PIPER—FLORA OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. 493 
MICROMERIA. 
1. Micromeria chamissonis (Benth.) Greene, Man. Bay Reg. 289. 1894. 
YERBA BUENA. 
Micromeria douglasii Benth. Lab. 372. 1884. 
Thymus? douglasii Benth. Linnaea 6: 80. 1831. 
Thymus? chamissonis Benth. Linnaea 6: 80. 1831. 
Tyre Locauity: California. 
Rance: British Columbia and Idaho to California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Cascade Mountains, latitude 49°, Lyall in 1859; upper Nisqually 
Valley, Allen 23; Orchard Point, Piper, July, 1895; Seattle, Piper; Woodlawn, Henderson, 
June 22, 1892; Fort Vancouver, Tolmie; Lake Kalispel, Kreager 349. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Transition. 
MADRONELLA. 
Leaves narrowly oblong, green on both sides... ....---------------- 3. M. odoratissima 
Leaves ovate-lanceolate. 
Paler beneath; nerves not prominent.....--------------------- 1. M. discolor. 
Not paler beneath; nerves prominent... ....------------------ 2. M. nervosa. 
1. Madronella discolor Greene, Leaflets 1: 169. 1906. 
Monardella discolor Greene, Pittonia 2: 24. 1889. 
Type Locauity: “Near Clealum, Washington.” Collected by Greene. 
Rance: Eastern Washington. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Clealum, (Greene, August 14, 1889; Ellensburg, Elmer 373; 
Whited 547; without locality, Vasey, in 1889; Yakima, Brandegee; “coast prairies,” 
Cooper; Mount Rainier, Piper 2078( +). 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Upper Sonoran. 
2. Madronella nervosa Greene, Leaflets 1: 169. 1906. 
Monardella nervosa Greene, Pittonia 4: 322. 1901. 
Type Locauity: “The arid region of Eastern Washington.” Collected by Sandberg & 
Leiberg. 
Rance: Eastern Washington. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Rock Island, Sandberg & Leiberg, in 1893; Okanogan County, 
Whited 195: White Bluff Ferry, Lake & Hull 705; Tampico, Henderson 2527; Cowiche 
Creek, Cotton 464; Alkali Lake, Sandberg & Leiberg 413; Yakima, Howell; Rattlesnake 
Mountains, Cotton 760. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Upper Sonoran. 
3. Madronella odoratissima Greene, Leaflets 1: 168. 1906. 
Monardella odoratissima Benth. Lab. 332. 1832-36. 
Type Locauity: “In petrosis ad flumen Columbia et in rupibus alpestribus in montibus 
White Mountains.” Collected by Douglas. 
Rance: Washington and Oregon. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Blue Mountains, Piper 2078; Meyers Falls, Kreager 499. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Transition. 
MELISSA. 
1. Melissa officinalis L. Sp. Pl. 2: 592. 1753. Bam. 
Type LocaLity: “Habitat in montibus Genevensibus, Allobrogicis, Italicis.”’ 
This plant is reported as escaped from gardens in Klickitat County, Suksdorf. 
