174 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



80. Carex rostrata Stokes; With. Bot. Air. Brit. Veg. ed. 2. 1059. 1787. 

 Carex ainpullaceaGoodvnough, Trans. Linn. Soc. 2: 207. 1794. 



Type locality: "Bogs of Isla, and on Bentelkerny in Breadalbane," Great Britain. 

 Range: British Columbia to Newfoundland south to New York, Utah, and California. 

 Specimens examined: Mount Adams, *SuZ:s(^o?/ 1278. 



81. Carex scirpoidea Michx. Fl. 2: 171. 1803. 



Carex pseudoscirpoidea Rydberg, Mem. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 1: 78. 1900. 



Ty'pe locality: "Ad sinum Hudsonis." 

 ^Range: Alaska to Greenland, south to New England and Washington. 



Specimens examined: Olympic Mountains, Piper 2243; Mount Stuart, Elmer 1126^ 

 Skagit Pass, Lake c& Hull 408; Horseshoe Basin, Elmer 684. 



Zonal distribution: Arctic. 



The western form is somewhat larger and broader-leaved as a nile, a difference we con- 

 sider too slight to warrant separating it as a distinct species as has'been done by Rydberg. 



82. Carex scoparia Schkuhr; Willd. Sp. PI. 4: 230. 180.5. 

 Type locality: "Habitat in America boreali." 



Range: British Columbia to Nova Scotia south to Colorado and Florida. 

 Specimens examined: Vancouver, Henderson, June 12, 1892. 

 Zonal distribution: Arid Transition. 



83. Carex scopulorum Holm, Am. Journ. Sci. IV. 14: 422. 1902. 

 Type locality; "In the region of Clear Creek Canon" Colorado. 

 Range: Washington to Montana and Colorado. 



Specimens examined: Olympic Mountains, Piper 2247; Flett 826; Mount Rainier, 

 Allen 170; Piper 2533 in part; Little Klickitat River, Henderson, August 4, 1892; Horse- 

 shoe Basin, Elmer 729; Lake & Hull 407; Mount Adams, Su^srfor/ 4246, 4247. 



Zonal distribution: Arctic and Hudsonian. 



84. Carex siccata Dewey, Am. Journ. Sci. 10: 278. 1826. 

 Type locality: Westfield, Massachusetts. 



Range: Alaska to Ontario, south to Oregon and New York. 

 Specimens examined: Mount Baldy, Wenache Mountains, Cotlon 17.57. 



85. Carex sitchensis Prescott in Bong. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI. 2: 169. 1832. 

 Carex howellii Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club, 1 : 45. 1889. 



Type locality: Sitka. 

 Range: Alaska to Oregon along the coast. 



Specimens examined: Shoalwater Bay, Henderson 1783; Mount Constitution, Heiv- 

 derson 2086. 



Zonal distribittion; Humid Transition and CanadiaiL 



86. Carex specifica Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club 1: 21. 1889. 



Type locauty; "California, Silver Valley, head of Toulumne River, and Ebbett's Pass." 



Range: Washington to California. 



Specimens examined: Mount Adams, SmA-w/oa/ 3099. 



87. Carex spectabilis Dew. Am. Journ. Sci. 29: 248. pi. 10. f. 76. 1836. 

 Carex invisa Bailey, Proc. Am. Acad. 22: 82. 1887. 



Type locality: "Found in the Arctic Regions." 



Range: British Columbia to California. 



Specimens examined: Mount Rainier, Allen 194a, 195a; Piper 2545, 2538; Smith, 

 August, 1890; Mount- Adams, Suksdorf 39, 76; Skagit Pass, Lake d- Hull 402, 407; Fort 

 Vancouver; Olympic Mountains, Flett 826. 



Zonal distribution: Arctic. 



Our species has erroneously been referred to C. podocarpa R. Br., a fjuite different plant. 



