PIPER—-FLORA OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. 449 
PLUMBAGINACEAE. 
STATICE. 
1. Statice armeria L. Sp. Pl. 1: 274. 1753. THRIFT. 
Armeria vulgaris Willd. Enum. 333. 1809. 
Tyre Locauity: “Habitat in Europae Americae septentrionalis campis.”’ 
RANGE: Subarctic regions, south to California and Labrador. South America. Europe. 
Asia. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Whidby Island, Gardner 196; Olympia, Kincaid, July 4, 1896; 
Roy, Allen, May 13, 1889; Yelm Prairie, Piper; Stuart Island, Lawrence 201; Port Crescent, 
Lawrence 260. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Humid Transition. 
OLEACEAE. 
FRAXINUS. 
1. Fraxinus oregana Nutt. Sylva 3: 59. pl. 99. 1849. OREGON ASH. 
Frarinus oregana riparia Nutt. loc. cit. 
Type Locauity: “In the Oregon territory.” ‘“‘We never saw it above the first falls of 
the Oregon.’”’ Collected by Nuttall. 
Rance: British Columbia to California, in the coast region. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Seattle, Piper, June, 1892; Satsop, Heller 4024; White Salmon 
Suksdorf 445. 
A common tree in the river valleys of western Washington. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Humid Transition. 
GENTIANACEAE. Gentian FamiIty. 
Style filiform, usually deciduous; anthers oblong to linear, mostly 
twisting or curving with age. ---- . CENTAURION (p. 449). 
Style stout and persistent or none; + anthers 1 remaining x straight. 
Corolla funnelform or bell-shaped, without glands... 2.2.2... - GENTIANA (p. 450). 
Corolla rotate, with a fringed glandular spot on each lobe..... FRASERA (p. 451). 
CENTAURION. 
Basal leaves in a rosette; introduced............--.-.------------- 1. C. centaurium. 
Basal leaves not in rosettes. 
Pedicels slender, much longer than the flowers.......-.---.----- 2. C. exaltata. 
Pedicels mostly shorter than the flowers. ............---------- 3.C. muehlenbergii. 
1. Centaurion centaurium (L.) W. F. Wight. 
Gentiana centaurium L. Sp. Pl. 1: 229. 1753. 
Erythraea centaurium Pers. Syn. 1: 283. 1805. 
Type LocaLity: Europe. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Olympia, Aincaid, July 4, 1896; Yesler, Hindshaw, July, 1897. 
2. Centaurion exaltatum (Griseb.) W. F. Wight. 
Cicendia exaltata Griseb. in Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 69. 1838. 
Erythraea douglasui A. Gray, Bot. Cal. 1: 480. 1876. 
Erythraea exaltata Coville, Contr. Nat. Herb. 4: 150. 1893. 
Type Locauity: ‘Between the Kettle Falls, and ‘ Narrows’ of the Columbia River.’ 
Collected by Douglas. 
Rance. Eastern Washington to California and Utah. 
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