180 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



1. Juncus effusus L. Sp. PI. 1: ;i2(). I7rv?. 



{ Jiiiiciis t'ffiisus (jracilis Ihwk. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: U'O. 1838. 

 Type locality: European. 



K.vnge: Subarctic and temperate North America. Europe. A.sia. 

 Si»E('iMEXs ex.vmined: Ma.'^on County, Kiuaiiil, June, 1S1)2; King County, Suksdorf 

 1010; Seattle, Piper I02<); Everett, PZ/w. 

 Zo.NAL DisTiuniTiox. I luMiid Transition. 



la. Juncus effusus hesperius nom nov. 



Juncus <[fu,s'u,s hruniuus Kn<;elni. Tran.s. St. Louis Acad. 2: 11)1. lSt>8, not J. teiiayeja 

 hrunneus Xeilreicli 1859. 



Tyi'E locality: Cerro Ijcou, Mexico. 



llANtiE: Wa.shin<;ton to California near the seacoast. 



Si'Eclmen.s e.vamineu: Clallam (\)unty, Elmer 2728; Monle-sano, Heller 3970; Olympic 

 Mbunlain.-^, Grant; Chambers Lake, Jlemh.rson, August 23, 1892; Liliewaup, Henderson 

 18()0; witliout locality, Too/jf/- in 1852; Klickitat County, iSwi-stZor/* 2157; Everett, Pi;>cr. 



Zonal dlstkibition: IIumi»l Transition. 



2. Juncus filiformis L. Sp. PI. 1: 320. MSi. 

 Tyi'E LocALrrY: European. 



Kance: British Columbia to Labrador, south to Colorado and Peimsylvania. Europe. 

 Asia. 



Specimens examined: Cascade Mountains, i9°,Lyall; Skamania County, S^uJtr«(^r/ 216; 

 Na-son City, Saiulbery tC* I^ibenj (502; Rogers Lake, Elmer 717. 



This species luis been mistaken for J . jKitens Meyer, and we lx»lievc that all Washington 

 references to the latter really belong to J . JUiformis. 



3. Juncus balticus Willd. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berlin. Mag. 3: 298. 1809. 

 Type uk-ality: "Bei Warncmiinde," Germany. 



llANfiE: Alaska to Labrador, south to California, Nebraska, and New York. Europe. 

 Asia. 



Speclmens examined: Clallam County, Elmer 2730; Whidby Island, Gardner 299; 

 Fidalgo Island, Lyall in 1858; Lake Osoyoos, Lijall in 1800; Falcon Valley, SuJcsdorf 21 4(), 

 214, 215; Egbert Springs, Samlberg & Leihenj -104; Seattle, Smith 1021 ; Longmire Springs, 

 Piper, August, 1895; Wenache, Whited 1422; Ellensburg, Whited in 1897; North Yakima, 

 Henderson 2554; Wilbur, Henderson, July, 1892; Rock Lake, Lake tfc Hull 385, 393; Pull- 

 man, Henderson 2553; Pijyer, August 2, 1899; without locality, Vasey in 1889; Clealum 

 Lake, Cotton 8.50; ConconuUy, Griffiths cfc Cotton 320. 



Zonal distribution : Upper Sonoran and Transition. 



4. Juncus lescurii Roland. Proc. Cal. Acad. 2: 179. 1&58-G2. 

 Tyi'e LOCALITY': Salt marshes of San Francisco Bay, California. 

 Range: Vancouver Island to Chile, on the seashore. 



Specimens examined: Wvstport, Henderson 2552; FleUer 3945; Thurston County, Heiv- 

 derson 25.50; Cascade Mountains, Tweedy 34, 35; Oyhut, Conard 412. 

 Zonal distribution: Humid Transition. 



5. Juncus subtriflorus (Meyer) Coville, Contr. Nat. Herb. 4: 208. 1893. 

 Juncus compressus subtriflorus Meyer, Linnaea 3: 368. 1828. 



Juncus drummondii Meyer; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 4: 235. 1853. 



Type locality: "Ilab. in insulis Koraginsk." 



Range: Alaska to California and Colorado. 



Specimens examined: Olympic Mountains, Flett 828; Mount Rainier, Allen 68; Cas- 

 cade Mountains, Tweedy 31; same, latitude 49°, T.yall in 18.59; Mount Stuart, Elmer 1139; 

 Mount Adams, Henderson, August, 1892; Skamania County , Suksdorf 1011; Nason Creek, 

 Sandbery cfc Leibery 075; Biidjre Creek, Elmer 652; Blue Mountains, Piper 2274. 



Zonal distributioi<; Aiclic. 



