552 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



3. Ambrosia psilostachya DC. Prod. 6: 526. 1836. 



Type ix)Cality: "In Mexico, inter San Fernando et Matamoras." 



Range: Washington to Saskatchewan, .south to Cahfornia and Texas. 



Specimens examined: Walla W^alla, Piper, August 13, 1897; Pullman, Piper, October 

 10, 1897. 



Apparently an introduced plant in Washington. 



QAERTNERIA. 



Not maritime ; annual, erect or .spreading S. G. acarUhicarpa. 



Maritime .species; pnjstrate perennials. 



Leaves 2 to 3 pinnately parted \. G. bipinnatifida 



Leaves cuneate-obovate, serrate or lac|niate 2. G. chamissonis. 



1. Gaertneria bipinnatifida (Nutt.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 1: 339. 1891. 

 Franseria hipinnatijida Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. S<m\ 7: 344. 1840. 



Type ijocxiatc: " Sea coast of Upper Califoniia, (St. Barbara, St. Diego, &c.)" 



Range: Seacoast, Washington to California. 



Specimens examined: Ilwaco, //cTuf^rson, September 7, 1892; Shoal water Bay, Cooper; 

 Puget Sound, Henderson 21; Port Angeles, Pij)er 2307; Fairhaven, Pij^r, July 2, 1897; 

 Whatcom County, Suksdorf 976; Seattle, Piper, September, 1898; Tacoma, FleU 101. 



Zonal distribution : <f lumid Transition. 



2. Gaertneria chamissonis (Less.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 1: 339. 1891. 

 Frantteria chamissonis hcss. ; DC. Prod. 6: 524. 1836. 



Franseria cuneifolia Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 7: 507. 1840. 



TtiPE locality: California. 



Range: Seacoasts, Washington to California. 



Specimens examined: Shoalwater Bay, Cooper in 1854. 



Zonal distribution: Humid Transition. 



3. Gaertneria acanthicarpa (Hook.) Britton, Mem. Torr. Club 6: 382. 1894. 

 Ambrosia acanthicarpa Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 309. 1833. 



Franseria hookeriana Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 7: 345. 1840. 



Franseria acanthicarpa Coville, Contr. Nat. Herb. 4: 129. 1893. 



Type locality: "Banks of the Saskatchewan and Red Rivers." 



Range: Washington to Saskatchewan, south to Arizona and Texas. 



Specimens examined: West Klickitat County, Suksdorf, September, 1883; Fishhook 

 Ferry, Leiberg 922; banks of Columbia River, Wenache, Whited 28; North Yakima, Watt, 

 August, 1895; bluffs of the Columbia above Chelan River, Watson 21 1 ; Almota, Piper 1839, 

 1837; Pros-ser, Cotton 630; Sunnyside, Cotton 755; Priest Rapids, Cotton 1390. 



Zonal distribution: Upper Sonoran. 



ASTERACEAE. Aster Family. 



» synopsis of the tribes. 



Anthers not caudate at base ; style branches either truncate or tipped with 

 an appendage. 



Heads rayless; style branches club-shaped, obtuse; flowers all perfect, 



never yellow j Eupatorieae. 



Heads radiate (rarely rayless). . , 



Style branches of perfect flowers fl^tj pr tippqd with a distinct 



appendage; leaves mostly alternate. f... j. ^ .,..,.. , Asterkae. 



Style branches of perfect flowers, ti^HnQate or.appejidaged, not flat- 

 tened ; leaves of ten opposite. ,,„i . : 

 Involucre not scarious. ,.,;... . 



