390 CONTKIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HEEBARIUM. 



Type locality: "In the interior districts of tlu> Columbia." Collected l)y Douglas. 

 Range: Washington to California and Texas. 



Specimens examined: Walla Walla, Douglas, according to Hooker. 

 It is not certain that this species really occurs in Washington limits, though the above 

 specimiui was apparently collected by Douglas at old Fort Walla Walla. 



HYPERICACEAE. St. Jonxswrtirr Fa:mily. 



HYPERICUM. St. Joiinswort. 



Plants low, forming dense mats. 



Alpine; leaves crowded; flowers solitary 2. H. bryopJiytum. 



Not alpine; leaves not crowded; flowers often several 1. H. nnagalloides. 



Plants erect, simple or nearly so. 



Stamens 5 to 10; stems about 30 cm. high 3. H. canadense. 



Stamens numerous; stems tall. 



Sepals acuminate; capsule not lobed - . 4. i?. perforatum. 



Sepals obtuse ; capsule 3-lobed o. H. scouleri. 



1. Hypericum anagalloides Cham. & Schlecht. Linnaea 3: 127. 1828. 

 Type locality: San Francisco, California. 



Range: British Columbia to California and Montana. 



Specimens examined: Seattle, Piper in 1885; Woodlawn, Henderson, Juno 22, 1892; 

 Montesano, Heller ,3916. 



Zonal distribution: Humid Transition. 



la. Hypericum anagalloides nevadense Greene, Fl. Fran. 113. 1891. 

 Type locality: '■Foothills of the Sierra." 

 Range: Washington to California. 

 Specimens examined: Pullman, Piper 26.50. 



2. Hypericum bryophytum Elmer, Bot. Gaz. 36: 60. 1903. 



Type locality: Olympic Mountains, Clallam County, Washington. Collected by 

 Elmer. 



Range: Mountains of Washington. 



Specimens ex.vmined: Olympic Mountains, Elmer 2833; Big Creek Prairie, Lamh 1399; 

 Cascade Mountains, latitude 49°, Lyall in 1859; Bridge Creek, Elmer, September, 1897; 

 Horseshoe Basin, Lake cfc Hull 783; Mount Rainier, Piper, August, 1895; upper Nisqually 

 Valley, Allen 117; Nason Creek, Sandherg d' Leiherg 007; without locality, Vasey in 1889. 



Zonal distribution: Arctic. 



3. Hypericum canadense majus A. Gray, Man. cd. 5. 86. 1867. 

 Type locality': Lake Superior. 



Range: Washington to New Bninswick, south to Texas and Georgia. 

 Specimens examined: Green Lake, Piper 1115. 



4. Hypericum perforatum L. Sp. PI. 2: 785. 1753. 

 Ty'pe loc.\lity-: European. 



Specimens ex.\mined: \'ancouver, Svl'sdorf: Piper, July 14, 1899. 



5. Hypericum scouleri Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 111. 1830. 

 Hypericum formosum scouleri Coult. Bot. Gaz. 11: 108. 1886. 



Type locality: "Abundant in dry gravelly soils and limestone rocks on the North-West 

 coast of America, near the Columbia." Collected by Scouler and by Douglas. 



Range: British Columbia to Arizona and New Mexico. 



Specimens examined: Tacoma, Flett 120, 90; North Yakima, Wait, August, 1895; 

 Montesano, Heller 4037; Columbus, Suksdorf, June 10, 1886; Columbia River, Lyall in 



