164 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



18. Carex comosa Boott, Trans. Linn. Soc. 20: 117. 1846. 



Carex pseudo-ci/penis americanus Hochst.; Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club 1: 54. 1889. 

 Type locality: "In Georgia et Carolina." 



Range: Washington to Nova Scotia, south to California and Georgia. 

 Specimens examined: Whatcom County, Suksdorf I0I8; Seattle, Piper 992; Waitsburg, 

 Horner, July, 1898; near Touchet River, Horner 586. 

 Zonal distribution: Transition. 



19. Carex cryptocarpa C. A. Meyer, Mem. Sav. Etr. Petersb. 1: 226. t. IJf. 1831. 

 Carex scouleri Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3: 399. 1836. 



Type locality: "Habitat in Unalaschka et Kamtschatca." 



Range: Alaska to Oregon. 



Specimens examined: Seattle, Piper 990; Smith 1005; Tacoma, Flett 134; Ilwaco, Hen- 

 derson, September, 1892; without locality. Cooper in 1854; Ilwaco, Piper 6446; Clallam 

 County, Elmer 2719. 



Zonal distribution: Humid transition. 



The Tolmie specimen from Hood Canal referred by Boott a to C. salina Wahl. is with 

 little dou})t the above species. 



20. Carex deflexa Hornem. Plantel. ed. 3. 1: 938. 1821. 

 Type locality: Not ascertained. 



Range: Alaska to Greenland, south to Oregon, Michigan, and New England. 

 Specimens examined: Mount Rainier, Piper 2552; Wenache region, Brandegee 1145. 



21. Carex deweyana Schwein. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 1: 65. 1824. 

 Type locality; "New Eng." 



Range: British Columbia to Nova Scotia, south to New Mexico, Michigan, and Penn- 

 sylvania. 



Specimens examined: W'est Klickitat County, Suksdorf 31; Peshastin, Sandherg & 

 Leiberg 508. 



Zonal distribution: Transition. 



22. Carex dives Holm, Am. Journ. Sci. IV. 18: 19. 1904. 

 Type locality: Chilliwack Valley, British Columl)ia. 

 Range: British Columbia to Oregon. 



Specimens examined: Nisqu&Wj, Wilkes Expedition SOS; Trout Lake, Suksdorf 4',i, 44; 

 Cascade Mountains, Suksdorf 41. 



Zonal distribution: Humid Transition. 



These specimens have been supposed to represent C. harharae Dewey, and may prove to 

 belong there. Suksdorf's No. 41 was labelled C. aguatilis Wahl., and is perhaps tlie basis for 

 the inclusion of tliat name in his list of Washington plants. 



23. Carex douglasii Boott in Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 213. t. 314- 1839. 

 Type locality: "N. W. coast." Collected by Douglas. 



Range: British Columbia and Saskatchewan to California and New Mexico. 



Specimens examined: Wenache, Griffiths cfc Cotton 135; Rattlesnake Mountains, Cotton 

 572; North Yakima, Griffiths & Cotton 65; Brewster, Griffiths & Cotton 257; Cow Creek, Grif- 

 fiths cfe Cotton 505; Ellensburg, Piper 2744; Rock Lake, Sandherg & Leiberg, May, 1893; 

 Rock Creek, Sandberg & Leiberg 79; Ritzvilie, Sandherg & Leiberg 188; Spokane County, 

 Suksdorf m; Pullman, Piper, June, 1899. 



Zonal distribution: Upper Sonoran and Arid Transition. 



24a. Carex f estiva horneri nom. nov. 



Carex festiva stricta Bailey, Mem. Torr. Clul) 1: 51. 1889, not C. stricta Lam. 1789. 

 Type locality: California. 



a Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 219. 1839. 



