PIPER—FLORA OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. 568 
8. Solidago glutinosa Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 7: 328. 1840. 
"Solidago confertiflora DC. Prod. 5: 339 1836, not Nutt. 1834. 
Type Locauity: “Plains of the Oregon and Wahlamet.’’ Collected by Nuttall. 
Rance: Washington and Oregon in the coast region. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Shoalwater Bay, Cooper; Fort Nisqually, Wilkes Expedition, 
Coupeville, Gardner 423. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Humid Transition. 
EUTHAMIA. 
1. Euthamia occidentalis Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 7: 326. 1840. 
Solidago occidentalis Torr. & Gr. Fl. N. Am. 2: 226. 1841. 
Type Locauity: “Banks of the Oregon and Wahlamet, and Lewis River.” Collected by 
Nuttall. 
Rance: British Columbia to California and New Mexico. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Seattle, Piper, August 1892; North Yakima, Watt, August, 1895; 
Ellensburg, Whited 589; banks of Columbia, Brandegee 868; Okanogan River, Watson 190; 
Coulee City, Lake & Hull 793; Spokane, Elmer 869; Piper, October 1, 1900; Pullman, Piper 
4114; Spokane, Kreager 550; Prosser, Cotton 887: Vancouver, Sheldon 11290. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Upper Sonoran and Transition. 
TOWNSENDIA. 
1. Townsendia florifer (Hook.) A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 16: 84. 1880. 
Townsendia strigosa Nutt. err. det. Gray in Torr. Bot. Wilkes Exped. 17: 344. 1874. 
Erigeron florifer Hook. F]. Bor. Am. 2: 20. 1834. 
Type Locauity: “Near Priests Rapids of the Columbia.’’ Collected by Douglas. 
Rance: Washington and Oregon east of the Cascade Mountains. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Tampico, left 1107: Morgans Ferry, Suksdorf 347; opposite 
Willows, Howell; Wenas Valley, Lyall in 1860: Yakima Reservation, Miss Cooley, July, 
1891; North Yakima, Watt, August, 1895; Sfeiniweg in 1894; Ellensburg, Piper 2687; 
Pasco, Piper 2988; Elmer 1058; Hindshaw 9: without locality, Henderson in 1892; Coulee 
City, Piper 3862; Ritzville, Sandberg & Leiberg 169. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Upper Sonoran. 
ERIGERON. 
Rays conspicuous, much surpassing the disk. 
Root stout, perennial or perennating by offsets. 
Tall species with flat, rather broad and large 
leaves. 
Rays narrow, 100 to 150; involucre smooth 
or hirsute, not viscid. 
Leaves entire; involucre usually hirsute ; 
not stoloniferous... 2.2.2... --------- 1. EF. speciosus. 
Leaves dentate: involucre smooth; stol- 
oniferous...............----------- 16. E. philadelphicus. 
Rays broader, 30 to 50; involucre viscid. 
Leaves thick; rays pink. ......2...--- 2. FE. salsuginosus. 
Leaves thin; rays violet. .....-..2-.-.- 3. BE. membranaceus. 
Low species; leaves either narrow or mostly basal. 
Rays yellow. 
Heads solitary; leaves obovate or spatu- 
late 202 el eee eee 12. EF. aureus. 
Heads several; leaves linear. 
