PIPER—FLORA OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. 2295 
1. Rumex acetosella L. Sp. PI. 1: 338. 1753. SHEEP SORREL. 
TYPE LocaLity: Europe. 
‘SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Pullman, Piper, July 2, 1894. 
A troublesome weed throughout the State, especially in poor soils. 
2. Rumex paucifolius Nutt. Journ. Acad. Phila. 7: 49. 1834. 
Rumex engelmanni geyeri Meisn. in DC. Prod. 14: 64. 1856. 
Rumex geyeri Trelease, Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 3: 78. 1892. 
Type vocatity: “Near Flat-Head River.’’ Collected by Wyeth. 
Rance: British Columbia to Colorado and California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Wenache Mountains, Elmer 448; Wenache region, Brandegee 
1068; Yakima River, Lyall in 1860; Flathead River, Wyeth; without locality, Vasey in 
1889; Wenache Mountains, Cotton 1192. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Canadian. 
3. Rumex venosus Pursh, Fl. 2: 733. 1814. 
Type Locatity: “In Upper Louisiana.’’ Collected by Bradbury. 
Ranae: Washington to Saskatchewan, south to Missouri and Nevada. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Wenache, Whited 1224; Sunnyside, Cotton 382; North Yaki.aa, 
Flett 1058; Pasco, Hindshaw, May 25, 1896; Piper 2983; Moses Lake, Sandberg & Leiberg, 
274; Spokane, Sandberg & Leiberg, May, 1893; Hangman Creek, Sandberg & Leiberg 28; 
Almota, Piper 1549, 2940; without locality, Vasey 124; Moxee, Griffiths & Cotton 37. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Upper Sonoran. 
4. Rumex hesperius Greene, Pittonia 4: 234. 1901. 
Tyre Locatiry: ‘Bottom lands near Bingen, Washington.’? Collected by Suksdorf. 
Rance: Known only from the type locality. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: West Klickitat County, Suksdorf 2259. 
Is. Rumex occidentalis S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 12: 253. 1876. 
Type Locaritry: “From Alaska to Northern California, eastward to the Saskatchewan 
and Labrador, and southward in the mountains to Colorado and New Mexico.”’ 
Rance: Alaska to Labrador, south to California and Texas. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Fidalgo Island, Lyall in 1858; Rock Island, Sandberg & Leiberg 
447; west Klickitat County, Suksdorf 1401, 604; Wilson Creek, Lake & Hull 650; Pull- 
man, Piper 1548; Mount Carlton, Kreager 200. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Transition. 
In the older botanical works our plant was usually referred to R. domesticus Hartm. It 
is probable, too, that the name R. domesticus nanus @ also belongs to our species, in which 
case it has priority. 
6. Rumex salicifolius Weinm. Flora 1821: 28. 1821. 
Tyre Locauity: ‘In California.” 
RanGeE: British Columbia to Labrador, south to Florida and California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Orchard Point, Piper, July, 1895; Tacoma, Flett 93; west Nlick- 
itat County, Suksdorf 1402; Colville, Lyall in 1860; Crab and Wilson creeks, Sandberg & 
Leiberg 329; Wilson Creek, Lake & Hull 651; Tukanon River, Lake & Hull 651; Pullman, 
Piper, July 24, 1893. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION; Transition. 
7. Rumex crispus L. Sp. Pl. 1: 335. 1753. YELLOW DOCK. 
Type LocaLiry: Europe. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Wenache, Whited 1252; Egbert Springs, Sandberg & Leiberg 400; 
Pullman, Piper, July, 1894. 
a Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 129. 1838. 
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