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., Ill, 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 Boort, Hook. Fl. Bor.-Am. II, 226 (1840). 
C. alba Dew. Sill. Journ. VII, 266 (1824). 
C. alba var. setifolia DEw. Sill. Journ. XI, 316 (1826). 
C. paupercula Torr. 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., Peon. 
Ky., Ind., Minn., Iowa and Neb. 
Minn, valley: Central &. district; rocky ledges 
Hers.: 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. Enxsicc. I, 15 (1870). 
C. concinna 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. 68° N.; 8. 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. 
HerRsB.: Holway 30, Vermilion lake; Oestlund 218, Min- 
neapolis. 
Carex tetanica ScHKUHR, var. meadii (DEW.) Bait. Syn. 
Car. 118 (1886). 
GC. meadti DEw. Sill. Journ, XLITI, 90 (1842). 
C. panicea var. meadii OLN. Exsicc. 1, 24 (1870). 
C. panicea var. canbyi OLN. Exsice. II, 24 (1871). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 609; Mac., Fl. Can. II, 152; Up- 
ham, F]. 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. 
