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derson 2029; Coulee C\iy , Henderson 2062; Lake Chelan, L«A-f & Hull 363: Crab Creek. 

 Sulsdorf 58; Junction Crab and Wilson Creek, Sandherg 321 ; Wenas, Griffiths ct Cotton 81; 

 Grand Coulee, G'ri^^/^scfc Cotton447\ Loomis, Griffiths cfe Cotton3i7; hake Omack, Griffiths S 

 Cotton 408; Cow Creek, Griffiths <& Cotton 537 ; Conconully, Griffiths c& Cotton 278; Condons 

 Forry, Griffiths cfc Cotton 419; Toppenish, Co«on 1163, 1164, 1169; St. Johns, Piper 27 U; 

 Ellensburg, Whited 310. 



Zonal distribution: Upper Sonoran and Arid Transition. 



66. Carex mertensii Prescott in Bong. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI. 2: 168. 1832. 



Type locality: Sitka. 



Range: Alaska to Oregon. 



Specimens examined: Clallam County, Elmer 2711; Olympic Mountains, P^'pr 2246; 

 Mason County, Henderson, June, 1892; upper Nisqually Valley, Allen 166; Snoqualmie, 

 Smith 988; Cascade Mountains, 49°, Lyall in 1859; Skagit Pass, Lake <& Hull 401; Stevens 

 Pass, Saiulherg cfc Leiherg, August, 1893; Whited, August 27, 1901; Mount Adams, Suksdorf 

 33; Mount Stuart, Elmer 1174; Peshastin, Sarulberg d' Leiherg 513; Stehekin, Grffiths tfc 

 Cotton 200; Nason Cveek,Sandberg cfc Leiherg 674; without locality, Fasey in 1899; Horse- 

 shoe Basin, Elmer 739. 



Zonal distribution: Hudsonian. 



57. Carex mirata Dew. Wood's Botany 428. 1865. 

 Carex exsiccata Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club 1: 6. 1889. 

 Carex exsiccata globosa Bailey, 1. c. 



Carex vesicaria major Boott in Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 221. 1839, not C. teretiuscula 

 major Koch, Syn. 751. 1837.; 



Type locality: "In Greece, eleven miles west of Rochester and six south of Lake 

 Ontario," New York. 



Range: Washington to California; Ontario; New York. 



Specimens examined: Seattle, Piper 993; upper 'Nisqually Valley, Allen 161; Clallam 

 County, Elmer 2720. 



Zonal dlstribution: Humid Transition. 



58. Carex monile pacifica Bailey, Proc. Cal. Acad. II. 3: 105. 1890. 

 Carex vesicaria L. err. det. W. Boott in Wats. Bot. Cal. 2: 252. 1876. 

 Type locality: Donner Lake, California. 



Range: Washington and Idaho to California. 



Specimens examined: Klickitat River, FZe<< 1413; Union Flat, Piper 3044; Henderson 

 2095; Pullman, Pipe/' 2659,3.509; Hull 382; Blue Mountains, Lake & Hull, July 1, 1892; 

 Toppenish, Henderson, May 28, 1892. 



Zonal distribution: Transition, mainly. 



59. Carex multimoda Bailey, Bot. Gaz. 21: 5. 1896. 



Carex festiva gracilis Olney, Proc. Am. Acad. 8: 407. 1873, nom. nud. 



Type locality: Oregon. Collected by Hall. 



Range: Washington to California 



Specimens examined: Olympic Mountains, Piper 2249; Seattle, Piper 1110, 1111; 

 Mount Rainier, yl/Zen 193a; Piper 2536, 2.544, East Sound, Henderson, July 3, 1892; Ellens- 

 burg, Elmer 403; Horseshoe Basin, Elmer 742,741,738; Lake cfc Hull-iU; Lake Chelan, 

 Lake cfc Hull 403, 371, 404; Clallam County, Elmer 2700, 2701; Vancouver, Piper 6476; 

 Blue Mountains, Piper 2273; Horner 481; Hell Roaring River, Cotton 1513. 



Zonal distribution: Transition to Arctic. 



60. Carex nardina Fries, Nov. Mant. 2: 55. 1842. 

 Type locality: "In Junkersdalen Lapponiae Lilensis." 



Range: Alaska to Greenland south to Washington and Montana. Europe. Asia. 

 Specimens examined: Mount Rainier, Allen 173, Piper 2.542; Mount Stuart, Elmer 



