PIPER FLORA OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. 581 



Yakima, Afrs. Sieinweg; Leckenhy, April 22, 1S96; Mount. Stiiart, Sandhenf ct^ Leihertj 573; 

 without locality, Vasey in 1889; Umtanum Creek, Cotton 1140. 



The typical plant occurs only west of the Cascade Mountains, and has Ijroad, deeply 

 cordate, usually crenate-dentatc leaves, while in the Eastern Washington plant th(>, leaves 

 are longer and narrow, entire or nearly so, and l)ut little cordate. Perhaps two species 

 may be involved. 



Zonal distribution: Transition. tiJL<.^l/^-P^ 



4. Balsamor hiza balsomorhiza (Hook.) Heller, Cat. N. A. PI. 7. 1808. 



Ildiopsist hdsamorhiza Hook Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 310. 1833. - 7^ ^ >c-^^w., . 



Balsamorhiza hoolceri Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 7: 349. 1840. 



Type locality: "Common on the gravelly banks of the Columl)ia near Fort Vancouver." 

 Collected by Douglas. 



Range: Washington to Utah and California. 



Specimens examined: Falcon Valley, Sithsdorf ^i'l,! , 3r)8; Klickitat River, Suk.-«]orf?ir>9; 

 Simcoe Mountains, //owf/Z,- Rattlesnake Mountains, 6'o//on. 5G8, Mill Plain near Vancouver, 

 Howell, June 4, 1880 



Zonal distribution: Transition. 



5. Balsamorhiza terebinthacea (Hook.) Nutt. Trans. Am Ph.il. Soc. 7:349. 1840. 

 Urliopsi.s terehinthncea Hook FL Bor Am 1: 310. 1833. 



Type locality: "Common at Fort Vancouver on the C(>luml)ia and in tlie grounds of 

 the interior." Collected by Douglas. 



Range: Washington, Idaho, and Oregon. 



Specimens examined. Falcon Valley, SulsdorfSC)'.), 3(13, 135; Rock Island, Scmdhrrrf cfe 

 Leiberff 460; Klickitat River, SuhsdorJ 360, 362, 361; Ellensburg, Piper, May 20, 1897; 

 60 miles west of Clearwater Spalding. 



Zonal distribution: Transition. 



6. Balsamorhiza hirsuta Nutt Trans. Am. Phil Soc 7: 349. 1840. 



Type locality: "Dry plains east of Walla Walla, near the Blue Mountains, and in the 

 Grande Ronde prairie " Collected by Nuttall. 



Range: British Columbia to Utah and Ca'lifornia. 



Specimens examined Wenache Mountains, Elmer 476; Whited 1354;^; Wenache, W kited 

 6, 1354, Ellensburg, Piper 2718, May 20, 1897, Cleman Mountain, Ilemlerson, Mim^ 14, 

 1892; Coulee City Piper 3853; Waterville Whiled 1219; "Wallah Wallah," Nutlem, witiiout 

 locality Vasey in 1889, Wenache Mountains, Cotton 1193: Spipen [Nadics] River, ^yilh:s 

 Expedition. 



Zonal distribution: Transition. 



WYETHIA. 



Leaves lance-oblong, glabrous, varnished 1. W. ample xiraidis. 



Leaves lanceolate, sparsely hirsute 2. Tl^. amjnstifolia. 



1. Wyethia amplexicaulis Nutt Trans Am. Phil Soc. 7: 352. 1840. 

 Espeleiia amplexicaulis Nutt. Journ. Acad Phila 7: 38. 1834. 



Type locality. "About Flat-head River." Collected by Wyeth. 



Range: British Columbia and Montana to Nevada and California. 



Specimens examined. Columbia River latitude 46° to 49°, Lyall; White Salmon, 

 Suksdorf; Peshastin, Sandberg & Leiberg 532; Pullman, Lake cf: Hidl 7.50; Piper 1595; 

 without locality, Vasey 497, Wenache Mountains, Grijfiths <& Cotton 113. 



Zonal distribution: Arid Transition. 



2. Wyethia angustifolia (DC.) Nutt. Trans. Am. l^hil. Soc. 7: 352. 1840. 

 UehanthuslorupjohuH Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 312. 1834, not Pur.sh, 1814. 

 Alarconia angusiifolia DC Prod. 5: 537. 1836. 



