190 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



Range: \Vashiiigton to Califoniia west of tlu' Cascados and Sierras. 

 Specimens examined: Whidbv Island, (Hiidiur 2K?; Fourth Plain, Piper, .Tidy 1-1, 1S1.9; 

 Alki Point, Pijter ii. 1888; Capo ilorn, Piper 4982. 

 Zonal distribution: Humid Transition. 



3. Hookera hyacinthina (Lindl.) Kuntzo, Rev. Gon. PI. 2: 712. 1891. 

 Ilesperochordon fitjacinthimnn Lindl. Bot. Reg. 16: under t. IUVS. 1829. 

 Ilesperochordum lactevm Lindl. Bot. Reg. 10: t. 1639. lSi3. 

 Ilesperochordon leu-isii Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 185. t. 198. 1839. 

 Brodiaea ladea Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 14: 238. 1879. 



Type locality: "Native of the plains of the Missouri and of the north-west of An)eri(i), 

 in which last country it was found by Mr. Douglas." 



Range: British Columbia to California and Idaho. 



Specimens e.xamined: llumptulips, Lamh 1282; Muckleshoot, Dr. Rvhv; Whidby 

 Island, Gardner 282; Fidalgo City, Vlett 21()7; Admiralty Head, Piper, May, 18118; Tielon 

 River, Cotton 4.50; Mount Stuart, Elmer 12()8; Peshastin, Sandberg <& Leiberg, July, 1893; 

 Pullman, Piper 1(579, July, 189;^; Lake 617; without locality, Fo^cy in 1889. 



Zonal distribution: Transition. 



4. Hookera douglasii (S. Wats.). 



Brodiaea grandi flora Smith, err. det. Pursh, Fl. 1: 223. 1814. 



Triteleia grandifora Lindl. Bot. Reg. 15 undei t. 1293. 1829. 



Brodiaea douglasii S. Wats. Proc. Ahl Acad. 14: 237. 1879. 



Type locality: "Northwest America." Collected by Douglas. 



Range: British Columbia to Utah and Wyoming, probably only to the eastward of the 

 Cascade Mountains. 



Specimens exa.mined: Tampico, Fleit 1121; Klickitat River, Flett 14()9; Spokane, 

 Sandherg cfc Leiberg 71 ; Spokane County, Suksdoif 455; Hangman Creek, Sandberg cfe Lei- 

 berg 71; Pullman, Piper, July, 1893; Wawawai, Piper 1671; without locality, Vasey 87. 



Zonal distribution: Arid Transition. 



6. Hookera bicolor (Suksdorf. ) 



Brodiaea bicolor Suksdorf, West. Am. Sci. 14: 2. 1902. 



Type locality: "In Falkenthal (Falcon Valley), Klickitat County, Washington." Col- 

 lected by Suksdorf. 



Range: Eastern Washington. 



Specimens examined: Wenache, Whited 1049; North Yakima, Uenderson 2400; with- 

 out locality, Va.sey in 1889. 



6. Hookera howellii (S. Wats.). 



Brodiaea howellii S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 14: 301. 1879. 



Type locality: "Klickitat County," Washington. Collected by Joseph Howell. 



Range: Washington. 



Specimens examined: Whidby Island, Gardner 285; Tacoma, F/c«, June, 1896, Klicki- 

 tat County, Howell, June, 1879; Falcon Valley, Suksdorf 506, 62; Ellensburg, Piper, May, 

 1896. 



Zonal distribution: Transition. 



QUAMASIA. Camas. 



Perianth irregular, the segments 3 or sometimes 5-nerved; buds gibbous on 



one side 1. ^. gi.cn asn. 



Perianth regular, the segments 5 to 9-nerved. 



Segments usually 7-ncrved; capsules conspicuously nerved; flowers 



blue or white 2. Q. Iricll'-', 1. 



Segments usually 5-noivod; capsules not conspicuously nerved; flow- 

 ers blue s. Q. \uLt,ooj i. 



