PIPER FLORA OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. 531 



Specimens examined: Clallam County, Elmer 2740; Seattle, Piper; Nisquall}- Valley, 

 Allen 302; Wciiache, Whited 1248; Ellensburg, Whited, June 0, 1897: Olyinpia, Heller 

 4050; Egbert Springs, Sandberg <& Leiberef 363; Lake Chelan, Lake cf; Hull 540; Blue 

 Mountains, Piper, August 2, 1896; Pullman, Piper 1726; without locality, Brandeejee 809; 

 without locality, Vasey 289; Clarks Springs, Kreager 73, 560; Rattlesnake Mountains, 

 Cotton 757; Stehekin, Giiffiths & Cotton 224. 



Zonal distribution: Transition, especially Arid. 



Tiie name Sambucus coerulea Raf. Alsographia Am. 48. 1838, undoubtedly pertains to 

 our plant, but it may be questioned if it is really published. Rafinesque bases the name 

 wholly upon a brief mention in the journals of Lewis and Clark of an elder with blue 

 berries. 



2. Sambucus callicarpa Greene, Fl. Fran. 342. 1892. 



Sdiitbucu.-; raceniom arhorescens (Nutt.) Torr. & Gr. Fl. N. Am. 2 : 13. 1841, not S.arbor- 

 e«fen.s Gilib. 1: 5. 1792. ' 



Sambucus leiosperma Leibcrg, Proe. Biol. Soc. Wash. 11: 40. 1897. 



Sambucus pubens Michx. var. Cooper Pac. R. Rep. 12-: 64. 1S60. 



Sambucus arborescens Howell, Fl. N. W. Am. 279. 1900. 



Type locality: "By streams * * * along the Coast Range,'" California. 



Range: British Columbia to California in the coast region. 



Specimens examined: Clallam County, E/mer 2737; Skokomish River, ^irirauZ in 1890; 

 Seattle, Piper in 1887; Montesano, Heller 3922; Cape Disappointment, iJ/ir/e/ma/m rf; Sa/'- 

 gent, July 13, 1880; Silverton, Bouck 95; Bridge Creek, Elmer 662; Cascade Mountains 

 to Fort Colville, latitude 49°, Lyall in 1860; Stevens Pass, Whited 1435; without locality 

 Vasey in 1889; Nason Creek, Samlberg ci' Leiberg 670; Skagit Pass, Lake dfc Hull 545; 

 Wenache region, Brandegee 808 (the last two specimens have the nutlets somewhat rugose). 



Zonal distribution: Humid Transition. 



The fruit is usually brilliant scarlet, but occasionally yellow. Along the blufT between 

 Seattle and Everett the great majority of the plants have the fruit chestnut-colored, but 

 the plants are otherwise identical with the ordinary scarlet-fruited form. 



3. Sambucus melanocarpa A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 19 : 76. 1883. 

 Type locality: "First collected in New Mexico by Fendler." 

 Range: Washington and Montana to California and New Mexico. 



Specimens examined: Mount Adams, Suksdorf 1664, 327; Blue Mountains, Piper 

 2452; Mount Carlton, Kreager 246. 

 Zonal distribution: Canadian. 



5. VIBURNUM. 



Cyme radiant, that is the outer flowers neutral and enlarged 1. T". ojudus. 



Cyme not radiant. 



Leaves roundish, mostly 3-lobed 2. V'. paucijloruin. 



Leaves oval to elliptic, dentate 3. V . ellipticum. 



1. Viburnum opulusL. Sp. PI. 1:268. 1753. - 

 ]'tbunnu/i opulus americanum Ait. Hort. Kew. 1: 373. 1789. 

 Type locality: European. 



Range: British Columbia to New Brunswick, south to Oregon and Pennsylvania. 

 Specimens examined: Cape Horn, Piper 4976. Reported by Lyall « as occurring on 

 Sumas River, latitude 49°. 



Zonal distribution: Humid Transition. 



2. Viburnum pauciflorumPylaie; Torr. &Gr.Fl. 2: 17.1841. Hion bush cranberry. 

 ]'iburnum accrijolium L. err. det. Bong. Mem. Acad. St. Peterb. VL 2: 144. 1832. 

 Type locality; Newfoundland. 



o Journ. Linn. Soc. 7: 135. 1864. 



