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84. C. mendocinensis Olney. Culms 3 to 8 dm. high, much exceeding 

 leaves; haves minutely pubescent, the blades 1.75 to 4 mm. wide; stamiuate 

 spike 2 to 3.5 cm. long ; pistillate spikes 2 or 3, slender, erect, 1.5 to 4 cm. long, 

 closely flowered above, the 20 to 40 perigynia appressed-ascending; scales ovate, 

 obtuse or short-cuspidate, cinnamon-brown ; perigynia 3.5 to 5 mm. long, oblong- 

 obovoid, somewhat flattened, lightly nerved, miiuitely pidieiident, the beak 0.5 

 mm. long. 



Along .streams from Mendocino Co. to Humboldt Co. North to Oregon. 



Locs. — Meudocino, Bolander 4701; Three Creeks, HumboUlt Co., Traci/ 3343. 



Kefs. — Carex mendocinensis Oluey ex W. Boott in Bot. Cal. 2:249 (1880), type loc. 

 Mendociuo City, Bolander 4701; Mackenzie, Erythea 8:63, fig. 33 (1922). C. eiimamomca 

 Olney, Proc. Aia. Acad. 7:39(3 (1868), type from Meudnciuo Co., Bolandrr 6477, not C. cinna- 

 momca Boott. 



Sect. 25. Frigidae Fries. Culms pliyllopodic, tufted, the leaves clustered near the base. 

 Spikes stamiuate, pistillate, audros^'uous or gynaccandrous. Bracts green-sheathiug, the 

 blades developed or rudimentary. Scales dark-tinged, usually with light midvein and mar- 

 gins. Perigynia appressed or ascending, flat to flattened-triangular, not inflated, dark- 

 tinged, beaked, the beak hyaline at orifice, more or less bidentate. Achenes triangular, short 

 apiculate. Stigmas 3. 



85. C. lemmonii "W. Boott. Culms slender, 2 to 8 dm. high, smooth, exceed- 

 ing leaves; leaf-blades 1.5 to 4 mm. wide, erect: staminate spike 6 to 25 mm. 

 long, sessile or short-peduncled ; pistillate spikes 2 to 4, linear-oblong, 0.5 to 

 2 cm. long, 5- to 30-flowered, the upper approximate, the lower separate and 

 exsert-peduncled ; perigynia with beak 1 mm. long, .sparingly ciliate-serrulate. 



High montaiu', 6000 to 8500 ft. : Sierra Nevada from Tehama Co. to Tulare 

 Co. ; San Bernardino Mts. 



Locs. — Lassen Forest, Tehama Co., Tiggleston 7302; Strawberry Creek, Eldorado Co., 

 Braincrd 30; Matterhorn Canon, Yosemite Park, Jepson 4500; Mariposa Big Trees, Congdon; 

 Boulder Creek, Fresno Co., Dudley 3298 ; Board Camp Creek, Tulare Co., Dudley. San Bernar- 

 dino Mts.: High Creek, Mt. San Gorgonio, Geo. B. Grant 6405; Bear Valley, Ahrams 2816. 



Befs. — Carex lemmonii W. Boott, Bot. Gaz. 9:93 (1884), type from the Sierra Nevada, 

 Lemmon. C. fulva Good. var. honinchuchieina W. Boott in Bot. Cal. 2:250 (1880), not F. 

 Boott. C. ahlata Parish, Bull. S. Cal. Acad. 4:80 (1905), not Bailey. C. abramsii Mackenzie, 

 Bull. Torr. Club 36:482 (1909), t^-pe loc San Bernardino Mts., Abrams 2816. C. serratodens 

 Kiik. in Engler, I'flzr. 4"°:666 (1909) in part, not W. Boott. 



86. C. luzulina Olney. Culms 1.5 to 9 dm. high; leaf-blades 3 to S nun. 

 wide, stiff; spikes 4 to 8, the upper clustered, the lower widely separated, on 

 long-exserted peduncles, the lateral pistillate, 7 to 20 mm. long, 6 to 9 mm. wide; 

 perigynia 4 to 5 mm. long, contracted into the short or in age conspicuous, spar- 

 ingly ciliate-serrulate dark purplish-tipped beak. 



Sonoma Co. to Hmnboldt Co. North to southern Oregon. 



Locs. — Santa Bosa Creek, Bigelow ; Fort Bragg, Congdon; Bald Mt., Humboldt Co., Tiuci/ 

 4531, 4543. 



Befs. — Carex luzulina Olney, Proc. Am. Acad, 7:395 (1868), type loc. Mendocino City, 

 Bolander 4746. C. cJicrolceeiu^is' W. Boott in Bot. Cal. 2:248 (1880), not Schw. C. albida 

 Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club 1:9 (1889), type from Santa Eosa Creek, Thurbcr, Bigelow. C. lu-zu- 

 laefolia W. Boott var. ahlala Kiik. f. albida Kiik. in Engler, Pflzr. 4-":558 (1909). 



87. C. ablata Bailey. Culms slender, smooth, 2.5 to 6 dm. high, much exceed- 

 ing leaves; leaf -blades 3 to 4.5 mm. wide; spikes 3 to 7, the upper clustered and 

 sessile or nearly so, the lower usually widely separate and on .slender exsei-ted 

 peduncles, the terminal usually staminate, the lateral mostly pistillate, 8 to 30 

 mm. long; perigj'uia lanceolate, greeni.sh, 3.5 to 5 mm. long, obscurely nerved, 

 slightly ciliate-seriidate, rounded at base, the beak scarcely 1 nun. long, dark 

 purplish-tipped. 



Mountain meadows and bogs, Siskiyou Co. (Shasta Forest, Egglestoii 11668). 

 North to British Columbia, east to Montana. 



Befs.— Carex ablata Bailey, Bot. Gaz. 13:82 (1888); Macoun, Cat. Canad. I 'I. 4:139 

 (1888), type loc. Mt. Mark, Vancouver Isl., Macoun. C. hizulacfoHa W. Boott var. ahlnla Kiik. 

 in Engler, Pflzr. 4'»:558 (1909). 



