118 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 



North America: Newf., Ont., lat. 54 N., Brit. Col 

 N. W. coast of Can.; S. to W. N. Y., 111., Minn., Mont, and 

 Calif. 



Minn, valley: Forest district; Ft. Snelling to Blue 

 Earth Co. ; dry fields or hillsides. 



HERB.: Kassube 266, Minneapolis; Sandberg 547, Red 

 Wing. 



Carex eburnea BOOTT, Hook. Fl. Bor.-Am. II, 226 (1840). 

 0. alba DEW. Sill. Journ. VII, 266 (1824). 

 C. alba var. setifolia DEW. Sill. Journ. XI, 316 (1826). 

 C. paupercula TOBR. Cyp. 415 (1836). 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 610; Mac., Fl. Can. II, 157; Webb., 

 Fl. Neb., 98; Upham, Fl. Minn. 157; Britt., Fl. N. J. 275: Bail., Syn. Car. 

 120. 



North America: N. Br., Q., Ont. to Man., Rocky mts. 



and lat. 56 on Mackenzie river; S. to N. Eng., N. J., Penn. 

 Ky., Ind., Minn., Iowa and Neb. 



Minn, valley: Central S. district; rocky ledges 



HERB. : Leiberg 86, Blue Earth Co. 



Carex aurea NUTT. Gen. II, 205 (1818). 



C. mutica R. BR. Appx. Frankl. Narr. 763 (1823). 

 C. pyriformis SCHWEIN. An. Tab. (1823). 

 C. aurea var. androgyna OLN. Exsicc. I, 15 (1870). 

 C. condnna OLN. Bot. King Exp. 372 (1871). 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 610; Mac., Fl. Can. II, 138; Coult., 

 Fl. Colo. 378; Upham, Fl. Minn. 156; Wats., Fl. Calif. II, 240; Wats., 

 King Exp. 371; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 278; Bail., Syn. Car. 119; Webb., Appx. 

 Neb. 23. 



North America: Newf., N. S., N. Br., Q., Ont. to 



Man., Saskatchewan, Brit. Col., Pelly river, lat. 63 N.; S. to 

 N. Eng., N. Y. and Penn.; W. to Minn., Dak. and Colo.; S. in 

 Rockies to Arizona and N. Mex., in Sierras to California, Utah 

 and Nevada. 



Minn, valley: N. E. district; wet banks and grassy 

 places along streams and around ponds. 



HERB. : Holway 30, Vermilion lake; Oesttund 218, Min- 

 neapolis. 



Carex tetanica SCHKUHR, var. meadii (DEW.) BAIL. Syn. 

 Car. 118 (1886). 



C. meadii DEW. Sill. Journ. XLIII, 90 (1842). 

 C. panicea var. meadii OLN. Exsicc. 1, 24 (1870). 

 C. panicea var. canbyi OLN. Exsicc. II, 24 (1871). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 609; Mac., Fl. Can. II, 152; Up- 

 ham, Fl. Minn. 156; Coult., Fl. Colo. 379; Webb., Fl. Neb. 98. 



North America: R. I. to Minn, and Assiniboia; S. to 

 Neb. and Colo, to Tex. 



