1921] Smiley: Flora of the Sierra Nevada of California 109 



This species differs from S. caespitosus L. in the bristles being 3, 

 not 6 ; from S. Clementis Jones, it may be distinguished by the single 

 blunt leaf about midway on the culm. In 8. Clementis the culm is 

 naked. 



3. Scirpus paucifloms Lightf., Fl. Scot., p. 1078. 1777. 



Eleocharis pauciflora Link., Hort. Berol., vol. 1, p. 284. 1827. Bot. Calif., 

 vol. 2, p. 221. 1880. 



Type locality. Highlands of Scotland, "as upon Malgbyrdy in 

 Breadalbane. ' ' 



Range. In America, British Columbia to Newfoundland, south to 

 California, Colorado, and northeastern United States. 



Zone. Transition to Hudsonian. 



Specimens examined. Desolation Valley, Tahoe, 8,500 feet, Smiley 

 334; soda springs, Upper Tuolumne River, Brewer, 1780; Bonita 

 meadow, Tulare County, Hall and Babcock, 5181. 



Coville 50 reports this from Whitney meadows, Tulare County, at 

 2850 m. 



4. Scirpus criniger Gray, Proc. Am. Acad., vol. 7, p. 392. 1867. 

 Type locality. "In bogs on Red Mountain, Humboldt Co." 

 Range. Sierra Nevada and North Coast Ranges northward into 



southern Oregon. 



Zone. Hudsonian mainly. 



Specimens examined. Plumas County, Mrs. Austin in 1878; 

 Placer County, A. N. Carpenter in 1892 ; Pyramid Peak, east side at 

 9,700 feet, Smiley 128 ; foot of Mt. Dana, Congdon, August 10, 1898 ; 

 Elizabeth Lake, Tuolumne meadows, growing on the peat marsh, 

 9,800 feet, Smiley 800; Monarch Creek near Mineral King, Tulare 

 County, 9,000 feet, Hall and Babcock 5699. 



5. Scirpus microcarpus Presl., Rel. Haenke., vol. 1, p. 195. 1823. 

 Type -locality. Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island. 



Range. Subarctic America south to California, New Mexico. 



Zone.- Transition and Canadian. 



Specimens examined. Plumas County, Mrs. Austin in 1878; 

 ravine near Fallen Leaf Lake, Tahoe 6,700 feet, Smiley 363 ; Walker 

 Lake, 7,930 feet, R. A. Ware 2711c. 



The range of this species is usually stated to extend to the Great 

 Lakes and the mountains of New York and New England, but, accord- 

 ing to Professor Fernald, the plant of the northeastern United States 



