262 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Upper Wenas River, Henderson 2566; Clemax Mountain, 
Henderson in 1892; Ellensburg, Whited 666 ; Coulee City, Lake & Hull, August, 1892; junction 
Crab and Wilson creeks, Sandberg & Leiberg 294; Blue Mountains, Piper, July, 1896; with- 
out locality, Vasey in 1889. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arid Transition. 
5. Arenaria franklinii Dougl.; Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 101. 1880. 
Tyre Locauiry: ‘‘Abundant on barren sandy plains and undulating grounds of the 
Columbia, from the ‘Great’ to the ‘Kettle’ falls.’ Collected by Douglas. 
Rance: Eastern Washington and eastern Oregon. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Pasco, Piper 2970; Hindshaw 6; Klickitat County, Leckenby, 
May, 1898; North Yakima, Henderson, May, 1892; Morgans Ferry, Suksdorf 254; Bick- 
leton, Suksdorf 253; Columbia River, latitude 46° to 49°, Lyall in 1860; Wilson Creek 
Sandberg & Leiberg 296; Wallula, Cotton 1026, 1044. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Upper Sonoran. — 
6. Arenaria paludicola Robinson, Proc. Am. Acad. 29: 298. 1894. 
Arenaria palustris 8. Wats. Bot. Cal. 1: 70. 1876, not Gay. 1845. 
Alsine palustris Kellogg, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 3: 61. 1863. 
Type LocaLity: San Francisco, California. 
Rance: Washington to California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Near Tacoma, Fleii, September, 1896. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Humid Transition. 
7. Arenaria tenella Nutt.; Torr. & Gr. Fl. 1: 179. 1838. 
Arenaria stricta ( Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 99. 1830. 
Type Loca.ity: ‘‘Rocky places, plains of the Oregon.” Collected by Nuttall. 
RanGeE: British Columbia to Oregon, in the coast region. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Cascade Mountains, latitude 49°, Lyall in 1859; Whidby Island, 
Gardner 46; Tacoma, Flett 880, 180; Olympia, Kincaid, July, 1886; Henderson, May, 1892; 
Woodlawn, Henderson, June, 1892; Steilacoom, Suckley; Piper; Columbia River, Nuttall; 
Roy, Allen, May 23, 1889; Yelm, Piper in 1888; Stuart Island, Lawrence 42. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Humid Transition. 
8. Arenaria pusilla S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 17: 367. 1882. 
Type LocaLity: Yreka, California. 
Rance: Washington and Idaho to California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: White Salmon, Suksdof 249; Waitsburg, Horner 128; Pull- 
man, Piper 1885. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arid Transition. 
9. Arenaria verna rubella ( Wahl.) 5. Wats. Bibl. Index 99. 1878. 
Alsine rubella Wahl. Fl. Lapp. 1: 28. pl. 6. 1812. 
Arenaria hirta glabrata Cham. & Schlecht. Linnaea 1: 56. 1826. 
Type Locatity: ‘‘Hab. in summitate alpis Lyngensis Nordlandiae septentrionalis 
circiter 3,000 pedes paris. supra mare elevata.”’ 
Rance: Alaska to Greenland, south to Washington and Colorado. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Mount Rainier, Piper 2115; Smith 777; Flett 228; Olympic 
Mountains, Piper, August, 1895; Elmer 2748. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arctic. 
Hooker@ reports A. verna from the Columbia, collected by Menzies and by Douglas. 
Hooker’s plant can scarcely be the rare Alpine plant here considered. 
Flett’s 228 was referred by Wiegand © to the scarcely distinct A. propinqua Richards. 
afl. Bor. Am. 1: 99, 1830. o Bull.’ Torr. Club 24: 343. 1897. 
