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Carex variabilis Bailey (Mem. Torr. Bot. Club, 1:18, 1889). 
Montana: Bozeman, abundant in wet meadows, July 22 (461). 
Carex variabilis Bailey (?) 
Montana: Bozeman, abundant in meadows, and in places constituting the bulk of the 
hay, July 22 (44 
Idaho: Beaver Canyon, in meadows, common, June 26 (2046). 
Carex variabilis elatior Bailey (Mem. Torr. Bot. Club, 1: 19, 1889). 
Montana: Bozeman, common around Mystic Lake, July 25 (479, 2238, 2256). 
Carex variabilis Bailey, var. 
Colorado: Georgetown, rare, margin of Clear Lake, August 17 (647). 
JUNCAC BA. 
The Juncacee or rushes, pr naa grasses in their habit of growth, and are often 
confounded with them by farm They are nearly always found in wet places 
where they sometimes enter 1 into the wild hay. As they usually have wity 
stems and leaves, they are of small economic value. 
Juncus balticus Willd. 
Colorado: Georgetown, common in meadows and along the borders of streams and 
lakes, August 1190 (608, 648, 656,25 J: 
Montana: Lima, along brooks and irrigating ditches, June 30 (2072), T A 
2308); Deer Lodge, in very wet meadows, July 9 (2131); Melrose, in 
meadows, in some stations forming a span! part of the hay, July 6 ( 
Juncus bufonius L. 
. Idaho Springs, along the margins of a brook, August (743). 
cho, in Echo Canyon along a brook, growing with Poa annua, August 13 
Montana: Ma, along river banks and margins of ponds, July 17-19 (438, 2199). 
Juncus longistylis Torr. 
5 Georgetown, in meadows, not common, August 17-20 (628, 2410); Boulder, 
along a brook at the entrance of a 3 September 2 (760); Idaho Springs, 
. along brooks, August 26-28 (73 
Idaho: oe Canyon, frequent along the 2 of mountain brooks, August 7 
a Manhattan, moist meadows and woodlands, July 17-19 (420, 2172, 2185); 
Bozeman, in meadows, July 22 (2212); Silver Bow, meadows, July 8 (2107). 
Juncus mertensianus Bong. 
Colorado: At the foot of Grays Peak, in wet places, scarce, August 21 (686). 
Juncus nevadensis S. Wats. 
Montana: Bozeman, in meadows, July 22 (2210, 22121) ; Melrose, near the river, only 
w specimens seen, August 1 (2292). 
Juncus nodosus L. 
Montana: Deer Lodge, along brooks, July 9 (2116); Manhattan, in wet meadows, 
July 17-19 (444, 2207); Melrose, near the river, rare, July 29 (2272). 
Juncus rugelii Buchen. 
Montana: Bozeman, sand bars on the east shore of Mystic Lake, July 25 (481, 2242), 
Juncus subtriflorus (E. Mey.) Covill 
Colorado: Silver Plume, altitude 12, Aii to 13,000 feet, August 21 (673, 700 
i Determined by Mr. F. V. Coville. 
