262 CONTBIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HEKBAKTUM. 



Specimens examined: Upper Wcnas River, Henderson 2566; Clemai. Mountain, 

 IJenderson'm 1892; Elleusbui-g, IV/iifcd 666; Coulee City, LaA-ecfeZ/»//, August, 1892; junction 

 Crab and Wilson creeks, Sandberg <fc Leiberg2Q4; Blue Mountains, Piper, July, 1896; with- 

 out locality, V'asey in 1889. 



Zonal distribution: Arid Transition. 



6. Arenaria franklinii Dougl.; Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 101. 1830. 



Type uk'ality: "Abundant on barren sandy plains and undulating grounds of the 

 Columbia, from the 'Great' to the 'Kettle' falls." Collected by Dougla-s. 



Range: Eastern Washington and eastern Oregon. 



Specimens examined: Pasco, Piper 2970; Hindshaw 6; Klickitat County, Leckenhy, 

 May, 1898; North Yakima, fleTwicrson, May, 1892; Morgans Ferry, Suksdoif 2M; Bick- 

 leton, Suksdorf 253; Columbia River, latitude 46° to 49°, Lyall in 1860; Wilson Creek 

 Sandberg tfe Leiberg 296; Wallula, CoUon 1026, 1044. 



Zonal distribution: Upper Sonoran. 



6. Arenaria paludicola Robinson, Proc. Am. Acad. 29: 298. 1894. 

 Arenaria palustris S. Wats. Bot. Cal. 1 : 70. 1876, not Gay. 1845. 

 Alsim palustris Kellogg, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 3: 61. 1863. 



Type ixxjality: San Francisco, California. 



Range: Washington to California. 



Specimens examined: Near Tacoma, F/c</, September, 1896. 



Zonal distribution: Humid Transition. 



7. Arenaria tenella Nutt., Torr. & Gr. Fl. 1: 179. 1838. 

 •Arenaria stricta (i Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 99. 18:i0. 



Type locality: "Rocky places, plains of the Oregon." Collected by Nuttall. 



Range: British Columbia to Oregon, in the coast region. 



Specimens examined: Cascade Mountains, latitude 49°, Lyo/Z in 1859; Wliidby Island, 

 Gardner 46; Tacoma, Flell 890, 190; Olympia, Kincaid, July, 18£6; Henderson, May, 1892; 

 Woodlawn, Henderson, June, 1892; Steilacoom, Siickley; Piper; Columbia River, NuttaU; 

 Roy, Allen, May 23, 1889; Yelm, Piper in 1888, Stuart Island, Lawrence 42. 



Zonal distribution: Humid Transition. 



8. Arenaria pusilla S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 17: 367. 1882. 

 Type locality: Yreka, California. 



Range: Washington and Idaho to California, 



Specimens examined: White Salmon, Suksdorf 249; Waitsburg, Homer 128; Pull- 

 man, Piper 1885. 



Zonal distribution: Arid Transition. 



9. Arenaria vema rubella ( Wald.) S. Wats. Bibl. Index 99. 1878. 

 Al»ine rubella Wahl. Fl. Lapp. 1 : 28. pi. 6. 1812. 



Arenaria hirta glabrata Cham. & Schlecht. Linnaea 1 : 56. 1826. 



Type locality: "Hab. in summitate alpis Lyngensis Nordlandiae septentrionalis 

 circiter 3,000 pedes paiis. supra mare elevata." 



Range: Alaska to Greenland, south to Washington and Colorado. 



Specimens examined: Mount Rainier, Piper 2115; Smith 777; Flett 228; Olympic 

 Mountains, Piper, August, 1895; Elmer 2748. 



Zonal distribution: Arctic. 



Hooker o reports A. vema from the Columbia, collected by Menzies and by Douglas. 

 Hooker's plant can scarcely be the rare Alpine plant here consideied. 



Flett 's 228 was referred by Wiegand b to the scarcely distinct A. propinqita Richards. 



a Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 99. 1830. 6 Bull. Torr. Club 24: 343. 1897. 



