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whicli ,iie also copioiisly catoii liy tlio Indians of Slikiiic, and known by the names 

 of Koch or ,\'. ir. L'Ut; but Mr. 'I'oline says they arc bitter and nauseous." l-\)r the 

 nse of the plant among tlie Thlinkets, see page 330. 



Tofieldia glutiiiosa (Miehx. ) I'ers. Syn. i, 309 (IHCj) ; Xarlhechnn tjlnlinosum Michx. 

 Fl. i,21(» (ISO:;). Tyitc specimen collected between Quebec and Lake Mistassinie. 



Khautaak Island, .June 27 (Xo. -17), along the margin of a freshwater marsh. 



JUNCACEiE. 



Jiincus falcatiis alaskensis var. nov. ; prol)ably ,/. falcatus sHchcnsiH Buch. Monog. 

 ,Iuiu-. -ll'S (ISilO), not ./. arcticiis xilchensis Engelui. (18()G). Type specimen in the 

 United States National Herbarium, collected July 18, 1892, at Ocean Cape, Yakutat 

 Hay, Alaska, by Frederick Fnnston (No. 67), growing in openings in the forest. 



In the typical form of the species, whicli was originally collected at Monterey, 

 California, and which seems to range as far northward as Puget Sound, the styles 

 are long, the stigmas conspicuously exserted, and the anthers much longer than 

 their filaments, as in .7. orlhophi/lIiiH, bnt specimens collected at various points fi'om 

 Yakntat Bay, Alaska, to the Aleutian Islands have a very short, thick style, and 

 anthers little longer than their filami;uts. No fruiting specimens have been seen, 

 but the plant is doubtless the same as Dr. Buchenau's variety sitcliensis, which was 

 described, iiresumably from Alaskan specimens, ashaving a retuse obcordate capsule 

 instead of the obtuse ovate one of the type form. The ])lant occurs on the Aleutian 

 islands, Atk.i and Unalaska, on the Shuniagiu Islands, at Yakutat Bay, and perhaps 

 farther southward along the Alaskan coast. 



Juncoides canipestre sudeticum (Willd.) Coville, Contr. Nat. Herb, iv, 208 

 (1893); Jiuicus sudeticus AVilld. Sp. PI. ii, 221 (1799); Litcula campestris siidctiea Cela,- 

 kovsky, Prodr. Fl. Bcehm. 749 (1881). Type locality, the summit of the Sudetic Moun- 

 tains, of Silesia. 



Knight Island, .Juno 18 (No. 28), growing on bare, well-draineil sandy points. 



CYPERACE-5I. 



Eleocharis watsoni Babb. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2, x, 20 (1852). Type 

 specimen collected on the seacoast of Scotland, near Tayanloan, Argyleshire. 



Along the Ankow River, August 28 (No. 135) ; abundant along the margins of 

 lagoons and fresh-water swamjis. Mr. C. B. Clarke' has disposed of this species as 

 a variety, watsoni, of E. palnstrin; but if our specimens are fairly representative of 

 the plant, it appears much more satisfactory to treat it as a distinct species. They 

 have culms 20 to 40 cm. high, spikes at maturity 4 to 6 mm. in diameter and 7 to 

 15 mm. long, bracts of the spike black, with hyaline margins, and seta; eciualing 

 the nutlet. The plant was iden titled by Dr. N. L. Britton. 



Carex decidua" Boott, Proc. Linn. Soc. i, 255 (1845). Type specimens fi-om the 

 Falkland Islands and from Port Famine, Straits of Magellan. 



On the Ankow Eiver, August 28 (No. 134); common in fresh-water swamps and 

 along the edges of lagoons. 



Carex festiva pachystachya Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club, i, 51 (1889). 



Mainland, near Mission, Yakutat Bay, June 19 (No. 30) ; found wherever there is 

 no shade. Common on the Ankow. 



Carex limosa stygia (Fries) Bailey, Proc. Amer. Acad, xxii, 95 (1887); C sti/fjia 

 Fries, Mant. iii, 141 (1842). 



Knight Island, June 18 (No. 27) ; common along the edges of fresh-water ponds on 

 the mainland and islands of the bay. 



' Journal of Botany, xxv, 268 (1887). 



' The specimens of Cares were determined by Professor J^. H. Ijailey. 



