390 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 
Tyre Locauity: “In the interior districts of the Columbia.’’ Collected by Douglas. 
Rance: Washington to California and Texas. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Walla Walla, Douglas, according to Hooker. 
It is not certain that this species really occurs in Washington limits, though the above 
specimen was apparently collected by Douglas at old Fort Walla Walla. 
HYPERICACEAE. Sv. Jounsworr FaAmity. 
HYPERICUM. Sv. Jomnsworr. 
Plants low, forming dense mats. 
Alpine; leaves crowded; flowers solitary... 2.2. .....0.00...... 2. H. bryophytum. 
Not alpine; leaves not crowded; flowers often several... 2... _ 1. H. anagalloides. 
Plants erect, simple or nearly so. 
Stamens 5 to 10; stems about 30 cm. high.................... 3. H. eanadense. 
Stamens numerous; stems tall. 
Sepals acuminate; capsule not lobed_.......2..22. 222.22... 4. H. perforatum. 
Sepals obtuse; capsule 3-lobed.... 222.2222. 22022........ 5. H. scouleri. 
1. Hypericum anagalloides Cham. & Schlecht. Linnaea 3: 127. 1828. 
Tyre LOCALITY: San Francisco, California. 
Rance: British Columbia to California and Montana. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Seattle, Piper in 1885; Woodlawn, Henderson, June 22, 1892; 
Montesano, Heller 3916. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Humid Transition. 
la. Hypericum anagalloides nevadense Greene, FI. Fran. 113.-1891. 
Type Locaity: ‘Foothills of the Sierra.” 
Rance: Washington to California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Pullman, Piper 2650. 
2. Hypericum bryophytum Elmer, Bot. Gaz. 36: 60. 1903. 
Tyre Locauity: Olympic Mountains, Clallam County, Washington. Collected by 
Elmer. 
Rance: Mountains of Washington. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Olympic Mountains, Elmer 2833; Big Creek Prairie, Lamb 1399: 
Cascade Mountains, latitude 49°, Lyall in 1859; Bridge Creek, Elmer, September, 1897; 
Horseshoe Basin, Lake & Hull 783; Mount Rainier, Piper, August, 1895; upper Nisqually 
Valley, Allen 117; Nason Creek, Sandberg & Leiberg 607; without locality, Vasey in 1889. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arctic. 
3. Hypericum canadense majus A. Gray, Man. ed. 5. 86. 1867. 
Type Locatity: Lake Superior. 
Rance: Washington to New Brunswick, south to Texas and Georgia. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Green Lake, Piper 1115. 
4. Hypericum perforatum L. Sp. Pl. 2: 785. 1753. 
Type LocALity: European. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Vancouver, Suksdorf; Piper, July 14, 1899. 
5. Hypericum scouleri Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 111. 1830. 
Hypericum formosum scoulert Coult. Bot. Gaz. 11: 108. 1886. 
Type Locatity: “Abundant in dry gravelly soils and limestone rocks on the North-West 
coast of America, near the Columbia.”” Collected by Scouler and by Douglas. 
Rance: British Columbia to Arizona and New Mexico. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Tacoma, Flett 120, 90; North Yakima, Watt, August, 1895; 
Montesano, Heller 4037; Columbus, Suksdorf. June 10, 1886; Columbia River, Lyall in 
