164 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



18. Carex comosa Boott, Trans. Linn. Soo. 20: 117. 1846. 



Carex pseudo-cyperus americanus Hochst.; Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club 1: 54. 1889. 

 Type locality: "In Georgia et Carolina." 



Range: Washington to Nova Scotia, south to California and Georgia. 

 Specimens examined: Whatcom County, Svksdorf 1018; Seattle, Piper 992; Waitsburg, 

 Horner, July, 1898; near Touchet River, Homer 586. 

 Zonal distribition: Transition. 



19. Carex cryptocarpa C. A. Meyer, Mem. Sav. Etr. Petersb. 1: 226. 1. 14. 1831. 

 Carex scoukri Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3: 399. 1836. 



Type locality: "Habitat in Unalaschka et Kamtschatca." 



Range: Alaska to Oregon. 



Specimens exa.mined: Seattle, Piper 990; Smith 1005; Tacoma, Flett 134; Ilwaco, Hen- 

 derson, September, 1892; without locality. Cooper in 1854; Ilwaco, Piper 6446; Clallam 

 County, Elmer 2719. 



Zonal distribution : Humid transition. 



The Tolraie specimen from Hood Canal referred by Boott o to C. salina Wahl. is witii 

 little doubt the above species. 



20. Carex deflexa Hornem. Plantel. ed. 3. 1: 938. 1821. 

 Type locality: Not ascertained. 



Range: Alaska to Greenland, south to Oregon, Michigan, and New England. 

 Specimens examined: Mount Rainier, Piper 2552; Wenache region, Brandegee 1145. 



21. Carex devreyana Schwein. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 1: 65. 1824. 

 Ti'PE locality: "New Eng." 



Range: British Columbia to Nova Scotia, south to New Mexico, Michigan, and Penn- 

 sylvania. 



Specimens examined: West Klickitat County, Suksdorf 31; Peshastin, Sandberg & 

 Leiberg 508. 



Zonal distribution: Transition. 



22. Carex dives Holm, Am. Journ. Sci. IV. 18: 19. 1904. 

 Type locality: Chilliwack Valley, British Columbia. 

 Range: British Columbia to Oregon. 



Specimens examined: Nisqually, Wilkes Expedition 308; Trout Lake, SuJcsdorf 43, 44; 

 Cascade Mountains, Suksdorf 41. 



Zonal distijibution: Humid Transition. 



These specimens have been supposed to represent C. barbarae Dewey, and may prove to 

 belong there. Suksdorf 's No. 41 wa.s labelled C. aquatilis Wahl., and is perhaps the basis for 

 the inclusion of that name in his list of Washington plants. 



23. Carex douglasii Boott in Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 213. /. 2H. 1839. 

 Type locality: "N. W. coast." Collected by Douglas. 



Range: British Columbia and Saskatchewan to California and New Mexico. 



Specimens examined: Wenache, Gnffiths & Cotton 135; Rattlesnake Mountains, Cotton 

 572; North Yakima, Griffiths & Cotton 65; Brewster, Griffiths <& Cotton 257 ; Cow Creek, Grif- 

 fiths & Cotton 505; Ellensburg, Piper 2744; Rock Lake, Sandberg <& Leiberg, May, 1893; 

 Rock Creek, Sandberg & Leiberg 79; Ritzville, Sandberg & Leiberg 188; Spokane County, 

 Suksdorf^; Pullman, Piper, June, 1899. 



Zonal distribution: Upper Sonoran and Arid Transition. 



24a. Carex festiva homeri nom. nov. 



Carex festiva strida Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club 1: 51. 1889, not C. striata Lam. 1789. 

 Type locality: California. 



a Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 219. 1839. 



