574 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



SrECiMENS examined: Mount Rainier, Sintth, August II, 1889; Piper 1071; Muuut 

 Adams, Henderson, August 3, 1892; SuJcsdorf 65; Yakima region, Brandegee 115, 852. 

 Zonal distribution: Hudsonian. 



14. Aster cusickii A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 16: 99. 1881. 



Type locality: "In the mountains of Union Co." Oregon. Collected by Cusick. 



Range: Oregon and Washington in the Blue Mountains. 



Specimens examined: Blue Mountains, Horner 363; Klickitat \iivev, Cotton 1425, 1483. 



Zonal distribution: Hudsonian. 



The Cotton specimens are cjuite glabrous and perhaps a distinct species. 



15. Aster wattii Piper, Bull. Torr. Club 29: (145. 1902. 



Type locality: "Near North Yakima, Wash." Collected l)y Prof. G. II. Watt; not 

 otherwise known. 



16. Aster eatoni (A. Gray) Howell, Fl. N. W. Am. 310. 1900. 

 AisterfoHaceus eatoni A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 1-: 194. 1884. 



Type locality: "West Humboldt Mountains to the Wahsatch; 6-8000 feet elevation," 

 Nevada. 



Range: Washington to Utah and Nevada. 



Speclmens examined. Wenache, Whiied2\, 199; Salmon River, //o/'ner 361 ; Pcshastin, 

 Sandberg & Leiberg, August, 1893; Silver Lake, Henderson, July 3, 1892; Walla Walla, 

 Piper, August 13, 1897; Waitsburg, Horner 547, 359; Toppenish, Cotton 776; Squaw Creek, 

 Cotton 873. 



Zonal distribution; Arid Transition and Upper Sonoran. 



17. Aster douglasii Lindl ; Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 11. 1834. 



Type locality; "Common on the N. W coast, near the confluence of the Columbia, in 

 open undulating grounds." Collected by Douglas. 



Range; British Columbia to Idaho and California. 



Specimens examined: Toppenish, Henderson, May 28, 1892; Fort Canby, Savage 27; 

 Chelan, ffZwer 849; Spokane, EZmer 866,864; Pi/w 3801,3802; Kreager%2S] west Klickitat 

 County, SuUdorf\^\, 341, 342, 343, 344, 346; Peshastin, Brandegee 863. 



Zonal distribution; Transition. 



18. Aster occidentalis Nutt.; Torr. & Gr. Fl. 2: 164. 1841. 



TripoUum occidentale Nutt. Trans. Am Phil. Soc 7:296. 1840. 



Type locality: "By the margins of muddy pt)nds in the Rocky Mountains, 7,000 feet 

 above the level of the sea." Collected by Nuttall. 

 Range; Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. 

 Specimens examined; Wenache, Whited. 



18a. Aster occidentalis intermedius A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 1'^: 192. 1884 



Type locality; Falcon Valley, Washington. Collected by Suksdorf. 



Range; Washington to California. 



Specimens examined; Foslmst'm, Sandberg & Leiherg 803, ^7 ; Wind River, F/f// 1070; 

 Tampico, Henderson, July 31, 1892; Falcon Valley, SuJcsdo/;/ 62; Klickitat, Howell 329, 557, 

 west Klickitat County, Suksdorf 345; Yakima region, Brandegee 861; North Yakima, Piper 

 1782; Ellensburg, IfAi/f(Z580,529; Conconul\y, Whited 1319; Waitsburg, iJorner 560, 551, 

 556; Almota, Piper 2731, 2373; without locality, Vasey 527; Clealum Lake, Cotton 864. 



Zonal distribution: Upper Sonoran and Arid Transition 



19. Aster fremonti (Torr. & Gr.) A. Gray, Syn. Fl 1^: 191 1884. 

 Aster adscendens fremonti Torr. & Gr. Fl. 2: 503. 1843 



Type locality; None given. 



Range: British Columbia and Montana to California and Colorado. 



