502 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



3. Solidago serotina Ait. llort. Kew. 3: 211. 1789. 

 Type locality: "North America." 



RaxXGe: Washington to Newfoundland, south to Nevada, Texas, and Georgia. 



Specimens examined: West Klickitat County, Svlsdorf 29 , Rock Island, Satidhcrg S 

 Leiberg 449; Beaver Creek, Whited 17; Similkainecn, Lyall in 1860; Pullnnui, Piper 3102; 

 Wawawai, Piper, August 23. 1895, August 24, 1894; Newport, Kreager 451; Prosser, Cotton 

 811; Mabton, Cotton 756. 



3a. Solidago serotina salebrosa Piper, Fi Palou.se Reg. 185. 1901. 



Type locality: Pullman, Washington. 



Range: Washington and Oregon eastward across the continent. 



Specimens examined: Seattle, Piper, August, 1892; Silver Lake, Henderson 2317; 

 Peshastin, Sandberg c& Leiberg 806; Klickitat County, Suksdorf 28; without locality, 

 Brandegee; North Yakima, Piper 1785; Waft, August, 1895; Coulee City, Lake c& Hull 

 797; Alma, Elmer 524; Lake Chelan, Lake ck Hull 796: Union Flat, Lake ct 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'. canadenms L., a species not known 

 in our limits, 



4. Solidago tolmieana A. Gray, Syn Fl. 1-: 151. 1884. 

 Type locality: Fort Vancouver, Wasii , collected by Tohnie. 

 Rancje: Washington and Oregon in the coast region. 



Specimens examined: Olympia, /7fnf7e/son 1708, 2316, 1709; Kincaid; Fort Vancouver, 

 Tolmie. 



Zonal dlstribution: Humid Transition. 



5. Solidago missouriensis Nutt. Journ. Acad. Phil. 7: 32. 1834. 

 Type locality: "On the upper branches of the Missouri and Arkansas." 

 Range: Washington to Manitoba, south to Texas. 



Specimens examined: Rattlesnake Mountains, Cotton 480; Peshastin, Sandberg <£• 

 Leiberg 539; Coulee City, Lake cfc Hull 794, Rock Lake, Lake & Hull 795; Spokane, Hen- 

 derson 2315; Spokane County, 5wA-s(Zo7/ 926; Pullman, Pi/)<?r; Henderson 2314; Hull, July 

 16, 1892; Waitsbuig, Horner 573; Rattlesnake Mountains, Cotton 480. 



Zonal distribution: Arid Transition. 



6. Solidago corymbosa Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 7: 328 1840. 

 Solidago rnultuadiata scopulorum A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 17: 191. 1882. 

 Solidago ciliosa Greene, Pittonia 3: 22. 1896. 



Solidago Tiesperia Howell, Fl. N. W. Am. 303. 1900. 



.Type locality": "Central chain of the Rocky Mountains." Collected by Nuttall. 



Range: 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 hurnilis Pursh, FL 2: 543. 1814. 



Type locality: "In North America " 



Range: Newfoundland to Virginia. Washington. 



Specimens examined: Mason County, Piper 886; Kincaid, June 1.5, 1892; Tacoma, Flett 

 878; without locality, Henderson 2319. 



Zonal distribution: Humid Transition. 



These western specimens are so similar to the Atlantic coast plant that I am compelled so 

 to refer them, notwithstanding the fact that the species is unknown in intermediate regions- 



