234 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM, 
Leaves large, 2 to 8 cm. long, oblong-ovate, mostly 
cordate; peduncles stout, naked...............-- 19. E. compositum. 
Leaves smaller, never cordate; peduncles not naked. 
Leaves narrow, tomentose on both sides. ......-- 20. EF. heracleoides. 
Leaves broader, glabrous or glabrate above. 
Inflorescence a single involucre_....-...-.- - 21. HF. tolmieanum. 
Inflorescence umbellate. 
Umbel simple. 
Flowers yellow ......-.-..------- 22. E. umbellatum. 
Flowers cream-color............-- 22b. E. umbellatum majus. 
Umbel compound... -..... 2222-2... 23. E. stellatum. 
1. Eriogonum angulosum Benth. Trans. Linn Soc. 17: 406. 1837. 
Tyre Locauity: California. 
Ranee: Washington to California and Arizona. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Morgans Ferry, Suksdorf 438; Yakima region, Brandegee 1051. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Upper Sonoran. 
2. Eriogonum ovalifolium Nutt. Journ. Acad. Phila, 7: 50. 1834. 
Type Loca.ity: “Sources of the Missouri.’’ Collected by Wyeth. 
Rance: British Columbia to California and Colorado. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Mount Rainier, Smith 773; Mount Adams, Suksdorf 87; Flett 
1051; Mount Stuart, Sandberg & Leiberg 827; Olympic Mountains, Elmer 2682. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arctic. 
3. Eriogonum vineum Small, Bull. Torr. Club 25: 45. 1898. 
¢ Fucycla purpurea Nutt. Journ, Acad, Phila. II. 1: 166. 1847. 
¢ Eriogonum purpureum Nutt.; Benth. in DC. Prod. 14: 10. 1856. 
Tyre Locauity: “California, near Rose mine, San Bernardino Mountains, altitude 2,100 
meters.” 
RanGE: Washington to California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Olympics, lett 127; Mount Adams, Henderson, August 10, 1892; 
Mount Stuart, Elmer 1221. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arctic. 
4. Eriogonum proliferum Torr. & Gr. Proc. Am. Acad. 8: 164. 1873. 
2 Eriogonum oblongi folium minus Benth. in DC. Prod. 14: 113. 1856. 
Type Locauity: “Idaho Mountains (Prof. O. Marey, Prof. Swallow) to N. Fork of the 
Columbia, Wilkes Expedition, Weenas Valley and Walla Walla, Lyall.” 
Rance: Washington and Idaho to California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Ellensburg, Whited 537, 658, 668; Elmer 382, 1087, 391; Piper 
2719; Wenache, Whited 147, 1245, 1169; Satus, Elmer 1072; Pasco, Hindshaw 36, 14; Piper 
2956; Mount Cleman, Henderson; Peshastin, Sandberg & Leiberg 493; Snipes Mountain, 
Cotton 386; North Yakima, Henderson 2426; Flett 1056; Watt; Steinweg; Leckenby; with- 
out locality, Zenderson 2428; Goldendale, Suksdorf 440; Rattlesnake Mountains, Suksdorf 
439; Morgans Ferry, Suksdorf 441; Wenas Valley and Walla Walla, Lyall in 1860; without 
locality, Vasey 145; between Spipen River and North Fork of the Columbia, Wilkes 
Expedition. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Upper Sonoran. 
Apparently all the Washington specimens that have been referred to E. oblongifolium 
belong to E. proliferum. 
5. Eriogonum niveum Dougl.; Benth. Trans. Linn. Soc. 17: 414. 1837. 
Eriogomum dichotomum Dougl.; Benth. op. cit. 415. 
TyPE Loca.ity: “ Valleys of the Blue Mountains.”’ 
RanGE: British Columbia to Idaho and California. 
Collected by Douglas. 
