PIPER FLORA OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. 481 



Range: Vancouver Island to California. 



Specimens examined: Fairliaven, Siil-si/i>rf 9m; Paget Sound, Sudhnj: Port Ludlow, 

 Binns, September 25, 1S90-; Clallam County, Elmer 2754; Fairliaven, Pipe/', July 3, 1897, 

 Spokane, Piper 2275; without locality, Coo-per in 1854. 



Zonal distribution: Humid Transition. 



The two forms distinguished by Doctor Gray are probably worthy of recognition, but 

 unfortunately his subspecies Iradeosa is clearly based on the original Lithospennum 

 iycopaoides. 



PIPTOCALYX. 



1. Piptocalyx circumscissus (Hook. & Arn.) Tore. Bcjt. AViikes P^xped. 17: 414. 1874. 



LUhofipermuml circumncisau/n Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. 370. 1840. 



Echinospermum circumsrissum A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 10: 58. 1875. 



Type locality: "Snake Fort, Snake Country," Idaho. Collected by Tohuic. 



Range: Washington to ^\yoming, Utah, and California. 



Specimens examined: Morgans Ferry, Suksdorf 404: Sunnyside, Cotton 351; North 

 Yakima, TZem/erson, May 26, 1892; Pasco, Ptper 296G; IHivlshaw 30; Ainsv.orth, i>ran'/(- 

 gee 991 ; Wilson Creek, Samlherg & Leiberg 228. 



Zonal distribution: Upper Sonoi an. 



OREOCARYA. 



Corolla tube exceeding the calyx _ 1 . O. leucophnea. 



Corolla tube not exceeding the calyx. 



Herbage not very hispid, but decidedly canescent and the infloics- 



cence f ul vescent 4 . </, aericea. 



Herbage very hispid; inflorescence not fulvescent. 



Inflorescence very dense; leaves obtuse. 2. O. celoHioUcs. 



Inflorescence not \ery dense; leaves acute 3. O. spiculifera. 



1. Oreocarya leucophaea (Dougl.) Greene, Pittonia 1: 58. 1887. 

 Myoaotis leucophdco Dougl.; Lehm. Pug. 2: 22. 1830. 

 Eritrichium leucophaeum A. DC. Prod. 10: 129. 1840. 

 Krynitskia leucophaea A. Gray, Syn. Fl. ed. 2. 2': 430. 1886. 



Type locality: "Arid barrens of the Colunil)iu, anil of its northern and southern tribu- 

 taries." Collected by Douglas. 



Range: British Columbia to California and Utali. 



Specimens examined: Columbia Rivep, latitude 46° to 49°, -Lyall in 1860; Morgans 

 Ferry, «S'«i-.«/o// 407; arid barrens of the Columbia, Z>(>(/f//r;.s.- Egbert Springs, Sandberg c& 

 Leiberg 93, 373; Scott, Leckenby, May 16, 1898; Pasco, Piper, July 11, 1897; Himhhaw 

 2; Ehner 1056; Piper 2987; Walla AValla region, Brarulegee 997; Wallula, Ootton 1027. 



Zonal distribution: Upper Sonoran. 



2. Oreocarya celosioides Eastwood, Bull. Toir. Chili 30: 240. 1903. 



Type locality: "From the banks of the Columbia, eastern \Vashington." Collected 

 by Howell. 



Range: Eastern Washington. 



Specimens examined: Rock island, Sandberg cfe Leiberg 440; Rattlesnake Mountains, 

 Cotton 359; near Columbus, Swl'.«/o//, June 10, 1886; Klickitat, //owe//, June, 1879; without 

 locality, Brandegee 996. 



Zonal distribution: Arid Transition. 



This species has been confused with (J. glomerata (Pursh) Greene. 



3. Oreocarya spiculifera sp. nov. 



Tufted from a stout woody caudex, the whole plant pallid: basal leaves numeror.s, 

 crowded, spatulate-oblanceolate, acute, only the midnerve evident, densely pubescent '....i 

 29418—06 M 31 



