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41b. Carex luziilaefolia var. strobilantha Holm, Am. Jour. Sci. 

 IV, vol. 20, p. 305. 1905. 



Type locality. — "California: above Donner Pass in Placer county 

 in a sub-alpine meadow, where snow drifts lie late, and usually near 

 granite rocks." 



Range. — So far known only from the original station. 



Specimen examinecl. — Above Donner Pass, Heller 7187. 



42. Carex Raynoldsii Dewey, Am. Jour. Sci. II, vol. 32, p. 39. 



1861. 

 C. Lyallii Boott, 111. Car., vol. 1, p. 150, t. 483. 1858. 



Type locality.— ''Fierre's Hole, Snake River Valley, alt. 6,000 ft." 



Range. — Mountains of western North America south from British 

 Columbia to California, Utah, and Colorado. 



Zone. — Canadian and Hudsonian. 



Specimens examined. — Silver Valley, dry hillsides, 8,000 feet. 

 Brewer 1968; Meisner's Ranch, Eldorado County, 7,600 feet, Brainerd 

 81 ; Tamarack trail, Tahoe, 8,400 feet. Smiley 256 ; Old Tioga Road, 

 Yosemite, dry pine forest, 8,400 feet, R. A. Ware 2717c; Mt. Dana, 

 10,000 feet, Bolander 5088 ; Lake Tenaya, dry places. Brewer 1690 ; 

 Lake Tenaya, 8,300 feet, Hall and Babcock 3645 ; same locality, 8,200 

 feet, Smile}' 864 ; Tuolumne meadows, gravelly loam in pine forest, 

 8,600 feet, R. A. Ware 2720c. 



43. Carex limosa L., Sp. PL, p. 977, 1753. 

 2'ype locality. — European. 



Range. — Arctic America south to California, Montana, Ohio, and 

 New Jersey. 



Zmie. — Canadian, occurring in peat bogs. 



Specimen examined. — Bog hole near Lake Andrian, Eldorado 

 County, 7,500 feet, Brainerd 22. 



44. Carex invisa Bailey, Proc. Am. Acad., vol. 22, p. 82. 1887. 



C. podocnrpa W. Boott, in Wats., Bot. Calif., voL 2, p. 245. 1880, not of 

 E. Or. 



Type locality. — "Summit Camp, Kellogg, the type growing in 

 exceedingly tough and matted clumps. ' ' 



Range. — Sierra Nevada, northward to Mt. Lassen and (ace. Bailey, 

 I.e.) to the Selkirks of British Columbia. 



Zone. — Transition and Canadian. 



