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3b. Razoumofskya douglasii laricis subsp. nov. 



Range: Washington and Idaho on Larix occidentalis. 



Specimens examined: Mount Adams, Henderson 2536; near Ellensburg, Brandegee 

 1071. 



Zonal distribution: Arid Transition and Canadian. 



3c. Razoumofskya douglasii abietina (Engelm.). 



Arceuthobium douglasii abietinum Engelm. in S. Wats. Bot. Cal. 2: 106. 1880. 



Type locality: Sierra Valley, California. 



Range: Washington to California and Utah. 



Specimens examined: Falcon Y&Wej, Suksdorf 2246, on Abies grandis. 



SANTALACEAE. Sandalwood Family. 



COMANDRA. 



Flowers many, corymbosely-clustered ; leaves pallid. 



Leaves oblong; fruit globular 1. C. umbeUata. 



Leaves linear-lanceolate ; fruit ovoid 2. C. pallida. 



Flowers few on axillary peduncles; leaves green 3. C. livida. 



1. Comandra umbellata (L.) Nutt. Gen. 1: 157. 1818. 

 Tkesium umbellatum L. Sp. PI. 1 : 208. 1753. 



Type locality: "Habitat in Virginiae, Pensylvaniae pascuis siccis." 

 Range: British Columbia to Labrador southward to California and Georgia. 

 Specimens examined: Whidby Island, Gardner 103; White Salmon, Suksdorf 494, 614; 

 Fort Vancouver, Tolmie. 



Zonal distribution: Transition. 



2. Comandra paUida A. DC. Prod. 14: 636. 1857. 



Type locality: " Prope Clearwater, " Idaho. Collected by Spalding. 



Range: British Columbia to Manitoba, Texas, and California. 



Specimens examined: North Yakima, Steinweg in 1894; Flett 1032; Henderson, May 

 26, 1892; Wenache, Whited 1073; Ellensburg, Piper, May 20, 1897; Whited 335; Morgans 

 Ferry, Suksdorf 615; Cheney, Tucker in 1890; Columbia Valley, Lyall in 1861; Pasco, Hind- 

 shaw 26; Piper 2990; Crab and Wilson creeks, Sandberg cfc Leiberg 326; Sprague, Sand- 

 berg cfc Leiberg 154; Kamiak Butte, Sandberg, McDougal, & Heller 499; Piper, July 20, 

 1899; Almota, Piper 1650; Wawawai, Piper, May 19, 1894; Hull, June 4, 1892; Elmer 

 772; Kettle Falls, Beattie & Chapman 2206. 



Zonal distribution: Upper Sonoran and Arid Transition. 



The nuts of this plant are sweet and edible. Where abundant, they form a favorite 

 food for hogs. 



3. Comandra livida Richards. Bot. App. Frankl. Journ. 734. 1823. 



Type locality: "In shady mossy woods. Not seen to the northward of Great Slave 

 Lake." 



Range: Washington to Vermont and northward. 

 Specimens examined: Box Canyon, Kreager 386. 

 Zonal distribution: Canadian. 



ARISTOLOCHIACEAE. Birthwort Family. 



ASARTJM. 



1. Asarum caudatum Lindl. Bot. Reg. 17: under pi. 1399. 1831. Wild ginger. 



Asarum hookeri Fielding, Sert. Plant, pi. 32. 1844. 

 Asarum canadense ^ Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 139. 1838. 



