256 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



AGROSTEMMA. 



1. Agrostemma githago L. Sp. PI. 1: 435. 1753. Cockle. 



Type locality: P^uropean. 

 Specimens examined: Ellensburg, Whited 693; Pullman, Pty^t/, July, 1894. 



SAPONARIA. 



1. Saponaria officinalis L. Sp. I'l. 1: 408. 1753. 

 Type locality": European. 

 Specimens examined: Union Gap, Cotton 428. 



VACCARIA. 



1. Vaccaria vaccaria (L.) Biitton in Britt. & Br. 111. Fl. 2:18. 1897. Cow cockle. 



Saponaria vaccmia L. Sp. PI. 1 : 409. 1753. 



Ty'pe locality": " Habitat inter segetes Galliae, Germaniae. " 



Specimens examined: Rock Island, Sandberg & Leiherg 461; Waitsburg, Horner 395; 

 Wawawai, LaJce cfc Hull 490; Pullman, Piper 1706; Meyers Falls, Kreager 498. 



Very common and troublesome in grain fields. 



CER.ASTIUM. 

 Petals not longer than the sepals. 



Pedicels longer than the calyx 1. C. vulgatum. 



Pedicels not longer than the calyx 2. C. viscosum. 



Petals decidedly longer than the sepals. 



Annual ; viscid pubescent ; pods nodding 3. 0. nutans. 



Perennial : piiljcscent : pods erect 4. C. armnse. 



1. Cerastium vulgatuni L. Sp. PI. ed. 2. 1: 627. 1762. 



Type locality*: "Habitat in Scaniae & Europac australioris pratis, areis." 

 Specimens examined: Spokane, Sandberg <& Leiherg 40; Seattle, Piper. 



2. Cerastiura viscosum L. Sp. PI. 1 : 437. 1753. 

 Type locality: European. 



Specimens examined: Whidby Island, Gardner 39; upper Nisqually Valley, Allen 112; 

 Waitsburg, Horner 129; Seattle, Piper. 



3. Cerastium. nutans Raf. Prec. Decouv. 36. 1814. 

 Cerastium longepedunculatmn ^luhl. Cat. 46. 1813, noni. nud. 

 Ty'pe locality: "En Pennsylvanie." 



Range: British Columbia to Nova Scotia, south to New Mexico and North Carolina. 

 Specimens examined: Wenache, Whited 47, 1016: Pend Oieille River, LyaU in 1861. 



4. Cerastium arvense L. Sp. PL 1 : 438. 1753. 

 Cerastium elongatum Pursh, Fl. 1 : 321. 1814. 



Type locality: "Habitat in Scania australiori Europa." 



Range: North temperate zone in America, Asia, and Europe. 



Specimens examined: Clallam County, Elmer 2749*; Olympic Mountains, Fleft 87*, 

 808*; Humptulips, Lamh 1174; Goat Mountains, Allen 237*; Mount Adams, Fleit 1060; 

 Seattle, 5'7?7(7/i, April, 1889; Cascade Mountains, latitude 49°, LyaU in 1859; Olympia, iZeri- 

 derson, March, 1892; Skokomish Valley, Kincaid, June, 1892; without locality, Vasey in 

 1889; Pullman, Moore, May, 1893; Elmer 177; 77?///, May, 1892. 



Zonal distribution: Transition to Arctic. 



The specimens marked (*) are high alpine forms which approach C. alpinum heJirrin^ 

 gianum (Cham. & Schlecht.) Regel. Flett's 808 was listed as C. alpinum L. by Wiegand.a 



(/Bull. Torr. Club 24: 343. 1897. 



