1921] Smiley: Flora of the Sierra Nevad'a of California 133 



Specimens examined. — Above Donner Pass, 8,000 feet. Heller 

 7118 ; Silver Lake, Amador County, 8,000 feet, Hansen 596 ; meadow 

 near Fallen Leaf Lake, Miss Lathrop, July 12, 1909 ; Fallen Leaf, 

 6,400 feet, Hall 8776 ; between Suzy and Heather Lakes, Tahoe, 8,800 

 feet. Smiley 286; Glen Alpine, Tahoe, McGregor 23; Ebbett's Pass, 

 Brewer 1992 ; vicinity Lake Tenaya, 8,200 feet. Hall and Babcock 

 3636; near Mt. Dana, dry places, 10,000 feet, Brewer 1804; Lake 

 Tenaya trail, Yosemite, Congdon, August 13-14, 1894; Tioga Road, 

 Yosemite, near White Wolf, 8,200 feet. Smiley 88. 



8. Juncus Mertensiaims Bong., Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI, vol. 



2, p. 167. 1833. 



Type locality. — Sitka. 



Range. — Unalaska to California and Colorado. 



Zone. — Canadian and Hudsonian. 



Specimens examined. — Desolation Valley, Tahoe, 8,500 feet, Smiley 

 346; Pyramid Peak, 9,100 feet, Smiley 80; Lake of the Woods, Tahoe, 

 meadow at 8,200 feet, Smiley 51 ; east side of Mt. Rose, 8,450 feet, 

 Heller 10946a; Mono Pass, Bolander, September, 1866; Mt. Dana, 

 Congdon, August 10, 1898. 



9. Juncus ensifolius Wiks., Congl. Vet. Akad. Handl., vol. 2, p. 



274. 1823. 



J. xiphiaides var. triandrus Engelm., Trans. St. Louis Acad., vol. 2, p. 482. 



1868. 

 J. xiphioides var. macranthus Engelm., I.e. 



Type locality. — Not ascertained. 



Range. — Pacific Coast from southern Alaska to California in the 

 Cascade and Sierra Nevada. 



Zone. — Transition and Canadian. 



Specimens examined. — Shores of Heather Lake, Tahoe, 7,900 feet. 

 Smiley 278. 



Juncus halticus var. montanus Engelm. (Trans. St. Louis Acad., 

 vol. 2, p. 446. 1866), a dwarf variety of the common lowland species 

 and itself mainly of the Transition zone, has been collected in the 

 higher mountains: Cpville reports what is probably this variety from 

 Whitney meadows, Tulare County, at 3,000 m. (Contr. Nat. Herb., 

 vol. 4, p. 204. 1893). 



