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48. Carex leptalea Wahl. Kongl. Vet. Akad. Handl. II. 24: 139. 1803. 

 Carex polyirichoides Willd. in Wahl. loc. cit. as synonym. 



Type locality: "Habitat in Pennsylvania." 

 Range: Washington to Saskatchewan, south to Florida. 



Specimens examined: Clallam County, Elmer 2714; Samish Lake, Suksdorf 1016; Seattle, 

 Piper in 1888; Stampede Pass, Henderson 2057; Vancouver, Piper 6442. 

 Zonal distribution: Humid Transition. 



49. Carex liddoni Boott in Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 214. t. 215, 1839. 

 Type locality: "Columbia River." Collected by Scouler. 

 Range: Washington to Montana and Colorado. 



Specimens examined: Columbia River, Scouler ; Chelan Butte, Griffiths cfe Cotton 169; 

 Loomis, Elmer 577; Spokane County, Suksdorf 61; Spangle, Piper 3544. 

 Zonal distribution: Arid Transition. 



50. Carex limosa L. Sp. PI. 2: 977. 1753. 

 Type locality: Europe. 



Range: Washington to Labrador, south to New Jersey. 



Specimens examined: Seattle, Piper 1109; upper Nisqually Valley, Allen 295; Pend 

 Oreille River, Lyall in 1861. 



Zonal distribution: Canadian? 



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51. Carex luzulaefolia W. Boott in Wats. Bot. Cal. 2: 250. 1876. 



Type locality: "In the Sierra Nevada, at high altitudes, from above Yosemite Valley 

 to Ebbett's Pass and northward," California. 

 Range: Washington to California. 

 Specimens examined: Mount Adams, Suksdorf 26. 

 This specimen is perhaps only a broad-leaved form of C. ablata Bailey. 



52. Carex macrocephala Willd.; Spreng. Syst. 3: 808. 1826. 

 Type locality: "Sibir.?" Collected by Pallas. 



Range: Seashores, Cook Inlet, Alaska, to Oregon. 



Specimens examined: Clallam County, Elmer 2710; Shoalwater Bay, Cooper; Whidby 

 ls]&nd, Gardner 314; Port Angeles, Piper 2306; Grays Harbor, Wilkes Expedition. 

 Zonal distribution: Humid Transition. 



63. Carex macrochaeta C. A. Meyer, Mem. Sav. Etr. Petersb. 1: 224. t. 13. 1831. 



Type locality: "Habitat in Unalaschka." , 



Range: Alaska to Oregon. 



This species is reported from Fort Vancouver by Hooker Fl. 2: 219. We have seen no 

 Washington specimens, but the plant is known to occur near Multnomah Falls on the south 

 bank of the Columbia River, and in Chilliwacke Valley just north of the forty-ninth parallel. 



54. Carex magnifica Dewey, ined. 



Carex sitchensis Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 220. t. 221. 1839, not Prescott. 



Range: British Columbia to California west of the Cascade Mountains. 



Specimens examined: Montesano,fle//er3860; Ashford,^//en, August 15, 1898; Seattle, 

 Piper 1107,990; Cascades of Columbia, Suksdorf 20; Mouth of Columbia, (ScowZer; Lake 

 Wenache, Sandberg cfe Leiherg 636; Clallam County, Elmer 2716; Vancouver, Piper 6443; 

 Ilwaco, Piper 6447. 



Zonal distribution: Humid Transition. 



55. Carex marcida Boott in Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 212. 1839. 

 Type locality: "Columbia River." Collected by Scouler. 

 Range: British Columbia to California and Colorado. 



Specimens examined: North Yakima, Stexnweg; Henderson 2065; Toppenish, Hen- 

 derson2059; Morgans Ferry, Suksdorf 62; Snipes Mountain, Co«o7i 316; Silver Lake, Sen- 



