200 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 
Range: Washington to Labrador, south to California, New Mexico, Iowa, and Penn- 
sylvania. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Ellensburg, Whited 351; North Yakima, Leckenby, May, 1898; 
Blue Mountains, Horner 194. 
2. Vagnera sessilifolia (Baker) Greene, Man. Bay Region 316. 1894. 
Tovaria sessilifolia Baker, Journ. Linn. Soc. 14: 566. 1875. 
Smilacina sessilifolia Nutt; Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 14: 245. 1879. 
Smilacina stellata sessilifolia Henderson, Bull. Torr. Club 27: 358. 1900. 
Type Locauity: “America borealis occidentalis a Columbia brittanica ad Californiam 
et Mexicum Novum.” 
Range: British Columbia to California and New Mexico. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Clallam County, Elmer 2495; Cascade Mountains, latitude 49°, 
Lyall in 1858; near Lake Cushman, Piper, August, 1895; Silverton, Bouck 185; Valley of 
Nisqually, Allen 37; Tacoma, Flett 90; west Klickitat County, Suksdorf 173; Falcon Val- 
ley, Suksdorf 172; Skokomish River, Kincaid, May, 1892; Wenache Mountains, Whited 
1052; Sunnyside, Cotton 374; Klickitat River, Flett 1122; Colville, Lyall in 1860; Rock 
Creek, Sandberg & Leiberg 126; Spokane Valley, Lyall in 1861; Spokane, Henderson, June, 
1892; Almota Creek, Piper, May, 1897; Pullman, Elmer 117; Piper, July, 1900; Hull 616; 
Waitsburg, Horner 195; without locality, Vasey ; Clarks Springs, Kreager 45; Mount 
Carlton, Kreager 221, 252. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Transition. 
3. Vagnera amplexicaulis (Nutt.) Greene, Man. Bay Region 316. 1894. 
Smilacina amplexicaulis Nutt. Journ. Acad. Phila. 7: 58. 1834. 
Smilacina racemosa amplericaulis Wats. Bot. King Explor. 345. 1871. 
Vagnera brachypetala Rydberg, Bull. Torr. Club 28: 268, 1901. 
Tyre vocatity: “In the valleys of the Rocky Mountains about the sources of the 
Columbia River.’’ Collected by Wyeth. 
Rance: British Columbia to California and New Mexico. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Clallam County, Elmer 2500; Baldy Peak, Lamb 1345: Coupe- 
ville, Gardner 290; Tacoma, Flett 203; Silverton, Bouck 186; Mount Adams, Suksdorf 
1006; Wenache, Whited 1051; Lake Wenache, Sandberg & Leiberg 648; Lake Chelan, 
Lake & Hull, August 15, 1892; Pend Oreille River, Lyall in 1861; Blue Mountains, Piper, 
July 15, 1896; Mount Carlton, Kreager 271. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Transition. 
A variable species distinguishable with difficulty from V. racemosa (L:) Morong. 
3a. Vagnera amplexicaulis brachystyla (Henderson). 
Smilacina racemosa brachystyla Henderson, Bull. Torr. Club 27: 357. 1900. 
Tyre Locauity: “In the Yakima country,” Washington. 
RanGE: Eastern Washington and eastern Oregon. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Kamiak Butte, Elmer 810; Moore, June, 1893: Piper, July 20, 
1899. 
UNIFOLIUM. 
1. Unifolium bifolium kamtschaticum (Gmel.). 
Convallaria bifolia kamtschatica Gmel.; Cham. & Schlecht. Linnaea 6: 587. 1831. 
Maranthemum bifolium dilatatum Wood, Proc. Acad. Phila. 1868: 174. 1868 
TYPE LocALITy: Kamtschatka. 
Rance: Alaska to California and Idaho. Siberia. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Clallam County, Elmer 2494; Silverton, Bouck; Seattle, Piper 
200; Tacoma, Flett 197; Nisqually Valley, Allen 73; Lower Cascades, Suksdorf, May 29, 
1886; Fort Vancouver, collector not indicated; without locality, Vasey in 1889. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Humid Transition. 
This plant was referred to Smilacina bifolia L. in Hooker’s Flora and to Smilacina hifolia 
trifolia in Cooper’s List. 
