504 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



Specimens examined: Ellensburg, Wliiicd 691; Toppcnish, Henderson, May 28, 1892; 

 Lindleys, Henderson, June 9, 1892; Kalama, Piper, October 31,1901; Somas, Lyall in 

 1858-59; Colville, Lyall in 1860; Lake Chelan, Lake <& Hull, August 12, 1892; Manor, Piper, 

 July 14, 1899; Spokane, Piper 2641; Pullman, Piper 1664; Hull 70S; without loeality, 

 Vasetj in 1889; Lake Kalispel, Kreaejer 318; Vancouver, Piper 5025. 



Zonal distribution: Transition. 



2. Gratiola ebracteata Benth.; A. DC. Prod. 10: 595. 1846. 



Type locality: "In planitiebus tenae Oregon." Collected by Nuttall. 

 Range: Washington to California in the coast region. 

 Specimens e.xamined: Tacoma, Flett 472; Roslyn, Whited 472. 

 Zonal distribution: Transition. 



SYNTHYRIS. 



Flowers in spikes; leaves n5t reniform-orbicular. 



Petals wanting ; leaves ovate, crenate 1. S. ruhra. 



Petals present ; leaves cleft into narrow segments 2. S. pinnalifida. 



Flowers in racemes; leaves reniform-orbicular. 



Petals laciniately incised 3. S. schizantha. 



Petals entire. 



Scapes weak, usually shorter than (he (hin leaves. 4. S. rolundifolia. 



.Scapes stout, exceeding the thick leaves 5. S. reniformis. 



1. Synthyris rubra (Dougl.) Benth. in DC. Prod. 10: 454. 1846. 

 Gyrnnandra ruhra Dougl.; Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 103. 1838. 

 Besseya rubra Rydberg, Bull. Torr. Club 30: 2S(). 1903. 



Type locality: "Banks of M'Gillivray's and Flathead Rivers, near the Kettle Falls of 

 the Columbia, and in the valleys of the Rocky Mountains." Collected by Douglas. 



Range: British Columbia to Oiegon and Idaho. 



Specimens examined: Fort Colville, Lyall in 1861; near Rockford, Watson; Rock Lake, 

 Sandberg <& Leiberg, May, 1893; Waterville, Whited 1221; Spokane County, Suksdorf 422; 

 lia.ngn)a.n Cveek, Sandberg (& Leiberg 58; Pullman, P/pe/' 1658; Elmer 166; Clarks Springs, 

 Kreager 24. 



Zonal distribution: Arid Transition. 



2. Synthyris pinnatifida lanuginosa subsp. nov. 

 Densely appi'cssed white-woolly. Otherwise as in the species. 



Collected in gravelly soil in the Olympic Mountains at 1,650 meters altitude, August 30, 

 1898, by J. B. Flett (no. 815). The occurence ol the subspecies so far detached liom its 

 related species of the Rocky Mountains seems remarkable. It may be expected to turn up 

 in the Cascade Mountains, possibly with intermediate^ character of pubescence. The type is 

 deposited in the National Herbarium. 



3. Synthyris schizantha Piper, Bull. Ton. Club 29: 223. 1902. 

 Type locality: Bakly IVak, Olympic Mountains, Washington. 

 Range: Washington. 



Specimens examined: Baidy Peak, Land) 1343; Conard 301, mountains of Lewis 

 County near Elbe, Fte't 2744. 



4. Synthyris rotundifolia A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 2': 285. 1878. 



T-iPE locality. "Oiegon, in shady woods of the Columbia and Willamette." 

 Range. Washington and Oregon in the coast legion. 



Specimens examined Chehaiis, Gardner 240, Skamania County, Suksdorf 1474; west 

 Klickitat County, i9?/A-,sf/rtr/, Fort Vancouvci, Wilcox; Piper 4922. 

 Zonal distribution, llumid Transilion. 



