480 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM T^iE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



Mertensia MARiTiMA (L.) S. F. Gray, Nat. Air. Br. PI. 2: 354. 1821. {Pulmonaria 

 maritima L. Sp. PL 1: 136. 1753.) 



This species is said by A. Gray a to occur on tlie coast of Wasliington, and it is included 

 in Suksdorf 's list. There are, however, no specimens in any of the American herbaria to 

 substantiate the statement. 



ERITRICHIUM. 



1. Eritrichium howardi (A.Gray) Rydberg, Mem. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 1: 327. 1900. 

 Oniphdlo'h.s hiiranli A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 20: 263. 1SS5. 

 Cynoglossurn howardi A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 2': ISS. 1878. 

 Type locality: Rocky Mountains in Montana. 

 Range: Washington to Montana and Wyoming. 

 Specimens examined: Cascade Mountains, Tweedy 130. 



AMSINCKIA. 



Nutlets not nuuiculatc, the projections smooth and pavement-like; calyx 



lobes oblong, obtuse I. A. tessellata. 



_ Nutlets muriculate-scabrous. 



Erect; calyx lobes linear 2. A. intermedia. 



Spreading; calyx lobes lanceolate or ovate, two or three of them 



often united 3. ^. lycopsoides. 



1. Amsinckia tessellata A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 10: .54. 1874. 



Type locality: "Contra Costa mountains near Monte Diablo," California. 



Range: Washington to Utah and California. 



Specimens examined: Wenache, Whited, June, 1896 and 44; Ellensburg, Pipf?-, May 20, 

 1897; North Yakima, Piper 2785; Henderson 2558; Pasco, Piper 2971, 2977; Hindlhaw 

 20; Snipes Mountain, Coftun 312; Coulee City, Piper 3847; Ephrata to Ritzville, Griffiths tfc 

 Cotton 489. 



Zonal distribution: Upper Sonoran. 



2. Amsinckia intermedia Fisch. & Mey. Ind. Seni. Hort. Petrop. 2: 26. 1835. 

 EutiH-a ineiiziesii Lehm. Pug. 2: 29. 1830, not R. Br. 1823. 



Type locality: "Hab. cum sequente specie circa coloniam ruthenorum Ross in portu 

 Bodega Novae Californiae." 



Range: Washington and Idaho to California and Nevada. 



Specimens examined: San Juan Island, X//«//, May 10, 1858; Fairhaven, Piper, July 2, 

 1897; Port Ludlow, Binns; Ellensburg, Piper 2699; west Klickitat County, Suhsdorf 994, 

 2007, 390, 995; Rock I^ake, Sandberg & Leiberg 120; Douglas County, SpiUman; 

 Waitsburg,/7oTOerl46, 147; Blue Mountains, Piper; Pullman, 77?/?/ 6.38; Elmer; Almota 

 Piper 2786; Wawawai, Piper 1838; Colfax, Piper; without locality, Vasey in 1889; 

 Meyei-s Falls, Kreager 479. 



Zonal distribution: Upper Sonoran and Ai'id Transition. 



An exceedingly troublesome weed in grain fields of southeastern Washington, locally 

 known as "tarweed." The species is extremely variable and Suksdorf segregates from it 

 three proposed new species, A. arenaria,b A. retrorsa, c and A. micrantha.c The characters 

 relied upon seem very slight and we question their value. 



3. Amsinckia lycopsoides LehuL; DC. Prod. 10: 117. 1846.^ 

 LitJiospermum lycopsoides Lehm. Pug. 2: 28. 1830. 

 Amsinckia lycopsoides iracteosa A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 2': 198. 1878. 

 Type locality: "Straits of De Fuca, Scouler" according to Hooker. 



aSyn. Fl. 2: 200, 1878. & Deutscli. Bot. Monatss. 18: 1.33. 1900. c Op. cit. 134. 



