412 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



Specimens examined: Oyhut, Zxim6 1254; Lake Cushman, Piper 2225 ; Whidby Island, 

 Gardner 350; Admiralty Head, Piper, May, 1898; Seattle, Piper; Longmire Springs, 

 Piper, August, 1895; Columbia Valley, Li/all. 



Zonal distribittion : Transition. 



2. Hippuris montana Ledeb.; Reichenb. Ic. Fl. Germ. 1: 76. pi. S6.f. 181. 1823. 



Type locality: "Unalaschka." 



Range: Alaska to Washington. 



Specimens examined: Olympic Mountains, Piper, August, 1895; Mount Rainier, 

 Allen 186; Piper 2136; Stevens Pass, Sandberg cfc Leiherg 792. 



Zonal distribution: Hudsonian. 



MYRIOPHYLLUM. W atek milkoil. 



Floral leaves shorter than the flowers 1 . M . spicatum. 



Floral leaves longer than the flowers. 



Stamens 8; floral leaves pectinate 2. M. verlicillatum. 



Stamens 3 or 4 ; floral leaves denticulate 3. M. hippuroides. 



1. Myriophyllvun spicatmn L. Sp. PI. 2: 992. 1753. 

 Type ixk'ai.ity: Kuro[K>aii. 



Range: British Columbia to Newfoundland, southward to California and Florida. 

 Specimens examined: Lake Cushman, Piper 22ii(); Seattle, Piper 1132; Yakima 

 region, Brandegee 776; Ellensburg, Hindshaw. 



2. MyTiophyllum verticillatum L. Sp. PI. 2: 992. 1753. 

 Type locality: European. 



Range: Washington to Canada, southward to California and Florida. 



Specimens e.xamined: Segualiche Lake, Piper, May, 1888; Lake Chelan, Elmer, August, 

 1897; Parker, Dunn, August 8, 1901; Lake Chelan, Gorman in 1897; Tacoma, Flett 2146; 

 Lake Crescent, Ixiwrence 310. 



3. Myriophyllum hippuroides Nutt.; Torr. & Gr. Fl. 1: 530. 1840. 



Type locality: "Oregon, in ponds of the Wahlamet." Collected by Nuttall. 

 Range: Washington to California. 



Specimens examined: West Klickitat County, iS'wtsrfo?/ 217G; Lindsleys, Clarke County, 

 Henderson. 



ARALIACEAE. Ginsknc; Family. 



Herb; leaves compound Aralia. 



Shrub; leavessimple •. . . . Echinopanax. 



ARALIA. 



1. Aralia nudicaulis L. Sp. PI. 1 : 274. 17-53. 

 Type locality: "In Virginia."' 



Range: Washington to Newfoundland, Missouri, and_North Carolina. 

 Specimens examined: Mount Carlton, Kreager 206. 



ECHINOPANAX. 



1. Echinopanax horridum (Smith) Dec. & Planch, in Rev. Hortic. 3: 105. 1854. 



Devil's club. 

 Panax horridum Smith, Rees' Cycl. 26: No. 10. 1812. 

 Aralia erinacea Hook. Edinb. Journ. Sci. 6: 64. 1827. 

 Fatsia horrida Benth. & Hook. Gen. PI. 1 : 9,39. 1867. 

 Type locality: Nootka Sound. Collected by Menzies. 



