562 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 
8. Solidago serotina Ait. Hort. Kew. 3: 211. 1789. 
Type tocauity: “North America.” 
Rance: Washington to Newfoundland, south to Nevada, Texas, and Georgia. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: West Klickitat County, Suksdorf 29; Rock Island, Sandberg & 
Leiberg 449; Beaver Creek, Whited 17; Similkameen, Lyall in 1860; Pullman, Piper 3102; 
Wawawai, Piper, August 23, 1895, August 24, 1894; Newport, Kreager 451; Prosser, Cotton 
811; Mabton, Cotton 756. 
3a. Solidago serotina salebrosa Piper, F]. Palouse Reg. 185. 1901. 
Type LocaLity: Pullman, Washington. 
Rance: Washington and Oregon eastward across the continent. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Seattle, Piper, August, 1892; Silver Lake, Henderson 2317; 
Peshastin, Sandberg & Leiberg 806; Klickitat County, Suksdorf’ 28; without locality, 
Brandegee; North Yakima, Piper 1785; Watt, August, 1895; Coulee City, Lake & Hull 
797; Alma, Elmer 524; Lake Chelan, Lake & Hull 796; Union Flat, Lake & Hull, July 
18, 1892; Pullman, Piper 1580; Henderson 2313. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arid Transition and Upper Sonoran. 
This plant has frequently been considered a form of S. canadensis L., a species not known 
in our limits. 
4. Solidago tolmieana A. Gray, Syn. FI. 1°: 151. 1884. 
Type LocALity: Fort Vancouver, Wash., collected by Tolmie. 
Rance: Washington and Oregon in the coast region. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Olympia, Henderson 1708, 2316, 1709; Kincaid; Fort Vancouver, 
Tolmie. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Humid Transition. 
5. Solidago missouriensis Nutt. Journ. Acad. Phil. 7: 32. 1834 
Type Locatiry: “On the upper branches of the Missouri and Arkansas.’ 
Rance: Washington to Manitoba, south to Texas. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Rattlesnake Mountains, Cotton 480; Peshastin, Sandberg & 
Leiberg 539; Coulee City, Lake & Hull 794; Rock Lake, Lake & Hull 795; Spokane, Hen- 
derson 2315; Spokane County, Suksdorf 926; Pullman, Piper; Henderson 2314; Hull, July 
16, 1892; Waitsburg, Horner 573; Rattlesnake Mountains, Cotton 480. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arid Transition. 
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6. Solidago corymbosa Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 7: 328 1840. 
Solidago multiradiata scopulorum A. Gray, Proc. Am, Acad. 17: 191. 1882. 
Solidago ciliosa Greene, Pittonia 3: 22. 1896. 
Solidaco hesperia Howell, Fl. N. W. Am. 303, 1900. 
TypPE Locauiry: “Central chain of the Rocky Mountains.’ Collected by Nuttall. 
Rance: British Columbia to California and New Mexico. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Olympic Mountains, Piper 2200, 2199; Mount Stuart, Elmer 
1196; Mount Rainier, Piper 2158; Smith 1064; Baldy Peak, Lamb 1313, Silverton, Bouck 
105; without locality, Brandegee 14; Loomis, Elmer 562. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Hudsonian and Arctic. 
7. Solidago purshii Porter, Bull. Torr. Club 21: 311. 1894. 
Solidago humilis Pursh, Fl. 2: 543. 1814. 
Tyre tocauity: “In North America” — 
Rance: Newfoundland to Virginia. Washington. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Mason County, Puper 886; Kincaid, June 15, 1892; Tacoma, Fett 
878; without locality, Henderson 2319. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Humid Transition. 
These western specimens are so similar to the Atlantic coast plant that [am compelled so 
to refer them, notwithstanding the fact that the species is unknown 1n intermediate regions. 
