PIPER FLORA OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. 165 



Range: Washington to California. 



Specimens examined: Olympic Mountains, Elmer 2702; Mount Rainier, Piper 2532; 

 Simcoe Mountains, SuJcsdorfGO; west Klickitat County, Suksdorf \A\ Stevens Pass, Sand- 

 berg cfc Leiberg 773;Conconully, Griffiths & Cotton 298: Blue Mountains, Horner, June 17, 

 1896, 479; Piver 2272. 



Zonal distribution: Hudsonian and Arctic. 



24b. Carex festiva pachystachya (Cham.) Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club 1: 51. 1889. 



Carex pachystachya Cham.; Steud. PI. Glum. 2: 197. 1855. 



Type locality: "In Unalaschka." 



Range: Alaska to Montana and Oregon. 



Specimens examined: Olympic Mountains, Elmer 2709; Montcsano, Heller 3954; Seattle, 

 Piper, June 9, 1884; Henderson 2107; Mount Adams, Henderson, August 6, 1892; Nisqually 

 Valley, Allen, 164 ; Stevens Pass, Sandberg cfe Leiberg 756 ; Skamania County, Flett 1373 ; 

 Rattlesnake Mountains, Coiton 700; Lake Omach, Griffiths cfc Cotton 402; Wenache, Whited, 

 June 28, 1896, 1081; Wenas, Henderson, June 18, 1892; Bridge Creek, Elmer 815; Stehekin, 

 Griffiths (& Cotton 245; S&lmon River, Horner 483 ; Waitsburg, Horiier 199; Pullman, Ptper 

 1934; Blue Mountains, Lake cfc Hull 371. 



Zonal distribution: Transition. 



25. Carex festucacea brevier (Dew.) Femald, Proc. Am. Acad. 32: 477. 1902. 

 Carex straminea brevior Dew. Am. Joum. Sci. 11: 158. 1826. 



Type locality: "Grows with the other [i. e. C. straminea] also in Missouri." 

 Range: British Columbia and Washington to New England and Arkansas. 

 Specimens examined: West Klickitat County, SuJcsdorf 13, 74, 613; Spokane, Henderson, 

 July 10, 1892; Toppenish, Henderson 2070; without locality, Vasey in 1889. 

 Zonal distribution: Arid Transition. 



26. Carex feta Bailey, Bull. Torr. Club 20: 417. 1893. 



Carex straminea mixta B&i\ey, Proc. Am. Acad. 22: 151. 1886, not C. mixta Mi^gev. 1865. 



Type locality: California. 



Range: Washington to California. 



Specimens examined: Vancouver, Piper 6477; Falcon Valley, Suksdorf 3103; "Husum, 

 Suksdorf 3102. 



Zonal distribution: Humid Transition. 



The Columbia River specimens referred to C. lagopodioides Schk. in Hooker's Flora a 

 probably belong to C.feta. Suksdorf's record of C. adusta Boott is, to judge from a speci- 

 men so labeled, likewise C.feta. 



27. Carex filifoHa Nutt. Gen! 2: 204. 1818. 



Type locality: "Dry plains and graveHy hills of the Missouri." 



Range: British Columbia and Saskatchewan to California and Coldrado. 



Specimens examined: Rattlesnake Mountains, Cotton 329; Chelan, Griffiths cfc Cotton 

 249; Fort Colville, Lyall in 1861; Rock Lake, Sandberg cfc Leiberg, May, 1893; Rock Creek, 

 Piper 2790; Sandberg cfc Leiberg 81; Pullman, Piper 1764; Elmer 837. 



Zonal distribution: Arid Transition. 



28. Carex miformis L. Sp. PI. 2: 916. 1753. 

 Type locality: European. 



Range: British Columbia to Labrador, south to Washington and New Jersey. 

 Specimens examined: Seattle, Piper 1108; Stehekin, Griffiths cfc Cotton 207; Ellensburg, 

 Piper 2748. 



Zonal distribution: Transition. 



a Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 214, 1839. 



