240 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Coulee City, Lake & Hull 699; Alkali Lake, Sandberg & Leiberg 
410; North Yakima, Steinweg in 1894; Henderson, June 18, 1892; Yakima City, Piper, 
July 10, 1897; Pasco, Elmer 1064; Morgans Ferry, Suksdorf 449; Walla Walla, Lyall, 
June, 1860; without locality, Vasey in 1889; Cow Creek, Griffiths & Cotton 540. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Upper Sonoran. 
For illustration see Plate TV, facing page 25. 
SALSOLA. 
1. Salsola kali tragus (L.) Moq. in DC. Prod. 137: 187. 1849. RussiAN THISTLE. 
Salsola tragus li. Sp. Pl. ed. 2. 1: 322. 1762. 
Type Locaity: “ Habitat in Europa australi.”’ 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Pasco, Piper, July 10, 1897; Spokane, Areager 531. 
The Russian thistle probably first reached Washington in 1895 or 1896. It is now 
widely spread in the State. 
DONDIA. 
Fruiting calyx without crests or appendages........--....-.-.-...- 3. D. maritima. 
Fruiting calyx developing keels or crests. 
Calyx developing crests on one or more of its lobes; leaves linear, 
broadest at base... 22.22.22. 2.22 ee ee ee ee eee ee ee ee ee eee 2. D. depressa. 
Calyx at length surrounded by a transverse lobed wing; leaves 
linear, narrowed at base.............2..2.-..2-2------------- 1. D. occidentalis. 
1. Dondia occidentalis (S. Wats.) Heller Cat. N. A. Plants 3. 1898, 
Schoberia occidentalis 8. Wats. Bot. King Explor. 5: 295, 1871. 
Suaeda occidentalis S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 9: 90. 1874. 
Type LocaLity: ‘Ruby Valley, Nevada.” 
Rance: Washington to Nevada. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Coulee City, Henderson 2557; Crab Creek, Suksdorf 448; Lincoln 
County, Elmer 1241; Yakima City, Piper 2749, 2752. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Upper Sonoran. 
2. Dondia depressa (Pursh) Britton, Ill. Fl. 1: 585. 1896. 
Salsola depressa Pursh, Fl. 1: 197. 1814. 
Suaeda depressa Ledeb.; 5. Wats. Bot. King Expl. 5: 294. 1871. 
Type Locauity: ‘On the volcanic plains of the Missouri.” 
Rance: Washington to Saskatchewan, south to Nevada and Nebraska. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: White Bluff Ferry, Lake & Hull 678. A doubtful immature 
specimen perhaps referable to the preceding. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Upper Sonoran. 
3. Dondia maritima (L.) Druce, Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist. 1896: 42. 1896. 
Chenopodium maritimum L. Sp. Pl. 1: 221. 1753. 
Suaeda maritima Dum. Fl. Belg. 22. 1827. 
Type LocaLity: ‘‘ Habitat in Europae maritimis.” 
Rance: Seacoasts, Maine to New York. Washington. Europe. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Salt marshes near Coupeville, Gardner 365. 
SALICORNIA. 
1. Salicornia ambigua Michx. Fl. 1: 2. 1803. 
Tyee Locauity: ‘In Carolinae scirpetis maritimis.” 
RanGe: Seabeaches, Massachusetts to Texas, British Columbia to California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Port Angeles, Piper, September, 1895; Port Ludlow, Binns, 
September 3, 1890; Seattle, Piper; Union City, Piper in 1890; Port Townsend, Barber 188, 
189. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Humid Transition. 
