606 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Yakima Region, Brandegee 883 in part; Spokane, Piper 2297, 
2298; Spokane, Kreager 174. ‘ 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arid Transition 
ANAPHALIS. 
la. Anaphalis margaritacea occidentalis Greene, Fl. Fran. 399. 1897. 
Type Locauity: Sand hills of the seaboard at least from Middle California to Alaska. 
RanGeE: Alaska to California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Cascade Mountains, latitude 49°, Lyall in 1859; Seattle, Piper; 
Silverton, Bouck 103; Goose Lake, Flett 1096; Tacoma, Flett 129: Tieton River, Cotton 
445; North Yakima, Watt, August, 1895; Roslyn, Whited 467; along Twisp River, Whited 
204; Lake Chelan, Lake & Hull 744; Bridge Creek, Eimer 634; without locality, Vasey 
488; Mount Carlton, Areager 223; Fish Lake, Dunn, August, 1900; Atanum Soda Springs, 
Watt, August, 1895. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Transition. 
1b. Anaphalis margaritacea subalpina A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 17: 233. 1884. 
TYPE Loca.ity: ‘Mountains of Colorado.” 
Rance: Washington to Colorado. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Snoqualmie Falls, Piper 676; Peshastin, Sandberg & Leiberg 511; 
Mount Stuart, Elmer 1177 Stuart Island, Lawrence 155. 
GNAPHALIUM. 
Bristles of the pappus united at base; involucre brownish.........- 1. G. purpureum. 
Bristles of the pappus separated at base. 
Plants low; flowers in dense leafy clusters; involucres very woolly. 
Bracts white; plants loosely-woolly..............2.....-. 2. (7. palustre. 
Bracts brownish; plants appressed-woolly.... 2.2.2... .. 3. @. uliginosum 
Plants tall; flowers in looser, leafless clusters; involucres woolly 
only at base. 
Glandular; leaves green above.................22..-.-- 4. Gr. decurrens. 
Not glandular; leaves white-woolly. 
Involucre white; cymes loose..........2.2.2.-22-2--- ¢ 5. G. mrerocephatum. 
Involucre yellowish; cymes dense.............2----- 6. @. chilense. 
1. Gnaphalium purpureum L. Sp. Pl. 2: 854. 1753. 
Type Loca.ity: “In Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania.” 
RANGE: Throughout the most of the United States, Mexico, South America. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Montesano, Heller 3919; Seattle, Piper, July, 1895; Tacoma, 
Flett 72; west Klickitat County, Suksdorf 1580. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Humid Transition. 
2. Gnaphalium palustre Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 7: 404, 1840. 
Gnaphalium gossypinum Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 7: 404. 1840. 
Type Loca.iry: “Rocky Mountains, Oregon, California, and Chile.” 
RancGE: Washington to Wyoming, south to California and Arizona. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Montesano, Heller 4014; west Klickitat County, Suksdorf 2070, 
655, 653, 654, 2080; mouth of Columbia, Nuttall; Wenache, Whited 242; Ellensburg, 
Whited 696, 496; North Yakima, Watt, August, 1895; Crab and Wilson creeks, Sand- 
berg & Leiberg 284; Rock Lake, Lake & Hull, August 3, 1892; Spokane, Henderson, July 
9, 1892; Pullman, Piper 1583; Almota, Piper 2735; Mount Carlton, Kreager 177. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Transition and Upper Sonoran. 
3. Gnaphalium uliginosum L. Sp. Pl. 2: 856. 1753. 
TYPE LocaLity: European. 
