PIPER—-FLORA OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. 183 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Montesano, Heller 3969; Seattle, Howell 612; Piper 1135; Thurs- 
ton County, Henderson 2556; Ilwaco, Henderson 2161; North Yakima, Henderson 2555; 
Atanum Soda Springs, Watt August, 1895; Samish Lake, Suksdorf 1013. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Transition. 
20. Juncus richardsonianus Schult. in Roem. & Schult. Syst. 7: 201. 1829. 
Juncus alpinus insignis Fries; Engelm. Trans. St. Louis Acad. 2: 459. 1866. 
Type Loca.ity: ‘In sylvis Americae arcticae.’’ Collected by Richardson. 
Rance: British Columbia to Nova Scotia, south to Washington, Nebraska and Pennsyl- 
vania. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Whatcom County, Gardner 417; Suksdorf 1012; Chelan, Elmer 
883. 
21. Juncus oreganus §. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 23: 267. 1888. 
Juncus paucicapitatus Buch. Engler’s Bot. Jahrb. 12: 367. 1890. 
Type Loca.ity: “In bogs at Ilwaco,’’ Washington. Collected by Henderson. 
Rance: Alaska to Washington near the seacoast. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Ilwaco, Henderson, September, 1892 and 15; Cascade Mountains, 
latitude 49°, Lyall; Ilwaco, Piper, June, 1904. 
ZONAL DISTKIBUTION: Humid Transition. 
22. Juncus nodosus L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2. 466. 1762. 
Type Locauity: ‘Habitat in America septentrionali.”’ 
Rance: British Columbia to Nova Scotia, south to Nevada, Nebraska, and Virginia. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Newport, Piper 4211; Colville, Areager 519. 
ZoNaAL pistripuTION: Arid Transition. 
23. Juncus torreyi Coville, Bull. Torr. Club 22: 303. 1895. 
Juncus nodosus megacephalus Torrey, Fl. N.Y. 2: 326. 1843. 
Juncus megacephalus Wood, Bot. ed. 2. 724. 1861, not Curtis 1835. 
Type Locauity: “On the shores of Lake Ontario.” 
Rance: British Columbia to New York, south to California and Texas. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Coupeville, Gardner 312, Cascade Mountains, Tweedy in 1882; 
Parker, Dunn, August 11, 1901; Yakima, Leckenby, August, 1897; Loomis, Elmer 613; 
Colville, Kreager 519; Toppenish, Cotton 789; Prosser, Cotton 648. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arid Transition and Upper Sonoran. 
24. Juncus columbianus Coville, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 14: 87. 1901. 
Tyre Locauiry: “In wet meadows near Pullman, Washington.” Collected by Elmer. 
Rance: Washington to Montana and Oregon. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Wilson Creek, Sandberg & Leiberg 389; western Klickitat County, 
Suksdorf 462; Marshall Junction, Piper 2281; Spangle, Suksdorf 463; Pullman, Piper 3054, 
3537; Elmer 235; Lake Chelan, Lake & Hull 389 in part; Snipes Creek, Cotton 6693 in 
part, 668. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arid Transition. 
25. Juncus suksdorfii Rydberg, Bull. Torr. Club 26: 541. 1899. 
Type Locauity: Falcon Valley, Klickitat County, Washington. Collected by Suksdorf. 
Rance: Eastern Washington, eastern Oregon, and adjacent Idaho. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Falcon Valley, Suksdorf 217, 680; Spangle, Suksdorf 464; Pull- 
man, Piper 1947, 3026, 3042, 3053, Henderson 2547, 2548. 
ZONAL DistripuTion: Arid Transition. 
26. Juncus badius Suksdorf, Deutsch. Bot. Monatss. 19: 92. 1901. 
Type vocauity: ‘Im Falkenthal im west]. Teil von Klickitat County,’? Washington. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Falcon Valley, Suksdorf 2144; Kalispel Lake, Ayreager 336. 
Very close to J. nevadensis Wats. but to be distinguished by its relatively longer capsule. 
