200 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



Range: Washins:ton to Labrador, soutli to California, N«nv Mexico, Iowa, and Penn- 

 sylvania. 



Specimens examined: Ellcnsburg, Whiied 'SrA; ii orth \&k\m&, Leckenhy, May, 1898; 

 Blue Mountains, Homer 194. 



2. Vagnera sessilifolia (Baker) Greene, Man. Bay Region 316. 1894. 

 Tot'nria setiftUifolia Baker, Journ. Linn. Soc. 14: 566. 1875. 

 Smilacina xe.<tfdlifolia Nutt; Wats. Pwc. Am. Acad. 14: 245. 1879. 

 Smikidna steUata ses^lifdia Hendei-son, Bull. Torr. Club 27: 358. 1900. 



Ti'PE LOCALiTi': "America Iwrcalis oocidentalis a Columbia brittanica ad Califomiam 

 et Mexicum Novum." 



Ranoe: British Columbia to Califoniia and New Mexico. 



Specimens examined: Clallam County, Elmer 2495; Cascade Mountains, latitude 49°, 

 Lyall in 1858; near Lake Cu.sliman, Pi/ter, August, 1895; Silverton, Bonck 185; Valley of 

 Nisqually, AUen 37; Taconia, Flett 90; west Klickitat County, Suksdorf 173; Falcon Val- 

 ley, iS'?/yt.s-(/o// 172; Skokomish River, A'inc<nV/, May, 1892; Wcnache Mountains, WhUed 

 1052; Sunny.side, <::'o/toH 374; Klickitat River, FleM 1122; Colville, Lyall in 1860; Rock 

 Creek, Sandherg cfc Ijeiherg 126; S|M)kane Valley, Lyall in 1861; Spokane, Henderson, June, 

 1892; Almota Creek, Pj>r, May, 1897; Pullman, Elmer 117; Piper, July, 1900; Hull 616; 

 Waitsburg, Horner 195; without locality, Vawy ; Clarks Springs, Kreager 45; Mount 

 Carlton, Kreager 221, 252. 



Zonal distuibi'tion: Transition. 



3. Vagnera amplexicaulis (.Nutt.) Greene, Man. Baj' Region 310. 1894. 

 Smilacina amjJexicniilifi Nutt. Journ. Acad. Phila. 7: 58. 1834. 

 Smilacina racemosa amplexicaulis Wats. Bot. King Explor. 345. 1871. 

 Vagnern hrachyjwtaUi RydU>rg, Bull. Torr. Club 28: 268, 1901. 



Type ix)cality: "In the valleys of the Rocky Mountains about the sources of the 

 Columbia River." Collected by Wyeth. 



Rancje: British Columbia to California and New Mexico. 



Specimens examined: Clallam County, Elmer 2.500; Baldy Peak, Lamh 1345; Coupe- 

 yille, Gardner 290; Tacoma, FJeit 203; Silverton, Bonclc 186; Mount Adams, Suksdorf 

 1006; Wenache, Whiled 1051; Lake Wenache, Sandherg cfc Leiberg 648; Lake Chelan, 

 Lake tfe Hull, August 15, 1892; Pend Oreille River, LyaU in 1861; Blue Mountains, Piper, 

 July 15, 1896; Mount Carlton, Kreager 271. 



Zonal distribution: Transition. 



A variable species distinguishable with difficulty from T". racemosa (L.) Morong. 



3a. Vagnera amplexicaulis brachystyla (Henderson). 



Smilacina racemosa brachystyla Henderson, Bull. Torr. Club 27: 357. 1900. 



Type ixk-ality: "In the Yakima country," Washington. 



Range: Eastern Washington and eastern Oregon. 



Specimens examined: Kamiak Butte, ^Zmcr 810; Moore, June, 1893; Pip^r, July 20, 

 1899. 



UNIFOLIUM. 



1. Unifolium bifolium kamtschaticum (Gmel.). 



Convallana bifolia kamtschatica Gmil.; Cham. & Schlecht. Linnaea 6: 587. 1831. 



Maianthemum bifolium dilatatum Wood, Proc. Acad. Phila. 1868: 174. 1868. 



Type locality: Kamtschatka. 



Range: Alaska to California and Idaho. Siberia. 



Specimens examined: Clallam County, Elmer 2494; Silverton, Bouck; Seattle, Piper 

 200; Tacoma, Flett 197; Nisqually Valley, AUen 73; Lower Cascades, Suksdorf, May 20, 

 1886; Fort Vancouver, collector not indicated; without locality, Vasey in 1889. 



Zonal distribution: Humid Transition. 



This plant was referred to Smilacina bifolia L. in Hooker's Flora and to Smilacina Jnfolia 

 trifolia in Cooper's List. 



