MACKENZIE: NOTES ON CAREX 619 
(Cal.); Round Valley, San Jacinto Mountains, 9,500 ft., Hasse, 
June, 1903 (Parish); east slope of San Jacinto Peak, 9,600 ft., 
F. M. Reed 2499, July 11, 1908 (Parish); Bluff Lake, San Bernar- 
dino Mountains, Mrs. Benton, September, 1908 (Parish); San 
Jacinto Mountains, 10,800 ft., Hall 2416, July, 1901 (L.S.); Mt. 
Dana, 11,000 ft., Bolander 5069, 1866 (Cal.); alpine meadows 
along river, Truckee River Basin, Nevada County, 7,000 ft., 
Davy, June 25-30, 1897 (Cal.); Ebbett’s Pass, 8,500 ft., Brewer 
2024, August 3, 1863 (Cal.); 2075 (L.S.); Lassen’s Peak, 9,000 ft., 
Brewer 2178, September 26-28, 1863 (Cal., L.S.); Echo Lake, 
7,600 ft., Brainerd 193, July 11, 1897 (Brainerd); Mt. Goddard, 
11,000 ft., Hall & Chandler 693, July 24-26, 1900 (L.S.); ‘‘Cali- 
fornia,” 1866 (N.Y.); Soda Springs of Tuolumne, Congdon, August 
14, 1894 (L.S.); near Bear Valley, San Bernardino County, 
Abrams 2856, August 2, 1902 (N.Y.). 
OrEGON: Head of East Pine Creek, M. E. Peck 58, 59, Septem- 
ber 3, 1915 (K.M.); Anthony Lake, Elkhorn Mountains, M. £. 
Peck 4, 5, August 19, 1915 (K.M.); Silvies River, near mouth of 
Emigrant Creek, Harney County, M. E. Peck 1, July 9, 1912 
(K.M.). 
“Carex mariposana Bailey, sp. nov. 
Densely cespitose, the culms 2.5-6 dm. high, slender, much 
exceeding leaves, triangular, smooth, aphyllopodic, light brownish 
base. Leaves with well-developed blades three to five to a 
fertile culm, on lower fourth, somewhat bunched, the blades flat, 
2-3 mm. wide, usually 1-2 dm. long. Head 2-3.5 cm. long, 
oblong or ovoid, the spikes four to twelve, the upper closely 
approximate, the lower one to three slightly separate, ovoid or 
oblong ovoid, 8-12 mm. long, 4.5-7 mm. wide, short clavate and 
Sparingly staminate at base, rounded at apex, the ten to twenty 
Perigynia closely appressed with erect tips. Lower one or two 
bracts short prolonged, much shorter than head, the others scale- 
like. Scales ovate, acute, reddish with lighter center, noticeably 
Narrower and shorter than perigynia. Perigynia deep green or 
in age greenish straw-colored, contrasting strongly with scales, 
Narrowly ovate, 5 mm. long, 1.75 mm. wide, plano-convex at 
Maturity, the walls membranaceous, strongly striate on both 
faces, narrowly winged, serrulate to middle, round tapering at 
, tapering into slender, bidentate beak, one fourth length 
_ Of body, light reddish tipped and scarcely hyaline at apex, ob- 
