176 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



Type lxxiality: "Carlton House." Collected by Richardson. 



Range: British Columbia to Saskatchewan and Maine south to California and New 

 Mexico. 



Specimens examined: Mount Rainier, Allen 168; Coupeville, Gardner 343; Hangman 

 Creek, Sandherg <& Leiberg 30; Olympia, Henderson 2093. 



94. Carex usta Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club, 1: 20. 1889. 



Carex douglasii brunnea Olney, Bot. King Explor. 363. 1871, not C. brunnea Thunberg. 



Type locality: California. 



Range: Washington to Nevada and California. 



Specimens examined: Colville Reservation, Griffiths dk Cotton 408; Kittitas Valley, 

 Cotton 1216. 



Zonal distribution: Arid Transition. 



96. Carex utriculata Boott in Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 221. 1839. 



Type locality: British America. Collected by Richardson. 



Range: Alaska to Labrador south to California and Delaware. 



Specimens examined: Lake Wenache, Sandberg <& Leiberg 640; Seattle, Piper 994; 

 Tacoma, Flett 208; Clealum Lake, Cotton 846; Stehekin, Griffiths cfe Cotton 210; Mission, 

 Griffiths cfe Cotton 490; Loomis, Griffiths <fc Cotton 332; Cow Creek, Griffiths <& Cotton 497; 

 Railroad Creek, Elmer 758; Marshall Junction, Piper 2277; Waitsburg, Homer 202; Mount 

 Adams, //eruZerson 2095; Mount Adams, 5wA:s(for/" 1278. 



Zonal distribution: Transition, mainly. 



96. Carex vernacula Bailey, Bull. Torr. Club 20: 417. 1893. 

 Carex foetida "All." of American authors. 



Type locality: "Colorado and Wyoming." 



Range: Washington to California and Colorado. 



Specimens examined: Mount Adams, SuJtsdor/" 812; Henderson. 



Zonal distribution: Arctic. 



97. Carex vespertina (Bailey) Howell, Fl. N. W. Am. 1: 705. 1903. 

 Carex pennsylvanica vespertina Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club 1 : 74. 1889. 



Type locality: "Dry hills near the Cascades of the Columbia," Oregon. Collected by 

 Howell and by Henderson. 



Range: Oregon to British Columbia. 



Specimens examined: Waitsburg, Homer 208; Olympia, Henderson 2077; Chiquash 

 Mountains, 5wts</or/" 2990; Mount Ad&ma, Suksdorf 2^,437,23,67; Henderson 2078; Klick- 

 itat River, Fhtt 1406. 



Zonal distribution: Arid Transition. 



Specimens of this have been referred to C. globosa Boott, a species which seems not to 

 occur in Washington. 



98. Carex vicaria Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club 1: 49. 1889. 

 Type locality: " Oregon and California. " 



Range: Washington to California. 



Specimens examined: Vancouver, Piper 6439. 



Zonal distribution: Humid Transition. 



99. Carex viilpinoidea Michx. Fl. 2: 169. 1803. 

 Type locality: "In Canada et Nova Anglia." 



Range: Washington to New Brunswick, south to Florida and Texas. 

 Specimens examined: West Klickitat County, Suhsdorf \2QS; Ophir, Elmer 516; Cusick, 

 Piper, September, 1903; Usk, Kreager, August 16, 1902. 

 Zonal distribution : Arid Transition. 



Besides the above listed species in this difficult genus a number of others have been 

 reported from the region, but there is too much uncertainty regarding them to warrant 



