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CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 
ACTAEA. 
1. Actaea spicata arguta (Nutt.) Torr. Pac. R. Rep. 4:63. 1856. BANEBERRY. 
Actaea arquta Nutt.; Torr. & Gr. Fl. 1:35. 1838. 
Actaea eburnea Rydberg, Mem. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 1: 153. 1900. 
Type Loca.ity: ‘‘ Woods of the Oregon and its tributary streams.’ Collected by Nuttall. 
Rance: Alaska to Montana, California and New Mexico. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Clallam County, Himer 2664; Seattle, Piper, July, 1895; Silver- 
ton, Bouck 5; Lakeview, Henderson, July 1892; without locality, Brandegee 617; without 
locality, Vasey 164; Lake Chelan, Lake & Hull 416; Spokane, Piper, July, 1896; without 
locality, Henderson, June, 1892; Blue Mountains, /Zorner 270; Clarks Springs, Areager 127; 
Mount Carlton, Kreager 292, 297. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Humid Transition and Canadian. 
The fruit of this species is usually scarlet, but white-berried forms occur, distinguishable 
by no other character. 
COPTIS. Go.prurReEap. 
Leaflets large, 5 to 8 cm. long, obscurely 8-lobed..... 22... --.-.---- 1. C. occidentalis. 
Leaflets smaller, 3-parted and incised. ...... 2.22. .....2.22.0--2---- 2. C. laciniata. 
1. Coptis occidentalis (Nutt.) Torr. & Gr. Fl. 1: 28. 1838. 
Chrysocoptis occidentalis Nutt. Journ. Acad. Phila. 7: 8. 1834. 
Tyre LocaLity: Rocky Mountains in North Idaho or West Montana. Collected by 
Wyeth. 
Rance: Idaho and adjacent Washington, 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Pend Oreille River, Lyall in 1861; lone, Areager 401; Newport, 
Piper 4213. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Canadian and Arid Transition. 
2. Coptis laciniata A. Gray, Bot. Gaz. 12: 297. 1887 
Type LocaLiry: Oregon. Collected by Hall. 
Rance: Washington to northern California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Wind River, Flett 1297. 
CIMICIFUGA. 
1. Cimicifuga elata Nutt.; Torr. & Gr. Fl. 1: 36. 1838. 
Tyre Locaity: “Shady woods of the Oregon.’’ Collected by Nuttall. 
Rance: Washington and Oregon in the coast region. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Clallam County, Elmer 2662; Mashel Mountain, Piper in 1888; 
Skamania County, Suksdorf 1990; near Vancouver, Piper 3502. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Canadian. 
PAEONIA. 
1. Paeonia brownii Doug!.; Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 27. 1829. 
Tyre Locaciry: “ Near the confines of perpetual snow on the subalpine range of Mount 
Hood,” Oregon. Collected by Douglas in 1826. 
Rance: Washington to Utah and California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Columbia Valley, Lyall in 1860; Faleon Valley, Suksdorf 329; 
Peshastin, Sandberg & Leiberg 497; Leavenworth, Savage 45; Blue Mountains, Piper 2424; 
without locality, Vasey in 1889. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Hudsonian or Canadian. 
AQUILEGIA. CoL_uMBINE. 
Flowers scarlet and yellow... .......-..-.-------------+--+--++------ 1. A. formosa. 
Flowers wholly yellow .........-------- 0220-222 cee cece ee ee ee ee eee 2. A. flavescens. 
