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Specimens examined: Orchard Point, Piper, July, 1895; Taooma, Flett 65; Mount 

 Rainier, Piper 2058; Cascade Mountains, latitude 49°, Lyall in 1859; Loomis, Elmer 585; 

 Conconully, Whited 1324; Cascade Mountains to Colville, latitude 49°, Lyall in 1860; 

 Spokane, Piper, May 16, 1896, May 8, 1898; Hangman Creek, Sandberg <& Leiherg 69; 

 without locality, Cooper; Olympic Mountains, Elmer 2474; Spokane, Kreager 170; near 

 Delight, Cotton 998. 



Zonal distribition: Transition to Hudsonian. 



3. Arctostaphylos nevadensis A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 2': 27. 1878. 



Type uxiALm;': "Sierra Nevada, California, common at 8-10000 feet." 



Range: Washington to California in the Cascades and Sierras. 



Specimens examined: Skagit Pa.ss, Lake d: Hull, August 24, 1892; Stampede Timnel, 

 Henderson, June 20, 1892; near Longmire Springs, Pi /)cr 2047: upper Nisqually Valley, 

 ^fl«n 110; Mount Adams, Suksdorf, July 12, 1886; Mount Stuart, Sandberg d' Leiberg 548; 

 west Klickitat County, Suksdorf, May 7, 1886; Roslyn, Whited 357; without locality, Vasey 

 379. 



Zonal distribution: Hudsonian. 



Arctostaphtlos media Greene, Pittonia 2: 171. 1891 Type locality: " On dr> gravelly 

 ground in Mason County," Washington. Collected by Piper. Range: Western Washing- 

 ton. Specimens examined: Port Orchard, Patterson; near Union City, Piper 899 (type). 

 This plant is unquestionably a hybrid between ^4. uva-tirsi and A. tomentosa. It occurs 

 spbringly and only where both of the parents are abundant. 



CASSIOPE. 



Leaves with a deep dorsal furrow 1 . C. tetragona. 



LeAves not dorsally furrowed 2. C. mertensiana. 



1. Cassiope tetragona (L.) D. Don, Edinb. New Phil. Journ. 17: 158. 1834. 

 Andromeda tetragona L. Sp. PI. 1: 393. 1753. 



Type locauty: "Habitat in Alpibus Lapponicis." 



Range: Alaska to Greenland, southward to Washington [Oregon?] and Hudson Bay. 

 Asia. , 



Specimens examined: Cascade Mountains, latitude 49°, Lyall in 1860; Loomis, Elmer, 

 August, 1897. 

 Zonal distribution: Hudsonian. 



2. Cassiope mertensiana (Bong.) G. Don, Hist. Dichl. PI. 3: 829. 1834. 

 Andromeda mertensiana Bong. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI. 2: 152. 1832. 

 Andromeda cupressina Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 30. 1838 



Type locality: Sitka, Ala.ska. 



Range: Alaska to California. • 



Specimens examined: Olympic Mountains, Piper 21M; J.M.Grant; Cascade Mountains 

 to Colville, Lyall in 1860; Silverton, Bouck 124; Mount Rainier, Flett 30(2; Allen 202; 

 Piper 2053; Mount Stuart, Elmer 1109; Mount Adams, Henderson, August 9, 1892; Stevens 

 Pass, Sandberg & Leiberg 714; Horseshoe Basin, Lake & Hull 563. 



2k)NAL distribution: Hudsonian. 



Cassiope lycopodioides D. Don is included in Suksdorf's list, but thie species is not 

 known south of Alaska. 



