186 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



broader leaves and liy its seed and capsule characters, wliich in spadieeum are the same as 

 described above for ■parinforiim. 



Juncoides piperi occurs on high peaks in the Cascade Mountains from northern Washing- 

 ton to southern Oregon, in the Olympic Mountains, and in the Coeur d'Alene Mountains of 

 northern Idaho {Leiberg 1355), and appears to be associated with soils so porous as to be 

 stbject to great dryness in late summer. It is named for Professor C. V. Piper, who first 

 pointed out its characters. 



Specimens examined: Olympic Mountains, Flett 122; Horseshoe Basin, LaJce cfc Hull 

 412; Bridge Creek, Elmer 678; Mount Rainier, Tolmie; Piper 2172i; Allen 44; Chiquash 

 Mountains, Sulcsdorf 1009; Klickitat River, Flett 1364 in part. 



Zonal distribution : Arctic. 



4. Juncoides divaricatum (S. Wats.) Coville, Contr. Nat. Herb. 4: 209. 1S93. 

 Liizula dimricala S. Wats. Proc. Ara. Acad. 14: 302. 1879. 



? Luzula arcuata major Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 189. 1840. 



Type locality: "California in the Sierra Nevada, mostly alpine, from above Mono 

 Lake to Sierra County." 



Range: Washington to California. 



Specimens examined: Blount St. Helens, Ooville 799. 



The type of Luzula arcuata major Hook, was collected on Mount Rainier by Tolmie. 



5. Juncoides spicatum (L.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 2: 725. 1891. 

 J uncus spicafus L. vSp. PI. 1: 330. 1753. 



Luzula spicata DC. FI. Fr. 3: 161. 1805. 



Type locality: "Habitat in Lapponiae Alpibus." 



Range: Alaska to Labrador, south to California, Colorado, and New York. Europe. Asia. 



Specimens examined: Mount Rainier, Piper 2173; Allen; Smith 1014; Mount 

 Stuart, Elmer U23\ Brandegee 339; Mount Adams, Fleft 1404; Wenache ■ Mountains, 

 Cotton 1291. 



Zonal dlstribution: Arctic. 



6. Juncoides campestre (L.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 2: 722. 1891. 

 Juncus caiiijK'stris L. Sp. PL 1: 329. 1753. 



Luzuh. campestris DC. Fl. Fr. 3: 161. 1805. 



Luzula comosa E. Meyer, Syn. Luz. 21. 1823. 



Type locality: Europe. 



Range: Temperate North America. Europe. Asia. 



Specimens examined: San Juan Island, Lyall in 1858; Coupeville, Gardner 301; 

 Tacoma, Flett 202; Skamania County, Flett 1374; Klickitat River, Flett 1364 in part; 

 Skokomish Valley, Kincaid, May 6, 1892; Mount Stuart, Elmer 1122; Falcon Valley, 

 Sulcsdorf 2118; west Klickitat County, Sulcsdorf 2100; Flett 1364; Skagit Pass, LaJce & 

 Hull 415; Pend Oreille River, Lyall in 1861; Cascade Mountains, Tiveedy 28; Hangman 

 Creek, Sandberg c& Leiberg 19; Kamiak Butte, Elmer 805; Blue Mountains, Lake cfc Hull 

 380; Piper, July, 1896; Nisqually Valley, Allen 160. 



Zonal distribution: Transition. 



LILIACEAE. Lily Family. 



Bracts of the inflorescence scarious. 



Flowers in racemes Quamasia fp. 190) . 



Flowers not in racemes. 



Odor onion-like ; flowers in umbels Allium ( p. 187) . 



Odor not onion-like; flowers in umbels or coiymbs Hookera (p. 189) 



Bracts of the inflorescence foliaceous or none. 



Perianth segments unlike, the outer much narrower Calociiortus (p. 193) 



Perianth segments similar. 



