1921] Smiley: Flarcu of the Sierra Nevada of California 125 



C. Novae-angliae var. deflexa Bailey, Proc. Am. Acad., vol. 22, p. 124. 



1886. 

 C. deflexa var. Farwellii Brit., in Brit, and Brown, 111. FL, vol. 1, p. 334. 



1896. 

 C. Farwellii Mackenzie, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, vol. 37, p. 244. 1910. 



Type locality. — "N.W. Coast, Douglas; Kocky Mountains, Drum^ 

 mond. ' ' 



Range. — British Columbia east to mountains of Alberta, south in 

 the Rockies and Sierra-Cascades to California and Colorado. Ace. 

 Mackenzie (Bull. Torr. Bot. Club., vol. 40, p. 541) this is also present 

 in northern Michigan. 



Zone. — Canadian. 



Specimens examined. — Sierra Nevada, Kellogg; Summit, Heller 

 9853; Pyramid Peak, Tahoe, Hall and Chandler 4749; Tuolumne 

 meadows, gravelly loam of pine forest, 8,600 feet, R. A. Ware 2721c. 



41. Carex luzulaefolia W. Boott in Wats., Bot. Calif., vol. 2, p. 

 250. 1880. 



Type locality. — "In the Sierra Nevada, at high altitudes, from 

 above Yosemite Valley to Ebbett's Pass and northward." 



Range. — Sierra Nevada. 



Zo^ie. — Hudsonian. 



Specimens examined. — Tamarack trail, Tahoe, meadow at 8,400 

 feet. Smiley 268 ; Pyramid Peak, 8,800 feet, Hall and Chandler 4747 ; 

 Devil's Basin, Eldorado County, 8,000 feet, Brainerd 28; Mt. Tallac, 

 9,000 feet, Abrams 4850; Suzy Lake, Tahoe, McGregor 102; above 

 Ebbett 's Pass near lake. Brewer 2019 ; soda springs, Yosemite, 10,000 

 feet. Brewer 1701; Wood's Peak, wet places, Brewer 2131. 



41a. Carex luzulaefolia var. ablata Kiikenth., Pflanzenr., Bd. 4, 

 Heft 20, p. 558. 1909. 

 C. ablata Bailey, Bot. Gaz., vol. 13, p. 82. 1888. 



Type locality. — Not given. 



Range. — British Columbia to California and east to Utah. 



Zone. — Same as the species. 



Specimen examined. — Strawberry Creek, bog at 5,900 feet, Eldo- 

 rado County, Brainerd 30. 



This variety is said by Parish (So. Calif. Acad. Sci., Prelim. 

 Synop.) to have been collected on Mt. Grayback at 9,500 feet, by G. B. 

 Grant 6405. 



