190 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 
Rance: Washington to California west of the Cascades and Sierras. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Whidby Island, Gardner 283; Fourth Plain, Piper, July 14, 1899; 
Alki Point, Piper in 1888; Cape Horn, Piper 4982. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Humid Transition. 
3. Hookera hyacinthina (Lindl.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. P]. 2: 712. 1891. 
Hesperochordon hyacinthinum Lindl. Bot. Reg. 15: under ¢. 1293. 1829. 
Hesperochordum lacteum Lind]. Bot. Reg. 19: ¢. 1639. 1833. 
Hesperochordon lewisii Hook. FI). Bor. Am. 2: 185. t. 198. 1839. 
Brodiaea lactea Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 14: 238. 1879. 
Type Locaity: “Native of the plains of the Missouri and of the north-west of America, 
in which last country it was found by Mr. Douglas.”’ 
Rance: British Columbia to California and Idaho. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Humptulips, Lamb 1282; Muckleshoot, Dr. Ruhn; Whidby 
Island, Gardner 282; Fidalgo City, Flett 2107; Admiralty Head, Piper, May, 1898; Tieton 
River, Cotton 450; Mount Stuart, Elmer 1208; Peshastin, Sandberg & Leiberg, July, 1893; 
Pullman, Piper 1679, July, 1893; Lake 617; without locality, Vasey in 1889. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Transition. 
4. Hookera douglasii (S. Wats.). 
Brodiaea grandiflora Smith, err. det. Pursh, Fl. 1: 223. 1814. 
Triteleia grandiflora Lindl. Bot. Reg. 15 under t. 1293. 1829. 
Brodiaea douglasii S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 14: 237. 1879. 
Type Locauity: “Northwest America.’ Collected by Douglas. 
Rance: British Columbia to Utah and Wyoming, probably only to the eastward of the 
Cascade Mountains. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Tampico, Flett 1121; Klickitat River, /lett 1409; Spokane, 
Sandberg & Leiberg 71; Spokane County, Suksdorf 455; Hangman Creek, Sandberg & Lei- 
berg 71; Pullman, Piper, July, 1893; Wawawai, Piper 1671; without locality, Vasey S7. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arid Transition. 
5. Hookera bicolor (Suksdorf. ) 
Brodiaea bicolor Suksdorf, West. Am. Sci. 14: 2. 1902. 
Type Locauity: “In Falkenthal (Falcon Valley), Klickitat County, Washington.” Col- 
lected by Suksdorf. 
Rance: Eastern Washington. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Wenache, Whited 1049; North Yakima, Henderson 2406; with- 
out locality, Vasey in 1889. 
6. Hookera howellii (S. Wats.). 
Brodiaea howellii 5. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 14: 301. 1879. 
Type Locauity: “Klickitat County,’ Washington. Collected by Joseph Howell. 
Rance: Washington. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Whidby Island, Gardner 285; Tacoma, Flett, June, 1896; Klicki- 
tat County, Howell, June, 1879; Falcon Valley, Suksdorf 506, 62, Ellensburg, Piper, May, 
1896. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Transition. 
QUAMASIA. Camas. 
Perianth irregular, the segments 3 or sometimes 5-nerved; buds gibbous on 
one side... 2.22.22. 2.22 ee eee ee ee eee eee eee Lecce 1. Q. quamash. 
Perianth regular, the segments 5 to 9-nerved. 
Segments usually 7-nerved; capsules conspicuously nerved; flowers 
blue or white.................-.---------- eee ee ee eee ee ee 2. QW. Leichtlinit. 
Segments usually 5-nerved; capsules not conspicuously nerved; flow- 
ers blUC...-- 2 ee ee ee cece cc cece cece cece cc ceceeeceee eee. BQ. suksdorq,. 
