1921] Smiley: Flora of the Sierra Nevad'a of California 123 



Zone. — Transition mainly, but rising in dry rocky stations even to 

 above timber line. 



Specimens examined.- — ^Tioga Road above Aspen Valley, Yosemite, 

 6,700 feet. Smiley 900; Yosemite Valley, Brewer 1636 (co-type) ; Big 

 Oak Flat Road, Mariposa County, Congdon, June 6, 1896. 



33. Carex lanug^inosa Michx., Fl. N. Am., vol. 2, p. 175. 1803. 

 Type locality. — "Ad lacus Mistassins," Canada. 



Range. — British Columbia to Gulf of St. Lawrence, south to Cali- 

 fornia, New Mexico, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and New Brunswick. 



Zone. — Transitian mainly, entering the Canadian. 



Specimens examined. — Lower end Donner Lake, Heller 6989 ; Tal- 

 lae, 6,200 feet, Brainerd 191/2. 



34. Carex Congdoni Bailey, Bot. Gaz., vol. 21, p. 6. 1896. 

 Type locality. — "California: Mt. Warren Pass, Tuolumne County, 



and east side of Mt. Warren, Mono County. ' ' 



Range. — Central and southern Sierra Nevada. 



Specimen examined. — Sawtooth Peak, Tulare County, 11,800 feet, 

 Hall and Babcock 5687. 



35. Carex Buxbaumii Wahl., Kongl. Vet. Akad. Handl. II, vol. 



24, p. 163. 1803. 



Type locality. — European. 



Range. — In America south from the arctic regions to California, 

 Wyoming, Great Lakes, and Middle States. 



Zone. — Canadian ? 



Specimen examined.— ^oda. springs, head of the Tuolumne River, 

 9,700 feet, Bolander 5056. 



36. Carex quadrifida Bailey, Proc. Calif. Acad. II, vol. 3, p. 104. 



1891. 



Type locality. — Central Sierra Nevada. 



Range. — Sierra Nevada; the type from Mt. Dana. 



Zone. — Canadian and Hudsonian. 



Specimens examined. — Mt. Rose, 10,000 feet. Heller 9,975; soda 

 springs of the Tuolumne, Congdon, August 18, 1890* ; Bloody Caiion, 

 Mono County, 9,500 feet, R. A. Ware 2715c ; Lake Tenaya, Congdon, 

 August 19, 1890 ; near Brown meadow, Tulare County, Hall and 

 Babcock 5160 ; Yosemite Creek and Indian Canon to Porcupine Flat, 



