262 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



Specimens examined: Upper Wenas River, Henderson 2566; Clema,;. Mountain, 

 Henderson in 1892; Ellensburg, Whited 666;CouleeCity,LaA:ecfc/7?/ZZ, August, 1892; junction 

 Crab and Wilson creeks, Sandberg & Leiberg294; Blue Mountains, Piper, July, 1896: with- 

 out locality, Vasey in 1889. 



Zonal distribution: Arid Transition. 



5. Arenaria franklinii Dougl.; Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 101. 1830. 



Type locai-itv: "Abundant on barren sandy plains and undulating grounds of the 

 Columbia, from the 'Great' to the 'Kettle' falls." Collected by Douglas. 



Range: Eastern Washington and eastern Oregon. 



Specimens examined: P&seo, Piper 2970; Hindshaw 6; Klickitat County, Leckenby, 

 May, 1898; North Y&kimn, Henderson, May, 1892; Morgans Ferry, Siiksdorf 254; Bick- 

 leton, Svlcsdorf 253; Columbia River, latitude 46° to 49°, Lyall in 1860: Wilson Creek 

 Sandberg & Leiherg 296; Wallula, Cotton 1026, 1044. 



Zonal distribution: Upper Sonoran. 



6. Arenaria paludicola Robinson, Proc. Am. Acad. 29: 298. 1894. 

 Arenaria palustris S. Wats. Bot. Cal. 1: 70. 1876, not Gay. 1845. 

 Alsine palustris Kellogg, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 3: 61. 1863. 



Type locality: San Francisco, California. 



Range: Washington to California. 



Specimens examined: Near Tacoma, F/t//, September, 1896. 



Zonal distribution: Humid Transition. 



7. Arenaria tenella Nutt., Torr. & Gr. Fl. 1: 179. 1838. 

 Arenaria stricta /i Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 99. 1830. 



Type locality: "Rocky places, plains of the Oregt)n.'" Collected by Nuttall. 



Range: British Columbia to Oregon, in tlie coast region. 



Specimens examined: Cascade Mountains, latitude 49°,i?,«//in 1859; Whidby Island, 

 Gardner 46; Tacoma, Flett 890, 190; Olympia, Kincaid, July, 1S£6; Henderson, May, 1892; 

 Woodlawn, //erif/e/'son, June, 1892; Steilacoom, Snckley; Piper; Columbia River, Nuttall; 

 Roy, Allen, May 23, 1889; Yelm, P%per in 1888, Stuart Island, Lawrence 42. 



Zonal distribution: Humid Transition. 



8. Arenaria pusilla S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 17: 367. 1882. 

 Type locality: Yreka, California. 



Range: Washington and Idaho to California 



Specimens e.xamined: White Salmon, ,Siiksdi>/f 249; Waitsburg, Horner 128; Pull- 

 man, Piper 1885. 



Zonal distribution: Arid Transition. 



9. Arenaria verna rubella ( Wahl.) S. Wats. Bibl. Index 99. 1878. 

 Alsine rubella Wahl. Fl. Lapp. 1 : 28. pi. 6. 1S12. 



Arenaria hiria glabrata Cham. & Schlecht. Linnaea 1: 56. 1826. 



Type locality: "Hab. in summitate alpis Lyngensis Nordlandiae septentrionalis 

 circiter 3,000 pedes paris. supra mare elevata." 



Range: Alaska to Greenland, south to Washington and Colorado. 



Specimens examined: Mount Rainier, Piper 2115; Smith 777; Flett 228; Olympic 

 Mountains, Piper, August, 1895; Elmer 2748. 



Zonal distribution: Arctic. 



Hooker a reports A. verna from the Columbia, collected by Menzies and by Doughxs. 

 Hooker's plant can scarcely be the rare Alpine plant here consideied. 



Flett's 228 was referred by Wiegand b to the scarcely distinct A. propinqua Richards. 



a Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 99. 1830. i'Bull. Torr. Club 24: 343. 1897. 



