PIPER FLORA OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, 541 



4. Scorzonella laciniata (Hook.) Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 7: 426. 1S41. 



Ilymenonema f laciniatum Hook. FI. ]?or. Am. 1: 301. 1833. 



Microseris laciniata Schultz Bip. Pollifhia 22-24: 309. 1866. 



Type locality: "Dry plains of the Columbia from the Rocky Mountains to tlie ocean."' 

 Collected by Douglas. 



Range: Washington to California. 



Specimens examined: Montesano, Henderson; Humptulips, Lamh 1184; Tacoma. 

 Flett 174; Muckleslioot Prairie, Dr. Ruhn; Falcon Valley, Suhsdorf, July 17, 1886; 

 Stcilacoom Prairie, Pijier 376. 



Zonal distribution: Humid Transition. 



PTILOCALAIS. 



}yUa. CJL^t.'^ 



1. Ptilocalais nutans (Geyer) Greene, Bull. Cal. Acad. 2: 54. 1886. . , 



Scorzonella 7u//on.s Geyer; Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 6: 2f>:i. 1847. 1^/^61.-^ ^ )K_^ 



Microseris nutans Schultz Bip. Pollichia 22-24: 308. 1866. 



Type locality: "Declivities of Spokan and Coeur d'Aleine Mountains." Collected by 

 Geyer. 



Range: British Columbia and Montana to Colorado and California. 



Specimens examined: Klickitat River, Flett 1101; Falcon Valley, Suksdo if 420; Siiii- 

 coe Mountains, Howell, July, 1879; Cascade Mountains to Colville, latitude 49°, lAjall in 1860; 

 North Fork Columbia, Wilkes Expedition; Wenache Mountains, Elmer 450; Roslyn, 

 Whited 413; Easton, Henderson, June 11, 1892; Sprague, Henderson, May 3, 1892; Sand- 

 bertj db Leiberg, June, 1893; Spokane, Henderson, May 30, 1892; Piper 2266; Blue Moun- 

 tains, Piper, July 15, 1896; Pullman, Piper 1612; Hull 716; without locality, Vasei/ 552; 

 west Klickitat County, SuksdorfdSl, 285. 



Zonal distribution: Arid Transition and Canadian. 



HYPOCHAERIS. 



1. Hypochaeris radicata L. Sp. PI. 2: 811. 1753. ' Gosmoue. 



Type locality: European. 



Specimens examined: Whidby Island, 6'«/(;/;(fr 378: Svdit\e, Piper, July 17,1897; Clie- 

 halis County, Lamh 1404; Tacoma, Flett 20. 



An exceedingly troul)lesome weed in lawns, now spread over most of Western Washing- 

 ton. One of Flett's specimens was erroneously referred l)y Wiegand« to H.ijlabra L.,a 

 species not known to occur in Washington. 



LEONTODON. 



1. Leontodon autumnale L. Sj). PI. 2: 798. 1753. Fall dandllion. 



Type locality: European. 

 Specimens examined: Seattle, Piper 75(J. 



AGOSERIS. 



Akenes beakless; leaves glabrous; alpine plant 1. ^1. alpestris. 



Akenes beaked. 



Leaves glaucous; beak of akene short, stout, nerved 2. *1. (jlauca. 



Leaves not glaucous; beak of akene slender, nerveless. 



Beak about as long as the body of the akene. 



Flowers orange; leaves mostly entire. 



Leaves lanceolate-spatulate; beak shorter than the 



akene 3. ^4. aurantiaca. 



Leaves narrowly linear; beak longer than the akene. 4. A. gracilerda. 



oBull. Torr. Club 24: 343. 1897. 



