PIPER—FLORA OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. 95 
Rance: Alaska to California and Montana. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Olympic Mountains, Henderson, August 9, 1892; Elmer 2483; 
Mount Rainier, Piper, August, 1895; Allen 306; Mount Adams, Henderson, August 9, 1892; 
Skagit Pass, Lake & Hull, August 24, 1892; Bridge Creek, Elmer 871, September, 1897. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Hudsonian. . 
PICEA. 
Leaves flattened; sea-coast tree.......2-2....-0-22.-222-2-2------- 1. P. sitchensis. 
Leaves quadrangular; subalpine tree .........-.-.-.-.-------------- 2. P. engelmanni. 
1. Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Traut. & Meyer, I'l. Ochot. 87. 1856. SITKA SPRUCE. 
Pinus sitchensis Bong. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI. 2: 164. 1832. 
Abies menziesii Lindl. Penn. Cycl. 1: 32. 1833. 
TYPE Loca.ity: Sitka. 
Range: Along the coast from Alaska to northern California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Olympic Mountains, Elmer 2489; Hoquiam, Lamb 1075; Seattle, 
Piper in 1885. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Humid Transition. 
A very abundant tree along the ocean coast, but only locally plentiful on Puget Sound. 
2. Picea engelmanni Parry in Engelm. Trans. St. Louis Acad. 2: 212. 1863. 
ENGELMANN SPRUCE. 
Picea columbiana Lemmon, Gard. & For. 10: 183. 1897. 
Type Loca.ity: ‘Higher parts of the Rocky Mountains, from New Mexico to the head- 
waters of the Columbia and Missouri rivers.’’ 
Rance: British Columbia, southward to Arizona in the Rocky Mountains, and in the 
Cascade Mountains of Washington. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Wenache, Elmer 473; Blue Mountains, Piper, July 31, 1896; east 
side Cascade Mountains, Lyall; without locality, Vasey 64. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Mainly Canadian. 
The Klickitat County specimens considered by Suksdorf to represent Picea pungens 
Engelm. and so listed seem rather to be P. engelmannt. 
TYPHACEAE. 
TYPHA. 
1. Typha latifolia. L. Sp. Pl. 2: 971. 1753. CATTAIL. 
Type Locatity: ‘“ Habitat in paludibus Europae.”’ ; 
Rance: Throughout the northern hemisphere except the Arctic regions. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Samish Lake, Suksdorf 1007; Rock Lake, Lake & Hull 627; 
Pullman, Piper, July 15, 1901; Cow Creek, Griffiths & Cotton 532; Stehekin, Griffiths & 
Cotton 226; Prosser, Cotton 740. ; 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Upper Sonoran and Transition. 
The cattail is éxceedingly common about lakes and marshes in western Washington and 
scarcely less so in eastern Washington. Botanical specimens of it are, however, seldom 
gathered. 
SPARGANIACEAE. 
SPARGANIUM. Bur ReEeEp. 
Inflorescence branching. 
Fruits stalked ............-.-2...-2-22---.-2-.-.---.--------- 1. S. eurycarpum. 
Fruits sessile ..........2222-.2.-2-.--.-2------------------- 2. S. androcladum. 
