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Type locwlity: "In the interior districts of the Cokimbia." Collected by Douglas. 

 Range: Wsishington to California and Texas. 



Specimens ex.\mined: Walla Walla, Douglas, according to Hooker. 

 It is not certain that this species really occui-s in Washington limits, though the alx)ve 

 specimen was apparently collected by Douglas at old Fort Walla Walla. 



HYPERICACEAE. St. Joiinswoht Family. 

 HYPERICUM. St. .Tounswort. 



Plants low, forming dense mats. 



Alpine; leaves crowded; flowers solitary 2. H. bryophytum. 



Not alpine; leaves not crowded; flowers often several 1. //. anagalloides. 



Plants erect, simple or nearly so. 



Stamens o to 10; stems about 3() cm. high 3. //. canadense. 



Stamens numerous; stems tall. 



Sepals acuminate; capsule not lobed 4. 77. perforatum. 



S«>pals obtuse ; capsule 3-lobed 5. 7/. mcorderi. 



1. Hypericum anagalloides Cham. & Schlecht. Linnaea 3: 127. 1828. 

 Type ixkjality: San Franci.sco, California. 



Range: British Columbia to California and Montana. 



Specimens examined: Seattle, Piper in 1885; Woodlawn, Henderson, June 22, 1892; 

 Montesano, lleller 3916. 



Zonal distribution: Humid Transition. 



la. Hypericum anagalloides nevadense Greene, Fl. Fran. 113. 1891. 

 Type loc.vuty: 'Foothills of the Sierra." 

 Range: Washington to California. 

 Specimens examined: Pullman, Pi/vr 2650. 



2. Hypericum bryophytum Elmer, Bot. Gaz. 36: 60. 1903. 



Type locality: Olympic Mountains, Clallam County, Washington. Collected by 

 Elmer. 



Range: Mountains of Washington. 



Specimens examined: Olympic Mountains, Elmer 2833; Big Creek Prairie, Lamb 1399; 

 Cascade Mountains, latitude 49°, Lyall in 1859; Bridge Creek, Elmer, September, 1897; 

 Horseshoe Basin, iMke cfc 77;/// 783; Mount Rainier, Piper, August, 1895; upper Nisqually 

 Valley, Allen 117; Nason Creek, Sandberg cfc Leiberg 607; without locality, Vasey in 1889. 



Zonal distribution: Arctic. 



3. Hypericum canadense majus A. Gray, Man. ed. 5. 86. 1867. 

 Type locality: Lake Superior. 



Range: Washington to New Brunswick, .south to Texas and Georgia. 

 Specimens examined: Green Lake, Piper 1115. 



4. Hypericum perforatum L. Sp. PI. 2: 785. 1753. 

 Type locality: European. 



Specimens examined: Vancouver, Suksdorf; Piper, July 14, 1899. 



6. Hypericum scouleri Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 111. 1830. 



Hypericum formosum scouleri Coult. Bot. Gaz. 11: 108. 1886. 



Typ.e locality: "Abundant in dry gravelly soils and limestone rocks on the North-West 

 coast of America, near the Columbia." Collected by Scouler and by Douglas. 



Range: British Columbia to Arizona and New Mexico. 



Specimens examined: Tacoma, Flett 120, 90; North Yakima, Watt, August, 1895; 

 Montesano, Heller 4037; Columbus, Suksdorf, June 10, 1886; Columbia River, Lyall in 



