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3b. Razoumofskya douglasii laricis subsp. nov. 
Rance: Washington and Idaho on Lariz occidentalis. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Mount Adams, Henderson 2536; near Ellensburg, Brandegee 
1071. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arid Transition and Canadian. 
8c. Razoumofskya douglasii abietina (Engelm.). 
Arceuthobium douglasii abietinum Engelm. in 8. Wats. Bot. Cal. 2: 106. 1880. 
Type Loca.ity: Sierra Valley, California. 
Rance: Washington to California and Utah. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Falcon Valley, Suksdorf 2246, on Abies grandis. 
SANTALACEAE. SaNpDALWoop FAMILY. 
COMANDRA. 
Flowers many, corymbosely-clustered; leaves pallid. 
Leaves oblong; fruit globular .............--...----------------- 1. C. umbellata. 
Leaves linear-lanceolate; fruit ovoid .............-.-.------------ 2. C. pallida. 
Flowers few on axillary peduncles; leaves green. ....-.....------------ 3. C. livida. 
1. Comandra umbellata (L.) Nutt. Gen. 1: 157. 1818. 
Thesium umbellatum L. Sp. Pl. 1: 208. 1753. 
Type Locauity: “Habitat in Virginiae, Pensylvaniae pascuis siccis.”’ 
Rance: British Columbia to Labrador southward to California and Georgia. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Whidby Island, Gardner 103; White Salmon, Suksdorf 494, 614; 
Fort Vancouver, Tolmie. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Transition. 
2. Comandra pallida A. DC. Prod. 14: 636. 1857. 
Tyre Locaity: “Prope Clearwater,’’ Idaho. Collected by Spalding. 
Rance: British Columbia to Manitoba, Texas, and California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: North Yakima, Steinweg in 1894; Flett 1032; Henderson, May 
26, 1892: Wenache, Whited 1073; Ellensburg, Piper, May 20, 1897; Whited 335; Morgans 
Ferry, Suksdorf 615; Cheney, Tucker in 1890; Columbia Valley, Lyall in 1861; Pasco, Hind- 
shaw 26; Piper 2990; Crab and Wilson creeks, Sandberg & Leiberg 326; Sprague, Sand- 
berg & Leiberg 154; Kamiak Butte, Sandberg, McDougal, & Heller 499; Piper, July 20, 
1899: Almota, Piper 1650; Wawawai, Piper, May 19, 1894; Hull, June 4, 1892; Elmer 
772; Kettle Falls, Beattie & Chapman 2206. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Upper Sonoran and Arid Transition. 
The nuts of this plant are sweet and edible. Where abundant, they form a favorite 
food for hogs. 
3. Comandra livida Richards. Bot. App. Frank]. Journ. 734. 1828. 
Tyre Locatity: “In shady mossy woods. Not seen to the northward of Great Slave 
Lake.”’ 
Rance: Washington to Vermont and northward. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Box Canyon, Kreager 386. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Canadian. 
ARISTOLOCHIACEAE. Birruwortr FAmMILy. 
ASARUM. 
1. Asarum caudatum Lindl. Bot. Reg. 17: under pl. 1399. 1831. WILD GINGER. 
Asarum hookeri Fielding, Sert. Plant. pl. 32. 1844. 
Asarum canadense ( Hook. FI. Bor. Am. 2: 139. 1838. 
