190 CONTKIBUTIOISIS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBAEIUM. 



Range: Washington to Califcrnia wrst of tlic Cascades and Sierras. 

 Specimens examined: Whidby Island, Gardner 283; Fourth Plain, Pvptv, July 1-4, l.SiQ; 

 Alki Point, Pifer in 1888; Cape Horn, Piyjer 4982. 

 Zonal distribution: Humid Transttion. 



3. Hookera hyacinthina (Lindl.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 2: 712. 1891. 

 Ilenperochonlon hyaciidhinum Lindl. Bot. Reg. 15: under t. 1293. 1829. 

 Hesperochordinn lacteum Lindl. Bot. Reg. 19: t. 1639. 1833. 

 Ilesperochordon levnsii Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 185. t. 198. 1839. 

 Brodiaea ladea Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 14: 238. 1879. 



Type locality: "Native of the plains of the Missouri and of the north-west of Anicric a, 

 in which last country it was found by Mr. Douglas." 



Range: British Columbia to California and Idaho. 



Specimens examined: Humptulips, Lamh 1282; Muckleshoot, Dr. Buhn; Whidl)y 

 Island, Gardner 282; Fidalgo City, Flett 2107; Admiralty Head, Piper, May, 1898; Tieton 

 River, Cotton 450; Mount Stuart, Elmer 1208; Peshastin, Sandberg & Leiherg, July, 1893; 

 Pullman, Piper 1679, July, 1893; Lalce 617; without locality, Vasey in 1889. 



Zonal distribution: Transition. 



4. Hookera douglasii (S. Wats.). 



Brodiaea grandifora Smith, err. det. Pursh, Fl. 1 : 223. 1814. ■ 



Triteleia grandifora Lindl. Bot. Reg. 15 under t. 1203. 1829. 



Brodiaea douglasii S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 14: 237. 1879. 



Type locality: "Northwest America." Collected by Douglas. 



Range: British Columbia to Utah and Wyoming, probably only to the eastward of the 

 Cascade Mountains. 



Specimens examined: Tampico, Flett 1121; Klickitat River, Flett 1409; Spokane, 

 Sandberg & Leiherg 71; Spokane County, SvJcsdoif 455; Hangman Creek, Sandberg & Lei- 

 herg 71; Pullman, Piper, July, 1893; Wawawai, Piper 1671; without locality, Vaserj 87. 



Zonal distribution: Arid Transition. 



5. Hookera bicolor (Suksdorf.) 



Brodiaea hhvlor Suksdorf, West. Am. Sci. 14: 2. 1902. , 



Type locality: "In Falkcnthal (Falcon Valley), Klickitat County, Washington." Col- 

 lected by Suksdorf. 



Range: Eastern Washington. 



Specimens examined: Wenache, Whited 1049; North Yakima, Henderson 2400; with- 

 out locality, l^asey in 1889. 



6. Hookera howellii (S. Wats.). 



Brodiaea hovrlUi S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 14: 301. 1879. 



Type locality: "Klickitat County," Washington. Collected I )y Joseph Howell. 



Range: Washington. 



Specimens examined: Whidby Island, Gardvier 285; Tacoma, FZeii, June, 1896, Klicki- 

 tat County, Tlowell, June, 1879; Falcon Valley, Suksdorf 506, 62; Ellensburg, Piper, May, 

 1896. 



Zonal distribution: Transition. 



QUAMASIA. Camas. 



Perianth irregular, the segments 3 or sometimes 5-nerved; buds gibbous on 



one side - - - ^. Q- g'^cn (if ■. . 



Perianth regular, the segments 5 to 9-nerved. 



Segments usually 7-nerved; capsules conspicuously nerved; flowers 



blue or white 2. (^. lrl( I i^i; i 



Segments usually 5-nerved; capsules not conspicuously nerved; f.ow- 



ers blue 'i- Q- •^"/.«-'^., «• 



