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2. Abronia latifolia Esch. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. 10: 281. 1826. 
Abronia arenaria Menzies; Hook. Exot. Fl. 3: pl. 193. 1827. 
Tyre Locauity: ‘In arenosis maritimis Novae Californiae.”’ 
RanGE: Seashores, Vancouver Island to California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Shoalwater Bay, Cooper; Clallam County, Elmer 2791; Port Ange- 
les, Piper 2303; Port Townsend, Henderson, June 25, 1892; Westport, Heller 3943; Lamb 
1096; Whidby Island, Gardner 253. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Humid Transition. 
3. Abronia mellifera Dougl.; Hook. Bot. Mag. 56: pl. 2879. 1829. 
Abronia suksdorfit Coult. & Fisher, Bot. Gaz. 17: 348. 1892. 
Tyee Locauity: ‘ Near the Great [Celilo] Falls of the Columbia.”’ Collected by Douglas. 
RanGE: Eastern Washington and eastern Oregon. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Rock Island, Sandberg & Leiberg 464; Morgans Ferry Suksdorf 
429; Columbus, Suksdorf, June 11, 1886; Sand hills of Columbia, Nuttall; Walla Walla, 
Lyall, June, 1860; Douglas in 1826; Priest Rapids, Douglas in 1826; Prosser, Henderson 2439; 
Pasco, Piper 2989; Elmer 1055; Hindshaw 16; Kiona, Piper 1807, 2646; Cotton 724. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arid Transition. 
ABRONIA FRAGRANS Nutt. is listed by Suksdorf, but the plant probably does not occur in 
our limits. 
AIZOACEAE. 
MOLLUGO. 
1. Mollugo verticillata L. Sp. Pl. 1: 89. 1753. CARPET WEED. 
Type Locauiry: “ Habitat in Africa, Virginia.”’ 
Rance: Washington to New Brunswick and southward to Mexico and South America. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: West Klickitat County, Suksdorf 1675; North Yakima, Henderson, 
October, 1892; Parker, Elmer 1077; Wawawai, Piper, August, 1894; Almota, Piper 1878, 
August, 1894; without locality, Vasey in 1889; Prosser, Cotton 632; Toppenish, Cotton 795. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Upper Sonoran. 
PORTULACACEAE. PuRSLANE FAMILY. 
Ovary half inferior; sepals partly united...........-2..-.------- PoRTULACA (p. 245). 
Ovary superior. 
Capsule circumscissile ............----------------------- LEwWIsIA (p. 246). 
Capsule not circumscissile. 
Style branches 2; capsule 2-valved, sepals scarious...... SPRAGUEA (p. 251). 
Style branches 3; capsule 3-valved. 
Sepals deciduous. ..........-.-.----------------- TALINUM (p. 247). 
Sepals persistent. 
Petals 3 to 7; stamens 3 to 12; leaves fleshy, alter- 
nate .......2222.022-222.2-22--0---2------ ee JALANDRINIA (p. 247). 
Petals 5. 
Corolla zygomorphic ; styles short, cleft nearly 
to the base.............-.-.-------.---- Mownrta (p. 247). 
Corollaregular ; styleselongated ,unitednearly 
to the top...........2..-.......------- CLAYTONIA (p. 248). 
PORTULACA. 
1. Portulaca oleracea L. Sp. Pl. 1: 445. 1753. PURSLANE. 
Type Loca.ity: “Habitat in Europa australi, India, Ins. Ascensionis, America.”’ 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: White Salmon, Suksdorf, November, 1879; Almota, Piper, Sep- 
tember, 1896; Wawawai, Piper, August, 1894; Meyers Falls, Kreager 517. 
