PIPER FLORA OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. 449 



PLTJMBAGINACEAE. 

 STATICE. 



1. Statice armeria L. Sp. PI. 1: 274. 1753. Thrift.. 



Armeria vulgaris Willd. Enum. 333. 1809. 



Type locality: "Habitat in Europae Americae septentrionalis campis." 



Range: Subarctic regions, south to California and Labrador. South America. Europe. 

 Asia. 



Specimens examined: Whidby Island, Gardner 196; Olympia, Kincaid, July 4, 1896; 

 Roy, Allen, 'Sl&j 13,1889; Yelm Prairie, Piper; Stuart Island, Laiwence 201 ; Port Crescent, 

 Lawrence 260. 



Zonal distribution: Humid Transition. / 



OLEACEAE. 

 FRAXINUS. 



1. Fraxinus oregana Nutt. Sylva 3: 59. pi. 99. 1849. Oregon ash. 



Fraxinus oregana, riparia Nutt. loc. cit. 



Type locality: "In the Oregon territory." "We never saw it above the first falls of 

 the Oregon." Collected by Nuttall. 



Range: British Columbia to California, in the coast region. 



Specimens examined: Seattle, Piper, June, 1892: Satsop, Heller 4024; White Salmon 

 Snlcsdorf 445. 



A common tree in the river valleys of western Washington. 



Zonal distribution: Humid Transition. 



GENTIANACEAE. Gentian Family. 



Style filiform, usually deciduous; anthers oblong to linear, mostly 



twisting or curving with age Centaurion (p. 449). 



Style stout and persistent or none; anthers remaining straight. 



Corolla funnelform or bell-shaped, without glands Gentiana (p. 450). 



Corolla rotate, with a fringed glandular spot on each lobe Frasera (p. 451). . 



CENTAURION. 



Basal leaves in a rosette ; introduced 1. C. centauriura. 



Basal leaves not in rosettes. 



Pedicels slender, much longer than the flowers 2. C. exaltaia. 



Pedicels mostly shorter than the flowers 3. 6'. muehlenbergii. 



1. Centaurion centaurium (L.) W. F. Wight. 

 Gentiana centaurium L. Sp. PI. 1 : 229. 1753. 

 Erythraea centaurium Pers. Syn. 1: 283. 1805. 

 Type locality: Europe. 



Specimens examined: Olympia, Kincaid, July 4, 1896; Yesler, Hindshaw, July, 1897. 



2. Centaurion exaltatum (Griseb.) W' . F. Wight. 

 C'lcendia exaltata Griseb. in Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 69. 1838. 

 Erythraea douglasii A. Gray, Bot. Cal. 1; 480. 1876. 

 Erythraea exaltata Coville, Contr. Nat. Herb. 4: 150. 1893. 



Type locality: "Between the Kettle Falls, and 'Narrows' of the Columbia River." 

 Collected by Douglas. 



Range; Eastern Washington to California and Utah. 

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