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Range: Washington to California. 



Specimens examined: Klickitat Meadows, Fleit 1357, 1365; without locality, Vasey in 

 1889; Falcon Valley, Sulcsdorf 816, 1284. 



75. Carex pyrenaica Wahl. Kongl. Vet. Akad. Handl. 24: 139. 1803. 

 Type locality: "Hab. in Pyrenaeis." 



Range: Alaska to Colorado and California. Asia. Europe. 



Specimens examined: Olympic Mountains, Flett 825; Elmer 2722; Mount Rainier, 

 Piper 2540; Allen 171; Mount Adams, Suksdorf 28. 

 Zonal distribution: Arctic. ., 



76. Carex raynoldsii Dew. Am. Joum. Sci. II. 32: 39. 1861. 



Carex lyallii Boott, 111. 150. pZ. Jk83. 1858. 



Type locality: "Pierre's Hole, Snake River Valley, alt. 6,000 ft." Collected by 

 Hay den. 



Range: Wyoming to Montana, westward to California and British Columbia. 



Specimens examined: Mount Chapaca, Elmer 580, Mount Adams, Henderson, August, 

 1892; Wenache Region, Brandegee 1143; Cascade Mountains, latitude 49°, Lyall (type of C. 

 lyaUii); Wenache Mountains, Cotton 1240. 



Zonal distribution: Canadian and Hudsonian. 



77. Carex retrorsa Schwein. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 1: 71. 1824. 

 Type locality: Massachusetts. 



Range: British Columbia to Saskatchewan, southward to Washington and Pennsylvania. 

 Specimens examined: Peshastin, Sandberg cfc Leiberg 592; Loomis, Elmer 616; Waits- 

 burg, Horner 29; Clarks Springs, Kreager 566; Priest Rapids, Coton 1379. 

 Zonal distribution: Arid Transition and Upper Sonoran. 



78. Carex richardsoni R. Br. in Richards. Bot. App. Frankl. Joum. 751. 1823. 



Type locality: British America "In the wooded country from latitude 54° to 64° 

 north." 



Range: Saskatchewan to New York, South Dakota, and Washington. 

 Specimens examined: Near Waitsburg, Horner 208. 



79. Carex rigida hesperia nom. nov. 



Carex vulgaris bradeosa Bailey, Proc. Am. Acad. 22: 81. 1886, not C. bracteosa Schwein. 

 1824. 



Type ix)cality: " Ebbett's Pass, California, alt. 8,000 feet." Collected by Brewer. 



Range: Washington to California. 



Specimens examined: Cascade Mountains, Tweedy 19, 24; mountains north of Ellens- 

 burg, Brandegee 1142; Mount Rainier, Allen 269; Piper 2533 in part; Mount Adams, 

 Suksdorf 16, 17, 36. 



Zonal distribution: Arctic. 



80. Carex rossii Boott in Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 222. 1839. 

 Carex dejlexa rossii Bailey, Bot. Gaz. 10: 207. 1885. 

 Carex deflexa media Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club 1 : 43. 1889. 



Type locality: "N. W. Coast, Dow^Zas; Rocky Mountains, Drummond." 



Range: British Columbia to Colorado and Oregon. 



Specimens examined: Clallam County, Elmer 2718; Coupeville, Gardner 343; Mount 

 Rainier, AUen 168; Mount Adams, Henderson 2094; Suksdorf 24; Klickitat River, Suks- 

 dorf 48; Hangman Creek, Sandberg & Leiberg 30; Kamiak Butte, Piper 3094; Blue 

 Mountains, Horner 480; Mount Rainier, Piper 2543, 2552, 2537; west Klickitat County, 

 Suksdorf 77; Olympia, Henderson 2093; Wenache Region, Brandegee 1145. 



Zonal distribution: Arctic to Transition. 



It is exceedingly probable that all the Oregon and Washington specimens that have been 

 referred to C. varia Muh]. and C novae-angliae Schwein. are in reality forms of C rossii. 



