278 CONTfilBUTIONS FKOM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



ACTAEA. 



1. Actaea spicata arguta (Nutt.) Torn. Pac. R. Rep. 4: 63. 1856. Baneberry. 



^dom arjr«/a Nutt.; Torr. & Gr. Fl. 1:35. 1838. 



Adaea eburnea Rydberg, Mem. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 1: 153. 1900. 



Type ixkjauty: ' 'Woods of the Oregon and its trihutarv streams." Collected by Nuttall. 



Range: Alaska to Montana, California and New Mexico. 



Specimens examined: Clallam County, KImer 2664; Seattle, Piper, July, 1895; Silver- 

 ton, Bouck 5; Ijakeview, //fHf/frson, July 1892; without \oc»\'\iY , BramUgee 617; without 

 loi-ality, Vasey 1()4; Lake Chelan, Lake ct Hull 416; Spokane, Pijxr, July, 1896; without 

 locality, //fw/^Twn, June, 1892; Blue Mountains, //orne/* 270 ; Clarks Springs, A'rcajer 127; 

 Mount Carlton, Kreager 292, 297. 



Zonal distribution: Humid Transition and Canadian. 



The fruit of this species is usually scarlet, hut white-berried forms oc<*ur, distinguishable 

 by no other character. 



COPTIS. Goldthread. 



Leaflets large, 5 to 8 cm. long, ob.scurely 3-lol)cd ... 1 1 . C. omdentalis. 



Leaflets smaller, 3-parted and incised 2. C. ladniata. 



1. Coptis occidentaUs (Nutt.) Torr. &Gr. Fl. 1: 28. 1838. 

 Chnjsocoj^u occulentalix Nutt. Journ. Acad. Phila. 7: 8. 18;?4. 



Type ixicaliti': Rocky Mountains in North Idaho or West Montana. Collected by 

 Wyeth. 



Ranue: Idaho and adjacent Washington. 



Specimens examined: Fend Oreille River, LyaU in 1861; lone, Kreager AQ\; Newport, 

 Pijier 4213. 



Zonal distribution: Canadian and Arid Transition. 



2. Coptis laciniata A. Gray, Bot. Gaz. 12: 297. 1887 

 Tyi'K i-ocai.ity: Oregon. Collected by Hall. 

 Rance: Washington to nctrthern California. 

 Specimens examined: Wind River, Fleit 1297. 



CIMICIFUGA. 



1. Cimicifuga elata Nutt.; Torr. & Gr. Fl. 1: 36. 1838. 



Type ux-ai.ity: "Shady woods of the Oregon." Collected by Nuttall. 



Range: Washington and Oregon in the coa.st region. 



Specimens examined: Clallam County, Elmer 2662; Mashel Mountain, Piper in 1888; 

 Skamania County, SuhsdorJ 1990; near Vancouver, Piper 3502. 



Zonal distkibution: Canadian. 



PAEONIA. 



1. Paeonia brownii Dougl. ; Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:27. 1829. 



Type ix)CALity: "Near the confines of perpetual snow on the subalpine range of Mount 

 Hood," Oregon. Collected by Douglas in 1826. 



Range: Wa.shington to Utah and California. 



Specimens examined: Columbia Valley, LyaU in 1860; Falcon Valley, Suksdorf 329; 

 Peshastin, Sandherg <Ss Leiberg 497, Leavenworth, Savage 45; Blue Mountains, Piper 2424,- 

 without locality, Vasey in 1889. 



Zonal distribution: Hudsonian or Canadian. 



AQTJILEGIA. Columbine. 



Flowers scarlet and yellow 1. A. formosa. 



Flowers wholly yellow 2. A. Jlavescens. 



