276 CONTKIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



Specimens examined: Whatcom County, Gardner; Puyallup, Piper, August 26, 1897; 

 Alma, Elmer 542; Fort Colville, Geyer 580; McCloud Lake, Suksdorf 2213. 

 Zonal distribution: Transition. 



16. Ranunculus oreganus (A. Gray) Howell, Fl. N. W. Am. 1: 19. 1897. 

 Ranunculus hispldus oregana A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 21: 376. 1886. 

 Ranunculus rnacounii oreganus Davis, Minn. Bot. Stud. 2: 469. 1900. 

 Ranunculus nitidus Ell. err. det. Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 20. 1829. 



Type locality: "Shady and wet grounds, Oregon, on the Columbia." 

 Range: British Columbia to Oregon in the coast region. 



Specimens examined: Near Montesano, 77eZ/e/' 38-50; Klickitat Count}^ SuJcsdoif23S, 

 May 20, 1886. 



Zonal distribution: Humid Transition. 



16a. Ranunculus oreganus macounii (Britton). 



Ranunculus macounn Britton, Trans. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 12: 3. 1892. 



Ranunculus hispidus Michx. err. det. Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 19. 1830. 



Type locality: "Banks of rivers from Canada to near the mouth of the Mackenzie 

 River, lat. 67°; and from the shores of Hudson's Bay to the Pacific." 



Range: British Columltia to Canada, southward in the mountains to New Mexico. 



Specimens examined: Falcon Valley, SuJcsdorf, June 26, 1886; Cheney, Tucker 43; 

 Spi'ague, Sandherg & Lelherg 152; Wilbur, Henderson, July 12, 1892; Ellensburg, WJntcd 

 475; Spokane, Piper, July 2, 1896; Marshall Junction, Pi>r 2261; Pullman, Pt/^er 3.526; 

 Waitsburg, Horner 42; Loon Lake, Beattie tf- Chapuian 20G6. 



Zonal distribution: Arid Transition. 



17. Ranunculus repens L. Sp. PI. 1: 554. 17.53. 

 TSpe locality: European. 



Specimens examined: Black River Junction, PZ/x/-. 



18- Ranunculus orthorhynchus Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 21. 1829. 



Ty'PE locality: "Not unfref|uent on the low points of land near rivers, in Noith-West 

 America." Collected by Douglas. 



Range: British Columbia to Oregon in tlie coast region. 



Specimens examined: New London, La/;/ 6 1202; Wliidljy Island, 6'ffl/(7/i«' 1, 8; Seattle, 

 Piper 1126; Tacoma, Flett, May 5, 1895; Falcon X'Ahy' Suksdorf, June 26, 1886; Manor, 

 Piper, July 14, 1899. 



Zonal distribution: Humid Transition. 



19. Ranunculus platyphyllus (A. Gray). 



Ranunculus oiihorhynchus platyphyllus A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 21: 377. 1886. 



Ranunculus maximus Greene, Bull. Torr. Club 14 : 118. 1887. 



Ty'pe locality: "In wet places, Wasatcii Mountains and Idaho to E. Oregon and Cali- 

 fornia south to Marin County." 



Range: British Columbia to California and Nevada. 



Specimens exa.mined: Klickitat County, Suksdoif; Klickitat River, Flett 1270; Pull- 

 man, Piper 1463; Elmer 838; Bull 414. 



Zonal distribution: Arid Transition. 



All Washington references to Ranunculus septentrionalis Poir. rcall}^ refer to E. platy- 

 phyllus. 



20. Ranunculus hebecarpus Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beech. 316. 1840. 

 Ranunculus hebecarpus pusillus Brewer & Wats. Bot. Cal. 1: 9. 1876. 

 Type locality: California. 



Range: Washington and Idaho to California. 



Specimens examined: White Salmon, Suksdmf 228; Wawawai, Elmer 75; Piper 3821. 



Zonal distribution: Upper Sonoran. 



