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210 ANNALS OF THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN 
Distribution: in woods and along streams from Washington to 
northern California. . 
Specimens examined: 
Washington: Columbia River, Nuttall (С, түре); Montesano, 
Chehalis Co., 200 ft. alt., 10 June, 1898, Heller & Heller 8926 
(Phil. апа M); along streams, Montesano, May, 1917, J. M. 
Grant (M); North Branch, Pacific Co., 16 Aug., 1903, 
Sheldon 812959 (Stanford); wet rocks, wet places in dense 
forests at Altoona on the Columbia River, 20 July, 1909, 
Suksdorf 6673 (С). 
Oregon: near Astoria, 12 May, 1892, Howell (M); Falls City, 8 
Мау, 1915, J. C. Nelson 120 (Stanford); Brookings, May, 1915, 
J. H. Thompson 178 (Stanford); Tillamook, 10 Sept., 1894, 
Lloyd (N. Y.); Toledo, 7 Aug., 1909, Rusby (N. Y.); Coast 
Mts., July, 1882, Howell (Phil.); damp bank, 3 miles above 
mouth of Chetco River, Curry Co., 12 July, 1919, Peck 8810 
(M); Corvallis environs, May, 1922, Epling 5649 (Epling); 
Yaquina, 28 July, 1922, Epling 5554 (Epling). 
California: Humboldt Bay, 1000 ft. alt., May, 1901, Chandler 1199 
(№. Y., M, Calif., and Stanford); Humboldt Co., 1882, Rattan 
(G and M); in moist places, Freshwater Creek, Humboldt Co., 
very common in the forests of Humboldt and Del Norte Со. 
June, 1882, Rattan 25 (С); Coast Mts., north of San Francisco 
Bay, June, 1882, Rattan (M); Humboldt Co., 1911, Н. Н. 
Smith 3791 (M); wet ground under redwoods, Eureka, 31 Мау, 
1896, Blasdale (R. Mt.); Humboldt Co., 1879, Rattan (Stan- 
ford); Humboldt Bay, June, 1882, Rattan (Calif. and Stan- 
ford); near Crescent City, without date, Rattan (Stanford); 
Klamath River, Del Norte Region, June, 1899, Dudley (Stan- 
ford); common in shaded moist ground, vicinity of Eureka, 
30 May, 1900, Tracy 833 (Calif.). 
39. M. Bridgesii (Benth.) Clos in C. Gay, Hist. Chile 5: p^ 
1849; Walp. Ann. 3: 193. 1852-53; Reiche, Fl. Chile 6: 99 
M. parviflorus 8 Bridgesii Benth. in DC. Prodr. 10:371. 1846. 
Glabrous perennials, freely rooting at the nodes; stems 
ing or erect, 1-3 dm. long; leaves few, ovate or oval, 1.2-3.5 em. 
