PIPER—FLORA OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. 209 
Rance: Alaska to California, eastward to Alberta and Colorado. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Clallam County, Elmer 2552; Cascade Mountains, latitude 49°, 
Lyall in 1859; Seattle, Piper in 1885; Olympia, Kincaid, July, 1896; McAllisters Lake, 
Henderson, June, 1892; Brooklyn, Savage 19; Twisp River, Whited, July, 1896; Nason 
Creek, Sandberg & Leiberg 617; Mount Stuart, Sandberg & Leiberg 568; Mount Rainier, 
Allen; Klickitat River, Henderson, August, 1892; Wind River, Flett 1111; Blue Moun- 
tains, Piper, July, 1896; without locality, Vasey in 1889. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Transition and Canadian. 
2. Piperia leptopetala Rydberg, Bull. Torr. Club 28: 637. 1901. 
Type Locaity: ‘Mountains east of San Diego,” California. Collected by Parry. 
Rance: Washington to California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Nisqually River, Wilkes Expedition 146; Point Orchard, Piper 
1081 in part. 
This supposed species may prove to be only a form of P. elegans. 
3. Piperia multiflora Rydberg, Bull. Torr. Club 28: 638. 1901. 
TypE Locauity: Grays Harbor, Washington. Collected by the Wilkes Expedition. 
Rance: Washington to California and Montana. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Grays Harbor, Wilkes Expedition in 1838-1842; Cascade Moun- 
tains, Brandegee 475. 
Like the preceding, this may have to be reduced to P. elegans. Good suites of specimens 
in this group are needed to clear up the species. 
4. Piperia elegans (Lindl.) Rydberg, Bull. Torr. Club 28: 270. 1901. 
Platanthera elegans Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 285. 1835. 
Habenaria elegans Boland. Cat. Pl. San Franc. 29. 1870. 
Piperia elongata Rydberg, Bull. Torr. Club 28: 270. 1901. 
Type Locaxity: “Hab. in America boreali-occidentali.”” Collected by Douglas. 
RanGeE: British Columbia to Idaho and California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Coupeville, Gardner 275, 271; Orchard Point, Piper, July, 1895; 
Seattle, Piper, August, 1891; Tacoma, Flett, June 20, 1896; Mount Adams, Henderson 68: 
Rock Island, Henderson, July 3, 1892; Haven’s ranch, Henderson, August 2, 1892; Simcoe 
Mountains, Howell 352; Lake Wenache, Sandberg & Leiberg 647a; Blue Mountains, Piper 
August 2, 1896; Johns Island, Lawrence 199. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Transition. 
5. Piperia michaeli (Greene) Rydberg, Bull. Torr. Club 28: 640. 1901. 
Habenaria michaeli Greene, Man. Bay Reg. 306. 1894. 
Type Locatitry: “Open hills, under oaks, etc., from near Livermore southward,” Cali- 
fornia. 
RanGeE: Washington to California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Grays Harbor, Wilkes Expedition 1554 in part; Nisqually River, 
Wilkes Expedition 146 in part. 
LIMNORCHIS. 
Flowers green or sometimes purple-tinged. 
Spur clavate, much shorter than the lanceolate lip; spike 
long and dense. .._..............-.---------------- 1. L. stricta. 
Spur not clavate, about as long as the lanceolate lip; spike 
short and dense........ 22.22.2220... 2 2222 2 ee eee ee 2. L. viridiflora. 
Flowers white or whitish. 
Lip linear; spike loose, few-flowered............-......- 3. L. laxiflora. 
Lip lanceolate, broadest at base. 
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