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52. C. harfordii IMaekenzie. Culms 2.5 to 8 dm. high; leaf-blades 2.5 to 

 4.5 mm. wide; head 1.5 to 2.5 cm. long, the 10 to 20 spikes closely aggregated, 

 ovoid, 6 to 10 mm. long, the perigjoiia appressed-ascending ; scales ovate; peri- 

 gynia naiTOwly ovate, 3.5 to 4.25 mm. long, tapering into a beak 14 length of 

 bodj'. 



Coastal counties from Hnniboldt Co. to San Mateo Co. 



Locs. — Humboldt Bay, Ch-andler 111.5; Petalunia, Congdon 36-1; San Francisco, Congdon; 

 South Cahill Eidge, San Mateo Co., Dudley. 



Eefs. — Carex haefordii Mackenzie, Bull. Torr. Club 43:61.5 (1917), type from Cal., Kellogg 

 <f- Harfm-d 1073. C. festiva Dew. var. stricta Bailey, Mem. Toit. Club 1:51 (1889) at least 

 in part, type from Cal. 



53. C. montereyensis Mackenzie. Culms 8 to 10 dm. high ; leaf -blades 2.5 

 to 3 mm. wide; head 1.5 to 2.5 cm. long, the 8 to 12 spikes closely aggregated, 

 ovoid, 6 to 9 mm. long, the perigjiiia ascending; scales narrowly ovate; perigynia 

 ovate, 3.25 mm. long, tapering into a beak I/2 length of body. 



Pine forests. Pacific Grove, Monterey Co. (Heller 6786). 



Ref. — C.VREX JIONTEKEYENSIS Mackenzie, Erythea 8:92 (1922), type loc. Pacific Grove, 

 C. P. Smith, 1055. 



54. C. sub-bracteata IMaekenzie. Head 1.5 to 2.5 cm. long, the spikes 5 to 

 10, ovoid, G to 10 nmi. long, the pei'igj'nia 10 to 20, appressed or in ag-e appressed- 

 ascending ; one or more lower bracts conspicuous ; scales ovate, obtuse or acutish, 

 reddish-brown ; perigynia narrowly ovate, 3.5 to 4.5 mm. long, thick plano-convex, 

 contracted into a beak % length of body. 



C'oast Ranges from Humboldt Co. to Santa Barbara Co. 



Locs. — Humboldt Bay, Hall ^- Chandler 1115; Mendocino City, Bolandcr 4771; Russian 

 River, Sonoma Co., Bolander 3868 (in part) ; Lake Merced, San Praneiseo, Dudley; Santa 

 Cruz, Wood; Monterey, Parry; Santa Barbara, Elmer 3756. 



Ref. — Carex sub-bracteata Mackenzie, Bull. Torr. Club 43:612 (1917), type loc. Oakland, 

 Bolander. 



55. C. gracilior Mackenzie. Head 12 to 20 mm. long, the spikes 3 to 6, the 

 lower 1 or 2 more or le-ss separate, suborbicular, 5 to 8 mm. long, the 4 to 12 

 perig.ynia ascending or spreading-ascendiug with conspicuous beaks ; scales ovate, 

 obtuse or acuti.sh, chestnut-brown ; perigj^nia narrowly ovate, 3.5 to 4.5 mm. 

 long, thick, plano-convex, contracted into a beak Vs length of body. 



Coast Ranges from Mendocino Co. to San Mateo Co. 



Locs. — Sonoma, Ji. Kuhn ; Petalunia, Bolandcr 4635; Berkeley, Harriet Walker 18; Seal 

 Cove, San Mateo Co., Dudley. 



Refs. — Carex gracilior Mackenzie, Bull. Torr. Club 43:614 (1917), type loc. Cloverdale, 

 Sonoma Co., Bolander 3822. C. propinqua Boott, Pae. R. Rep. 4:154 (1857), not Nees & 

 Meyen. C. festiva Dew. var. gracilis W. Boott in Bot. Cal. 2:234 (1880) in part, not Olney. 



56. C. pachycarpa Mackenzie. Culms 3 to 6 dm. high, smooth ; leaf -blades 

 2.5 to 4 nun. wide, 1 to 2 dm. long; head 1.5 to 2.5 cm. long, the spikes 5 to 8, 

 closely aggregated, 6 to 10 mm. long, the 10 to 20 perigynia appressed ; scales 

 ovate, acute, light reddish-brown ; perigynia ovate, plano-convex, thick, 5 mm. 

 long, faintly numy-striate ventrallj', the beak y^ length of body. 



Jlontane in the Sierra Nevada from Tulare Co. to Siskiyoti Co., 5000 to 

 9000 ft. ; Humboldt Co. North to Oregon. 



Locs. — Sierra Nevada: Alta Mdws., Tulare Co., Geo. B. Grant; Mt. Goddard, Hall 4' 

 Chandler 693; Kennedy Lake, Tuolumne Co., A. L. Grant 549; Truckee, Hitehcock 326; Lassen 

 Peak, Brewer 2178; Mt. Shasta, Brewer 1375; ne. Modoc Co., Manning 952 (in part). Hum- 

 boldt Co.: Diusmore Ranch, Traoy 4145. 



Refs. — Carex pachycarpa Mackenzie, Bull. Torr. Club 43:616 (1917), type loc. Big Tree 

 Road, Silver Valley, Brewer 1977. C. adusta Boott var. congesta W. Boott in Bot. Cal. 2:238 

 (1880), same type. C. liddoni var. in^>erta Bailey, Bot. Gaz. 13:88 (1888), same type. 



57. C. paucifructus ^Mackenzie. Culms 1 to 2.5 dm. high; leaf-blades 1.5 

 to 3 mm. wide, 3 to 7 cm. long ; head 1 to 2 cm. long, the spikes 4 to 8, aggregated, 

 6 to 9 mm. long, the perigynia appressed or appressed-ascending; scales ovate, 



