484 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 
3. Cryptanthe suksdorfii (Greenman). 
Krynitskia sukskorfii Greenman, Bot. Gaz. 40: 146. 1905. 
Type Locauity: “On dry hillsides near Rockland, Klichitat County,” Washington. 
Collected by Suksdorf. 
Rance: Washington and Oregon. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Rockland, Suksdorf, June 8, 1904. 
4. Cryptanthe affinis (A. Gray) Greene, Pittonia 1: 119. 1887. 
Krynitskia affinis A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 20: 270. 1885. 
Type Locauty: “E. side of the Cascades near Lat. 49°.” Collected by Lyall in 1860. 
Rance: Washington and Idaho to California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Cascade Mountains, latitude 49°, Lyall in 1860; Falcon Valley, 
Suksdorf 455; Klickitat River, Flett 1197; Cascade Mountains, Yakima County, Hender- 
son; Kamiak Butte, Piper 3092; Blue Mountains, Piper, July 15, 1896; Waitsburg, 
Horner 603; along Touchet River, Horner 381. 
ZONAL DIsTRIBUTION: Arid Transition. 
5. Cryptanthe ramulosissima A. Nelson, Erythea 7: 68. 1899. 
Type Locauity: Laramie, Wyoming. 
Rance: Washington and Wyoming. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Pasco, Elmer 1054; Piper 2750 and 2951; Henderson 2562, 
Rattlesnake Mountains, Griffiths:& Cotton 24. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Upper Sonoran. 
6. Cryptanthe torreyana Greene, Pittonia 1: 118. 1887. 
Krynitzkia torreyana A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 20: 271. 1885. 
Krynitzkia leiocarpa Fisch. & Mey. err. det. Torr. Bot. Mex. Bound. 142. 1859. 
Type Locauity: Grassy hills near San Luis Rey, California, according to label on type 
specimen. 
Rance: Washington to Nevada and California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Coulee City, Piper 3882. * 
6a. Cryptanthe torreyana calycosa Greene, Pittonia 1: 119. 1887. 
. Krynitskia torreyana calycosa A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 20: 271. 1885. 
Type Locauity: ‘E. Humboldt Mountains, Nevada.’ Collected by Watson. 
Rance: Washington and Montana to California and Nevada. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Ellensburg, Whited 506; Piper, July 9, 1897; North Yakima, 
Henderson, May 29, 1892; Falcon Valley, Suksdorf 593; Crab and Wilson creeks, Sandberg 
& Leiberg 249; Spangle, Piper, June 24, 1899; Spokane, Piper, July 6, 1895, 1943; Hen- 
derson, June 1, 1892; Pullman, Piper 1942, 1945; Wawawai, Lake, June 4, 1892; Piper, 
1944, 3813, 1941; along Tukanon River, Lake & Hull 821; Kamiak Butte, Piper 3091. 
ZONAL DisTRIBUTION: Arid Transition and Upper Sonoran. 
There are two forms of this subspecies, one with small corollas and one with large. No 
other character seems to be associated with this difference, however. 
7. Cryptanthe ambigua (A. Gray) Greene, Pittonia 1: 113. 1887. 
Krynitskia ambigua A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 20: 273. 1885. 
Eritrichium muriculatum Torr. Bot. Wilkes. Exped. 17: 416. pl. 13. 1874. 
Cryptanthe monosperma Greene, Pittonia 5: 53. 1902. 
Type LocaLity: Nisqually, Washington. 
Rance: Washington to Montana and California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Klickitat Howell 337; north of Bickleton, Suksdorf 406; with- 
out locality, Brandegee 994; Falcon Valley, Suksdorf 46, 595. 
8. Cryptanthe muriculata (A. DC.) Greene, Pittonia 1: 113. 1887. 
Eritrichium muriculatum A. DC. Prod. 10; 132. 1846. 
Krynitskia muriculata A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 20: 278. 1885. 
