520 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 
Rance: California to lowa, New York, and Florida. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: North Yakima, Henderson 2496. 
2. Physalis ixocarpa Brot.; Hornem. Hort. Hafn. Suppl. 26. 1819. 
Type Locairy: ‘Habitat unknown.” Probably originally from Mexico. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Near Bingen, Suksdorf 2284. 
SOLANUM. 
Perennial; climbing vine; leaves 3-lobed or 3-divided............-...-- 2. 8. dulcamara, 
Annuals; erect or prostrate. 
Plant armed with prickles; flowers yellow; leaves pinnatifid......- 1. S. rostratum. 
Plant not prickly. 
Stems prostrate; leaves deeply pinnatifid .............-...-.. 3. S. triflorum. 
Stems erect; leaves ovate, repand or entire_......2.....-.--- 4. S. nigrum. 
1. Solanum rostratum Dunal, Sol. 234, 1813. 
Tyre Locauiry: “In horto Monspeliensi cultum.” 
Rance: Colorado and Nebraska to Texas. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Walla Walla, Piper, August 13, 1897 (introduced). 
2. Solanum dulcamara L. Sp. Pl. 1: 185. 1753. BITTERSWEET. 
TYPE LocaLity: European. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Parker, Dunn, August 8, 1901; North Yakima, Watt, August, 
1895; Piper 1889; Rock Lake, Lake & Hull 583; Spokane, Kreager 545; Selah Valley, 
Cotton 882. 
8. Solanum triflorum Nutt. Gen. 1: 128. 1818. 
Type Locauity: “Near Fort Mandan.” Collected by Nuttall. 
Rance: Washington to Saskatchewan and New Mexico. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Columbia River, Henderson 2495; Ellensburg, Whited. July, 
1897; North Yakima, Piper 1806. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Upper Sonoran. 
4. Solanum nigrum L. Sp. Pl. 1: 186. 1753. 
Type Loca.ity: “ Habitat in Orbis totius cultis.” 
RanGE: Temperate North America. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Cascade Mountains, latitude 49°, Lyall in 1859; Tacoma, Fett 
67; west Klickitat County, Suksdorf 1480, 2317, 2318; North Yakima, Piper 1787. Ophir, 
Elmer 525; Wawawai, Elmer, June, 1897; Squaw Creek, Cotton 871. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Upper Sonoran and Transition. 
DATURA. 
Flowers white; prickles of the fruit unequal, the lower shorter ....-... 1. D. stramonium. 
Flowers purplish, prickles of the fruit equal..............-.-...-.-.. 2. D. tatula 
1. Datura stramonium L Sp. P! 1: 179. 1753 JIMSON WEED. 
Type Locacity: “ Habitat in America, nunc vulgaris per Europem ”’ 
Reported in Suksdorf’s list, but we have seen no Washington specimens 
2. Datura tatula L Sp Pl. ed. 2. 1:256. 1762. 
Type Locauity. Unknown 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED. Pullman. Piper, September 8, 1894; near Wawawai, Piper in 
1902. 
