﻿Some rare Washington Plants. 



By K. M. Wiegand. 



In the July 1897, number of this journal the writer published a 

 short list of rare plants collected by Mr. J. B. Fleet in various por- 

 tions of the state of Washington. Since that time a large set of 

 about two hundred numbers collected by the same person has been 

 received. The collecting ground this time covered two distinct 

 localities. The first, situated on the shores of Puget Sound, in the 

 vicinity of Whidbey Island and Hadlock, Wash., was distinctly 

 littoral in character. On the contrary, the other was alpine, lo- 

 cated as it was near the summit of the Olympic Mountains, on the 

 watershed between the Dungeness and Quilcene Rivers. As one 

 might naturally expect, the rare plants in the Sound collection 

 were few and mostly introduced. On the other hand and quite in 



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contrast with this, the set from the mountains was unusually rich 

 in forms that from their known distribution seem out of place. 

 Those which from the literature at hand, seem to be rare or to 

 extend the known range of the species are included in the follow- 

 ing list* 



Anemone multifield Poir. Grassy slopes near the summit of 

 the Olympic Mountains. Alt. 6000 ft. 



Delphinium glaucum Watson. Moist grassy places near the 

 summit. 



Delphinium bicolor Nutt. Dry grassy slopes near the summit. 



Draba Lemmoni Watson. Rocky places near the summit. 



Draba stenoloba Ledeb. Among stones and rocks, mountain 

 summit. 



Viola Howellii Gray. Shady places near Puget Sound. 



Lewisia Columbiana (Howell) Robinson. Rocky ledges, sum- 



mit. 



Potentilla villosa Pall. Rocky ledges, Olympic Mts. Alt. 



6000 ft. 



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