PIPER FLORA OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, 573 



8. Aster oreganus Nutt.; Torr. & Or. FI. 2: ](i3. 1841. 

 Tripolium oieganum Nutt. Trans. Am. Pliil. Soc. 7: 296. 1840. 



Type locality: "On the inundated banks of the Wahlamet," Oregon. Collected by 

 Nuttall. 



R.\nge: Washington and Oregon. 



Specimens examined: Falcon Valley, Suhsdorf 63, 647, 396: Looinis, K/mcr 614; Spo- 

 kane, Piiw 2377; without locality, Vaseji 521; Kittitas County, C(Atun in I(J()4. 



Zonal distribution: Arid Transition. 



9. Aster hallii A. Gray, Syn. Fl. l^: 191. 1884. 

 Type locality: Oregon. Collected by Hall. 

 Range: Washington and Oregon. 



Specimens examined: Yakima region, BranJegee 860. 



10. Aster laevis geyeri A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 1-: 183. 1884. 



Aster hrevihracteatus Rydberg, Mem. N. Y. Bot Gard. 1: 393. 19(KJ. 



Type locality: "Meadows, Spokane and Columbia River valleys." Collected by 

 Geyer, no. 638. 



Range: Washington to Montana and Wyoming. 



Specimens examined: Fort Colville, Lyall in 1860; Spokane C\)unty, Siiksdwf 929; 

 Spokane, Piper 2380, Elmer 868; Palouse, Pij)er 1783; Waitsburg, Horner 548; without 

 locality, Vasey. 



11. Aster elnieri Piper, Bull. Torr. Club 29: 645. 1902. 



Type locality: "Sinlahekin Basin near Loomis, Okanogan County, Wash." 'rollectcd 

 by Elmer. Not otherwise known. 



12. Aster jessicae Piper, Erythea 6: 30. 1898 



Ader latahemis Henderson, Contr. Nat. Herb. 5: 201. 1899. 

 Aster mollis Rydberg, Bull. Torr. Club 28: 22. 1901. 

 Type locality: Pullman, Washingtoit. 

 Range: Washington, Idaho, W^yoming. 



Specimens examined: Pullman, Piper, August, 1898, 1604, 2663, May, 1898; Union 

 Flat, Piper in 1900. 

 Zonal distribution: Arid Transition. 



13. Aster foHaceus Lindl.; DC Prod. 5: 228. 1836. 

 Type locality: "In Unalaschka " 



Range: Alaska to California and Nevada. 



Specimens examined: North Yakima, Waff; Klickitat Rivi'r, Henderson, August 13, 

 1892; Mount Adams, Snlcsdorf 67: without locality, Vasey 523. 

 Zonal distribution: Hudsonian. 



13a. Aster foliaceus frondeus A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 1-: 193. 1884 



Aster foliaceus hurTcei A Gray, loc cit. 



Aster amplissimus Greene, Proc. Acad Pliila. 1895: 5.50. 1895. 



Type locality: Cascade Mountains, latitude 49°. Collected Ijy Lyall. 



Range: British Columbia to Oregon, Utah and Colorado 



Specimens examined; Olympia, P'i/Je?'2197; FlettSU, Lake Cushman, //en(/e/'son 2041 ; 

 Mount Stuart, Elmer 1201 , Mount Adams Henderson in 1882; Sutsdorf66, 642, August 12, 

 1885; Cascade Mountains, latitude 49°, Lyall in 1859; upper Nisqually Valley, Allen2S'S; 

 Skagit Pass, Lake <& Hull 694, Blue Mountains, Piper in 1896; Loomis, Elmer 581; without 

 locality, Brandegee 856; Parson Creek, Gorman 828; Klickitat River, Cotton 1430. 



Zonal distribution. Hudsonian. 



13b. Aster foliaceus apricus A. Gray, Syn Fl. 1-: 193. 1884. 

 Type locality. "High mountains of Colorado at Union Pass." 

 Range. Washington to Colorado. 



