Smiley: Flora of the Sierra Nevada of California, 123 



Zone. Transition mainly, but rising in dry rocky stations even to 

 above timber line. 



Specimens examined. Tioga Road above Aspen Valley, Yosemite, 

 6,700 feet, Smiley 900; Yosemite Valley, Brewer* 1636 (co-type) ; Big 

 Oak Flat Road, Mariposa County, Congdon, June 6, 1896. 



33. Carex lanuginosa Michx., Fl. N. Am., vol. 2, p. 175. 1803. 

 Type locality. "Ad lacus Mistassins," Canada. 



Range. British Columbia to Gulf of St. Lawrence, south to Cali- 

 fornia, New Mexico, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and New Brunswick. 



Zone. Transitian mainly, entering the Canadian. 



Specimens examined. Lower end Donner Lake, Heller 6989 ; Tal- 

 lac, 6,200 feet, Brainerd 19y 2 . 



34. Carex Congdoni Bailey, Bot. Gaz., vol. 21, p. 6. 1896. 

 Type locality. "California: Mt. Warren Pass, Tuolumne County, 



and east side of Mt. Warren, Mono County. ' ' 



Range. Central and southern Sierra Nevada. 



Specimen examined. Sawtooth Peak, Tulare County, 11,800 feet, 

 Hall and Babcock 5687. 



35. Carex Buxbaumii Wahl., Kongl. Vet. Akad. Handl. II, vol. 



24, p. 163. 1803. 



Type locality. European. 



Range. In America south from the arctic regions to California, 

 Wyoming, Great Lakes, and Middle States. 



Zone. Canadian ? 



Specimen examined. Soda springs, head of the Tuolumne River, 

 9,700 feet, Bolander 5056. 



36. Carex quadrifida Bailey, Proc. Calif. Acad. II, vol. 3, p. 104. 



1891. 



Type locality. Central Sierra Nevada. 



Range. Sierra Nevada; the type from Mt. Dana. 



Zone. Canadian and Hudsonian. 



Specimens examined. Mt. Rose, 10,000 feet, Heller 9,975; soda 

 springs of the Tuolumne, Congdon, August 18, 1890* ; Bloody Canon, 

 Mono County, 9,500 feet, R. A. Ware 2715c; Lake Tenaya, Congdon, 

 August 19, 1890; near Brown meadow, Tulare County, Hall and 

 Babcock 5160; Yosemite Creek and Indian Canon to Porcupine Flat, 



