PIPER — FLORA OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. 493 



MICROMERIA. 



1. Micromeria chamissonis (Benth.) Greene, Man. Bay Reg. 289. 1894. 



Yeeba buena. 



Micromeria douglasii Benth. Lab. 372. 1834. 



Thymus? douglasii Benth. Linnaea 6: 80. 1831. 



Thymus? chamissonis Benth. Linnaea 6: 80. 1831. 



Type locality: California. 



Range: British Columbia and Idaho to California. 



Specimens examined: Cascade Mountains, latitude 49°, Lyall in 1859; upper Nisqually 

 Valley, Allen 23; Orchard Point, Piper, July, 1895; Seattle, Piper; Woodlawn, Henderson, 

 June 22, 1892; Fort Vancouver, Tolmie; Lake Kalispel, Kreager 349. 



Zonal distribution: Transition. 



MADRONELLA. 



Leaves narrowly oblong, green on both sides 'i. M. odoratissima 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate. 



Paler beneath; nerves not prominent 1. M. discolor. 



Not paler beneath; nerves prominent 2. M. nervosa. 



1. Madronella discolor Greene, Leaflets. 1: 169. 1906. 

 Monarddla discolor Greene, Pittonia 2: 24. 1889. 



Type locality: "Near Clealum, Washington." Collected by Greene. 



Range : Eastern Washington. 



Specimens examined: Clealum, Greene, August 14, 1889; Ellensburg, Elmer 373; 

 Whited 547; without locality, Vasey, in 1889; Yakima, Brandegee; "coast prairies," 

 Cooper; Mount Rainier, Piper 2078(?). 



Zonal distribution: Upper Sonoran. 



2. Madronella nervosa Greene, Leaflets 1: 169. 1906. 

 Monardella nervosa Greene, Pittonia 4: 322. 1901. 



Type locality: "The arid region of Eastern Washington." Collected by Sandberg & 

 Leiberg. 



Range: Eastern Washington. 



Specimens examined: Rock Island, Sandberg cfc Leiberg, in 1893; Okanogan County, 

 Whited 195; White Bluff Ferry, LaJce cfe Hull 705; Tampico, Henderson 2527; Cowiche 

 Creek, Cotton 464; Alkali Lake, Sandberg & Leiberg 413; Yakima, Howell; Rattlesnake 

 Mountains, Cotton 760. 



Zonal distribution: Upper Sonoran. 



3. Madronella odoratissima Greene, Leaflets 1 : 168. 1906. 

 Monardella odoratissima Benth. Lab. 332. 1832-36. 



Type locality: "In petrosis ad flumen Columbia et in riipibus alpestribus in montibus 

 White Mountains." Collected by Douglas. 

 Range: Washington and Oregon. 



Specimens examined: Blue Mountains, Piper 2078; Meyers Falls, Kreager 499. 

 Zonal distribution: Transition. 



MELISSA. 



1. MeUssa offlcinaHs L. Sp. PI. 2: 592. 1753. Balm. 



Type locality: "Habitat in montibus Genevensibus, Allobrogicis, Italicis." 

 This plant is reported as escaped from gardens in Klickitat County, Suksdorf. 



