364 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



1. Psoralea physodes Dougl.: Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 136. 1830. 



Type loc.\lity: "From the Great Falls of the Columbia to the Rocky Mountains." 

 Collected bj' Douglas. 



Range: British Columbia to Idaho and north California. 



Specimens ex.\mined: San Juan Island, Lyall in 1858; Coupeville, Gardner 89; Seattle, 

 Piper 58; l>etweon Olynipia and Gate City, Heller 4049; White Bluff Ferrj-, Lake <& Hull 

 August, 1892; without locality, Coojier. 



ZoN.\L DisTRiBiTiox : Ilumid Transition. 



Through an unquestionable error Piper no. 58 was referred to P. pedunculata Mill, in the 

 Torrey Bulletin.a The latter species is not known west of the Rocky Mountains. 



The type hn-ality as al)Ove given is very likely the result of an error. This species is at 

 present known frtim east of the Cascade Mountains at but a single station — near Troy, 

 Idaho. 



2. Psoralea lanceolata scabra (Nutt.). 

 Psoralen scahra Nutt.; Torr. & Gr. Fl. 1: 300. 1838. 

 Psoralea purshii Vail, Bull. Torr. Club 21: 94. 1889. 



TiPE localitt: "On the Walla-Wallah." Collected by Townsend. 



Range: Eastern Washington and ea-stern Oregon. 



Specimens examined: Eglx?rt Springs, Sandierg d: Leiherg 384; Morgans Ferry, Svks~ 

 dorf 275; White Bluffs, Dunn 2(J6; White Bluff Ferry, Lake ct- Hull 664; Columbia River, 

 latitude 46° to 49°, Lyall in 1860; west Klickitat County, Suksdorf £63; Moses Lake, 

 Sandberg <fc Leiherg, July, 1893; Almota, Piper 1851 ; Wawawai, Lake <fe IluU 429; Elmer 

 748; Pasco, Henderson, June, 1892; Sentinel Bluffs, Cotton 1364; Craips Ferry, Cotton. 



Zonal DisTRiBimox: Upper Sonoran. 



This plant as to type specimen differs from P. lanceolata Pursh only in its white villous 

 pods, and all intergrades as to the amount of this pubescence occur. 



GLYCYRRHIZA. 



1. Qlycyrrhiza lepidota Nutt. Gen. 2: 106. 1818. Wild licorice 



Type locality: "St. Louis," Mis.souri. 



Range: Washington to Hudson Bay, Arkansas, and New Mexico. 



Specimens examined: Egljcrt Springs, Sandberg cfc Leiherg 342; west Klickitat County, 

 Suksdorf \WQ\ Almota, Piper 1582; Wawawai, Piper 1482; Spokane, Kreager 539. 



Zonal distribution: Upper Sonoran. 



This species has been reported as a bad weed in Washington, but there is no recent evi- 

 dence to this effect. 



la. Qlycyrrhiza lepidota glutinosa (Nutt.) S. Wats. Bot. Cal. 1: 144. 1876. 

 Glycyrrhiza glutinosa Nutt.; Torr. & Gr. Fl. 1: 298. 1838. 



Type locality: "Banks of Lewis's River" in South Idaho. Collected by Nuttall. 

 Range: Washington and Idaho to California. 

 Specimens examined: Columbia River, latitude 46° to 49°, Lyall. 



HOSACKIA. 



Perennials; flowers in umbels. 



Pods linear, glabrous, many-seeded. 



Leaflets 5 to 9, glabrous or nearly so. 



Peduncles usually naked ; corolla with yellow standard and 



white wings 1. //. hicolor. 



Peduncles with a bract at the umbel; corolla with yellow 



standard and purple wings 2. H. gracilis. 



Leaflets 9 to 15; flowers purple 3. 77. crassifolia. 



a Bull. Torr. Club 21 : 114. 1894. 



