PIPER FLORA OF TEIE STATE OF WASF.INGTON. 2ll 



21. Ranunculus muricatus L. ,Sp. PI. 1: Soo. 1753. 

 Type locality: Europe. 



Specimens ex.\mined: Seattle. Piper in 188.5. 



22. Ranunculus cymbalaria Pursh, Fl. 2: .392. 1814. 



Type locality: "In saline marshes near the salt works of Onondaga, New York." 



Range: Alaska to California and New Jersey. Central and South America. Asia. 



Specimens examined: Seattle, Piper, September, 1898; Port Ludlow, Binns: Yakima, 

 Leckenhy, May 9, 1898; North Yakima, Henderson, May 29, 1892; Rattlesnake Moun- 

 tains, Cotton 414; between Coulee City and Waterville, Spillirian, May, 1896; Sprao;iie, 

 Sandberff tC- Leiberg 135; Prosscr, Cotton 653. 



Zonal distribution: Upper Sonoran and Transition. 



CALTHA. 



Flowers yellow; stems decumbent 1.6'. asarifolia. 



Flowers white; stems erect. 



Leaves reniform-orbicular, crenate 2. C. hijtora. 



Leaves cordate, longer than broad 3. C. leptosepala. 



1. Caltha asarifolia DC. Syst. 1: 309. 1823. Marsh marigold. 

 Type locality: "Ilab. in insula Ounalaschka una ex ins. Aleiiterianis." 



Range; Alaska to Oregon along the coast. 



Specimens examined: Oranville, Conard .367. 



Zonal distribution: Canadian? 



This seems fairly distinct from the eastern C. paliistrifi L. 



2. Caltha biflora DC. Syst. 1: 310. 1818. 

 ('(i/flia inalracca Greene, Pittonia 4: 75. 1899. 



Type locality: '"In ora Occident ali Ameiicae borealis in continente prope insulam 

 Banksii." Collected by Menzies. 



Range; Alaska to Washington. 



Specimens examined: Olympic Mountains, Piper, August, 1895; Elmer 2780; Mount 

 Adams, Sy]csdorf496\ Yakima Pass, Watson 16; witliout locality, ]'(iseij in 1889. 



Zonal distribution: Arctic. 



3. Caltha leptosepala DC. Syst. 1: 310. 1818. 

 Caltha rnacounii, Greene, Pittonia 4: 77. 1899. 

 Caltha howellii Greene, op. cit. 79. 



Type locality: Prince Williams Sound, Alaska. Collected l)y Menzies. 



Range; Alaska to Oregon and Colorado. 



Specimens examined: Cascade Mountains, latitude 49°, Li/all; Mount Rainier, Piper 

 2001, Flett 251 ; Mount Adams, Suksdorf 74; Cascade Mountains, Ilenderson, August, 1892; 

 Goat Mountain, Allen 147; Horseshoe Basin, Lalce & Hull 406; Elmer 731. 



Zonal distribution: Arctic. 



TROLLIUS. 



1. TroUius laxus Salish. Trans. Linn. Soc. 8: 303. 1807. Globe flower. 



Trolliuf: laxus alhiflortis A. (iray. Am. Journ. Sci. IL 33: 241. 1862. 



Type locality: " Prope Lancaster in Pennsylvania." 

 . Range: British Columbia to New Hampshire, south to Washington, I'tah, and Delaware. 



Specimens examined: Olympic Mountains, FZe/? 96; Elnwr 2668: Piper, August, 1895; 

 Cascade Mountains, latitude 49,° Lyall in 1860; Wenache, Elmer 439; without locality, 

 Vaseij \n 1889; Wenache Mountains, Co//on 1241. 



Zonal distribution: Hudsonian. 



