344 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 
1. Geum strictum Soland.; Ait. Hort. Kew. 2: 217. 1789. 
Type Locatiry: “ North America.” 
RanGE: British Columbia to Newfoundland, southward to Arizona, Missouri, and New 
Jersey. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Along Tukanon River, Lake d& Hull 516; nine miles southwest 
Pullman, Piper, July 9, 1901. 
2. Geum macrophyllum Willd. Enum. 557. 1809. 
Type Locauity: ‘Camtschatca.” 
RanGe;: Alaska to California and Colorado, Siberia. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Clallam County, Elmer 2524; Montesano, Keller 3947; Cascade 
Mountains, latitude 49°, Lyall in 1859; Silverton, Bouck 53; Falcon Valley, Suksdorf 288; 
Skokomish Valley, Kincaid, May, 1892; Beaver Creek, Whited 192; Rock Lake, Lake & 
Hull 515. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Transition. 
This species is very close to if not identical with Geum japonicum Thunb. 4 
3. Geum oregonense Scheutz, Nov. Act. Soc. Sci. Upsala 7: 26. 1869. 
Type Locauity: “Habit. in regione Oregonensi.” 
Rance: Washington and Oregon to Montana. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Ellensburg, Whited 528(?); Spokane County, Suksdorf 289; 
Mrs. Susan Tucker; Harrington, Sandberg & Leiberg 219; Marshall Junction, Piper, July, 
1896; without locality, Vasey in 1889; Clarks Springs, Kreager 39; Loon Lake, Beattie & 
Chapman 2083. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arid Transition. 
SIEVERSIA. 
Flowers pale purplish; styles plumose........-.-.-...------------------- 1. 8, eliata, 
Flowers yellow; styles glabrous.............-.-.-- eee ee ee eee eee eee 2. 8S. rossi. 
1. Sieversia ciliata (Pursh). 
Geum ciliatum Pursh, Fl. 1: 352. 1814. 
Geum triflorum Pursh, Fl. 2: 736. 1814. 
Type Loca.ity: ‘On the Kooskooskee.” Collected by Lewis; the exact spot on the 
Quamash Flats, now Weippe, Idaho. 
Rance: British Columbia to Labrador, southward to Arizona, Missouri, and New York. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Clallam County, Elmer 2529; Olympic Mountains, J. M. Grant 
in 1889; Whidby Island, Gardner 105; Klickitat River, Flett 13824; Wenache, Whited 126, 
1163; Ellensburg, Whited 731; Spokane, Dewart, May 6, 1901; Hangman Creek, Sandberg 
& Leiberg 64; Pullman, Hull 517; Piper 1532; Clarks Springs, Kreager 22; Rattlesnake 
Mountains, Cotton 554. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arid Transition. 
Dr. KE. L. Greene has proposed a new genus for this species and its immediate allies, 
Erythrocoma. A subspecies of S. ciliata, characterized by having the bractlets cut into 
filiform segment is designated Erythrocoma ciliata ornata Greene.b 
2. Sieversia rossii R. Br. in Parry’s lst Voyage App. 276. 1824. 
Geum rossi Ser. in DC. Prod. 2: 553. 1825. 
TypE Locauiry: Melville Island. 
RanGe: Arctic regions, south to Washington and Colorado. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Mount Stuart, Hlmer 245, 1182. 
Dr. Greene has recently proposed a new genus Acomastylis with this species as its type. 
Elmer’s number 1182 is considered a new species, A. depressa Greene. 
a F]. Jap. 220. 1784. b Leaflets 1: 178. 1906. 
