 the mountains. 



Zone. — Hudsonian. 



Specimens examined. — Eagle Lake, Tulare County, 10,500 feet. 

 Hall and Babcock 5367 ; Silver Lake, Brewer 2099 ; Elizabeth Lake, 

 Tuolumne meadows, 9,800 feet. Smiley 799. 



28. Carex acutina Bailey, Mem. Torr. Bot. Club, vol. 1, p. 52. 



. 1889. 



Type locality. — "Oregon," without definite locality, Howell 935. 



Range. — Pacific Coast east to Colorado. 



Zone. — Canadian. 



Specimen exanihied. — Plumas County, Heller and Kennedy 8784; 

 this specimen referred with considerable hesitation as it is too imma- 

 ture for certain determination. 



29. Carex Kelloggii W. Boott, in Wats. Bot. Calif., vol. 2, p. 240. 



1880. 



Type locality. — "In the Sierra Nevada at Alta and from Lake 

 Tahoe to Bear Valle3^" 



Range. — Pacific Coast and Idaho. 



Zone. — Transition and Canadian (?). 



Specimens examined. — Lake Tahoe to Bear Valley, Dr. Kellogg; 

 Meisner's Ranch, by a small lake, 7,600 feet, Brainerd 76. 



