468 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 
2. Capnorea fulcrata Greene, Pittonia 5: 51. 1902. 
Type Locauity: “From somewhere in the State of Washington.” Collected by G. R. 
Vasey. . 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Without locality, Vasey in 1889; without locality, Brandegee 979 
in part; Wenache Mountains, Cotton 1234. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arid Transition. 
3. Capnorea pumila (Dougl.) Greene, Erythea 2: 193. 1894. 
Villarsia pumila Dougl.; Griseb. in Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 22:70. 1838. 
Hesperochiron pumilus Porter; Hayden, Geol. Rep. 768. 1872. 
Capnorea nervosa Greene, Pittonia 5: 51. 1902. 
Tyre Locauity: ‘“ Amer. boreali occ.’ Collected by Douglas in 1829. 
Rance: Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Blue Mountains, Horner R105; B354; without locality, Suksdorf 
in 1878. 
An authentic Douglasian specimen of Villarsia pumila in the Gray Herbarium is the 
same as Capnorea nervosa Greene. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arid Transition. 
4. Capnorea villosula Greene, Pittonia 5: 52. 1902. 
Tyre Locatiry: Pullman, Washington. 
Rance: Known only from the type locality. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Pullman, Elmer 1001; Piper 1698. 
ZONAL bistRipuTION: Arid Transition. 
5. Capnorea hirtella Greene, Pittonia 5: 51. 1902. 
Tyre Locatity: ‘ Wet prairies of Eastern Washington.”’ Collected by Howell. 
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SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Eastern Washington, //owell April, 1890. 
ROMANZOFFIA. 
1. Romanzoffia sitchensis Bong. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI. 2: 158. 18382. 
Type LOcALity: Sitka. 
Rance: Alaska to Washington. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Olympic Mountains, Piper 2233; Silverton, Bouck 149 (pedicels 
glandular!); Bridge Creek, Elmer 690; Mount Baker, Flett 863; Green River Hot Springs, 
Piper in 1887; Mount Rainier, Fett 229; Goat Mountains, Allen 236. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Hudsonian and Canadian. 
HYDROPHYLLUM. Warervrar. 
Flowers in dense clusters; leaf lobes obtuse......-.........2.2.0.----- 1. H. capitatum. 
Flowers in loose clusters; leaf lobes usually acutish. 
Calyx lobes pubescent on the back and ciliate with long, soft hairs; 
leaves with 5 to 9 scattered segments, paler beneath ....-....- -- - 2. H. albifrons. 
Calyx lobes glabrous on the back, hirsute-ciliate, basal leaves with 
5 approximate segments........-.-...---.------------------- 3. H. tenuipes. 
1. Hydrophyllum capitatum Dougl., Benth. Linn. Trans. 17: 273. 1837. 
Type Locariry: ‘In the interior of the Columbia in Northwest America.”’ Collected by 
Douglas. 
Ranae: Washington and Idaho to California and Utah. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Klickitat River, lett 1249; Simcoe Hills, Howell, June, 1879; 
without locality, Vasey in 1859; Wenache, Whited 23, Clealum, Henderson, June 11, 1892; 
Hangman Creek, Sandberg & Lewberg 45, Pullman, Elmer 1002; Moore, May, 1893; Paper 
1893, 1696. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arid Transition. 
