=Stenanthium occidentale= Gray.
Goat Mountains, Allen, 233. Also collected on Mount Rainier by Rev. E.
C. Smith, in 1890.
=Xerophyllum tenax= (Pursh) Nuttall.
The so-called pine-lily or bear-gra.s.s is not rare in gravelly soil in rather open woods. Straggling specimens are found up to 5,500 feet alt.i.tude.
=JUNCACEAE.= (Rush Family.)
=Juncoides glabratum= (Hooker) Sheldon.
Dry, gra.s.sy slopes at 5,000 feet.
=Juncoides majus= (Hooker) Piper.
(_Luzula arcuata major_ Hooker.) (_Juncoides piperi_ Coville.)
The plants referred here occur at 7,000 feet alt.i.tude, in springy places. Allen, No. 44, and Piper, 2172, are identical with Tolmie"s Mount Rainier specimens.
=Juncoides parviflorum= (Ehrhart) Coville.
Common on dry slopes up to 5,000 feet elevation.
=Juncoides spicata= (Linnaeus) Kuntze.
Rather rare in damp places in the pumice fields, at 8,000 feet alt.i.tude.
=Juncus subtriflorus= (E. Meyer) Coville.
Common at 5,000 to 6,000 feet elevation.
=Juncus parryi= Engelmann.
Much like the preceding, and growing along with it.
=Juncus mertensia.n.u.s= Bongard.
Frequent along rills even up to 8,000 feet alt.i.tude.
=CYPERACEAE.= (Sedge Family.)
=Eriophorum polystachion= Linnaeus.
This "cotton-gra.s.s" occurs in the low ground around the lakes near the base of Pinnacle Peak.
=Carex paddoensis= Suksdorf.
Springy places at 8,000 feet alt.i.tude; Allen, 172; Piper, 2541.
=Carex pyrenaica= Wahlenberg.
With the preceding; Allen, 171; Piper, 2540.
=Carex phaeocephala= Piper.
Dryish places at 7,500 feet elevation; Piper, 2535.
=Carex preslii= Bailey.
Common at 5,000 feet, along streams.
=Carex pachystachya= Chamisso.
This species occurs along rills in Paradise Park.
=Carex nigricans= Meyer.
Common at 4,000 to 6,000 feet elevation.
=Carex rossii= Boott.
On the gra.s.sy ridge above Sluiskin Falls.
=Carex geyeri= Boott.
Goat Mountains, Allen, 169.
=Carex mertensii= Prescott.
Rare along stream banks at about 4,000 feet alt.i.tude. Some of our specimens came from near the foot of Cowlitz Glacier.
=Carex spectabilis= Dewey.
(_C. invisa_ Bailey.)
In wet meadows at 4,000 feet elevation.
=Carex scopulorum= Holm.
With the preceding.
=Carex ablata= Bailey.
Frequent in the meadows of Paradise Park.
=Carex accedens= Holm.
Paradise Park; Piper, 2550.