1921] Smiley: Flora of the Sierra Nevada of California 117 



Specimens examined. — Lake Tahoe to Bear Valley, Kellogg; trail 

 to Snow Cascade, Eldorado County, 8,000 feet, Brainerd 232; lower 

 end Donner Lake, Heller 6915; mountain near Kaweah River, 

 10-11,000 feet, Purpus 5144. 



18. Carex Macloviana d'Urv., m Mem. Soc. Linn., vol. 4, p. 599. 

 1826. 



Type locality. — Not given. 



Range.— Widely distributed in the Cordilleran section of North 

 America. 



Zone. — Transition and above. 



Specimens examined. — Emigrant Gap, Jones, February, 1883 ; 

 Desolation Valley, west side rising toward Pyramid Peak, 9,100 feet, 

 Smiley 87. 



Some of the many forms, in which this very variable species occurs, 

 are given below but it is often quite impossible to satisfactorily assign 

 individual collections, the segregates, subspecies, varieties, and forms, 

 which have been proposed from time to time, merging into each other 

 in all characters. 



18a. Carex Macloviana var. gracilis Kiikenth., Pflanzenr., Bd. 4, 

 Heft 20, p. 197. 1909. 



Type locality. — Not given. 



Range. — Sierra Nevada north into Oregon. 



Zone. — Transition and Canadian. 



Specimens examined. — Lake Tenaya, Yosemite, 8,300 feet. Hall 

 and Babcock 3639 ; Gold Lake, Plumas County, 6,400 feet. Hall and 

 Babcock 4497; meadow above Donner Lake, Davy 3236; Tamarack 

 trail, Tahoe, 8,400 feet, Smiley 257. 



18b. Carex Macloviana var. stricta Kiikenth., Pflanzenr., Bd. 4, 

 Heft 20, p. 197. 1909. 



Type locality.^ 'CaUiomia,.'" 



Range. — Pacific Coast. 



Zone. — Transition and Canadian. 



Specimens examined.— Marlette Lake, Nevada, 8,000 feet. Hall and 

 Chandler 4584; Summit Camp, Kellogg, July, 1870; Brian's meadows, 

 Eldorado County, 9,000 feet, Brainerd 223; near Ebbett's Pass, 9,000 

 feet. Brewer 2012 ; Mt. Dana, 11,000 feet, Bolander 5069 ; Mt. Lyell, 

 McLean, June 7, 1894. 



