PIPER FLORA OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. 95 



Range: Alaska to California and Montana. 



Specimens examined: Olympic ilountains, Henderson, August 9, 1892; Elmer 2483; 

 Mount Rainier, Piper, August, 1895; Allen 306; Mount Adams, Henderson, August 9, 1892; 

 Skagit Pass, Lake cC' Hull, August 24, 1892; Bridge Creek, Elmer 871, September, 1897. 



Zonal DISTRIBUTION: Hudsonian. 



PICEA. 



Leaves flattened; sea-coast tree 1. P. sitchensis. 



Leaves quadrangular: subalpine tree 2. P. engelmanni. 



1. Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Traut. & Meyer, Fl. Ochot. 87. 1856. Sitka spruce. 

 Punis sitchensis Bong. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI. 2: 164. 1832. 



Abies menziesii Lindl. Penn. Cycl. 1: 32. 18.33. 

 Type locality: Sitka. 



Range: Along the coast from Alaska to northern California. 



Specimens examined: Olympic Mountains, Elmer 2489; Hoquiam, Lamb 1075; Seattle, 

 Piper in 1885. 



Zonal distribution: Humid Transition. 



A very abundant tree along the ocean coast, but only locally plentiful on Puget Sound. 



2. Picea engelmanni Parry in Engelm. Trans. St. Louis Acad. 2: 212. 1863. 



Engelmann spruce. 



Picea Columbiana Lemmon, Gard. c^c F(jr. 10: 183. 1897. 



Type locality: "Higher parts of the Rocky Mountains, from New Mexico to the head- 

 waters of the Columbia and Missouri rivers." 



R.ange: British Columbia, .southward to Ai-izona in the Rocky Mountains, and in the 

 Cascade Mountains of Washington. 



Specimens examined: Wenacho, Elmer i7'S\ Blue Mountains, PZ/v/-, July 31, 1896; east 

 side Cascade Mountains, Lyall; without localit}', Vasey 64. 



Zonal distribution: Mainly Canadian. 



The Klickitat County specimens considered by Suksdorf to represent Picea pungens 

 Engelm. and so listed seem rather to Ijc P. engelmanni. 



TYPHACEAE. 

 TYPHA. 



1. Typha latifolia. L. Sp. PI. 2: 971. 1753. " Cattail. 



Type locality: "Habitat in paludibus Europae." 



Range: Throughout the northern hemisphere except the Arctic regions. 



Specimens examined: Samish Lake, Suksdorf 1007; Rock Lake, Lake cfc Hull 627; 

 Pullman, Piper, July 15, 1901; Cow Creek, Griffiths & Cotton 532: Stehekm, Griffiths d; 

 Cotton 226; Prosser, Cotton 740. 



Zonal distribution: Upper Sonoran and Transition. 



The cattail is exceedingly common about lakes and marshes in western Washington and 

 scarcely less so in eastern Washington. Botanical specimens of it are, however, seldom 

 gathered. 



SPARGANIACEAE. 



SPARGANITJM. Bur reed. 

 Inflorescence branching. 



Fruits stalked 1 . S. ennicarpum. 



Fruits sessile 2. N. androcladum. 



