Neues aus: Flora of the State of Washington. II. IQQ 



Foothills east of Ellensburg, Whited 643. 



55. Eriogonum sphaerocephalum tenue (Small) Piper, 1. c, p. 236. 

 Eriogonum tenue Small, Bull. Torr. Club, XXV, 41: 1898. — Eastern 



Washington and perhaps eastern Oregon. 



56. Eriogonum umbellatum hypoleium Piper, 1. c, p. 238. 



Leaves green on both sides, sparingly pubescent on the margins 

 and petioles. 



Specimens examined: Wenache Mountains, Whited 727, July 17. 

 1898 (type, deposited in the United States National Herbarium); Mount 

 Stuart, Elmer 1192, August, 1898. 



57. Claytonia spathulata exigua (Torr. & Gr.) Piper, 1. c, p. 250. 

 Claytonia exigua Torr. & Gr., PL, I, 200; 1838. — Montia spathulata 



exigua Robinson in Gray, Syn. PI., I, 275; 1895. — British Columbia to 

 California, in the coast region. 



58. Claytonia howellii (S. Wats.) Piper, 1. c, p. 251. 



Montia howellii S. Wats., Proc. Am. Acad., XVIII, 191 ; 1883. — British 

 Columbia to Oregon in the coast region. 



59. Sagina ciliata (Greene) Piper, 1. c, p. 259. 



Alsinella ciliata Greene, Fl. Fran., 126; 1891. — Washington to Cali- 

 fornia. 



60. Ammodenia peploides major (Hook.) Piper, 1. c, p. 260. 

 Arenaria peploides major Hook.. Fl. Bor. Am., I, 102: 1830. — Hon- 



kenya oblongifolia Torr. & Gr., Fl., I, 176; 1838. — Arenaria sitchensis Dietr., 

 Syn. PI., II, 1565; 1839—52. 



61. Arenaria glabrescens (S. Wats.) Piper, 1. c, p. 261. 



Arenaria fendleri glabrescens S. Wats., Bot. King Explor., 40; 1871. — 

 Arenaria fendleri subcongesta S. Wats., loc. cit. — Arenaria burkei Howell, 

 Fl. N. W. Am., 85; 1897. — Washington to Alberta, Arizona, and Cali- 

 fornia. 



62. Tissa diandra bracteata (Robinson) Piper, 1. c, p. 264. 

 Spergularia salsuginea bracteata Robinson in Gray, Syn. Fl., I, 251 ; 



1897. — Washington to California and Texas. 



63. Batrachium aquatile pantothrix (Brot.) Piper, 1. c, p. 270. 

 Ranunculus pantJhrix Brot., Fl. Lusit., II, 375; 1804. — Ranunculus 



aquatilis trichophyllus A. Gray, Man., ed. V, 40; 1867. — Ranunculus tricho- 

 phyUus Chaix; Vill., Fl. Dauph., I, 335; 1786; nom. nud. — Alaska to 

 Nova Scotia, south to California and Tennessee. Europe. Asia. 



64. Ranunculus delphinifolius terrestris (A. Gray) Piper. 1. c, p. 272. 

 Ranunculus multifidus terrestris A. Gray, Man., ed. V, 41; 1872. — 



Same as of the species. 



65. Ranunculus verecundus Robinson, 1. c, p. 274. 



Herba parva perennis V 2 dm alta; radice e fibris numerosis fuscis 

 longis haud incrassatis composita; caudice erecto a basibus petiolorum 

 latiusculis pallidis submembranaceis deinde in fibris dissolutis amplecto; 

 caulibus V 3 suberectis vel valde nutantibus vel etiam procumbentibus 

 saepius semel ramosis; foliis radicalibus paucis vel saepius sate nume- 



