502 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



3. Solidago serotina .\jt. llort. Kow. 3: 211. 1789. 

 TiPE locality: "Norfh America.'" 



Rance: Wasliirifjton to Newfoundland, south to Nevada, Texjvs, and Geoi^ia. 



Specimens examined: We.><t Klickitat County, Sllk\'i(^orf'2^), Rock Island, Sandhcrg d: 

 Leiherg 449. Bt>avcr Creek, Whiter! 17: Siniilkaineen, A;/«// in 1S()(); Pullman, IHpei' 3102; 

 Wawawai, P(;>f/, Aujjust 23 ISO.'i, Auj^ist 24, 1S94; Newport, A' r«'rtf/«T 1.51; Prosscr, CoWon 

 811; Mabton, Cotton 7^\. 



3a. Solidago serotina salebrosa Pip«>r, Fl Palouse Kvg. 18.5. 1901. 



Type LiMAMTY: Pulhnan, Wa.shington. 



Ran(;e: Wasliinjiton and Oregon eastward acriKss the continent. 



Specimens exa.minei): Seattle, Pi})er, August, 1892; Silver Lake, Ileiulerson 2317; 

 Peshastin, Saiuiberg d' Leiberg 806; Klickitat County, Suksdorf 28; without locality, 

 lirandrget : North Yakima, Piper 178.5; Watt, August, 189,5; Coulee City, Lake cfc Hull 

 797; Alma, Kbuer .524; Lake Chelan. iMkf A Hull 796; Union Flat, Lake cfe Hull, July 

 18, J 892; Pullman, Pijht 1.580; Henderson 2313. 



Zonal distribction: Arid Trunsiticm and UpptT Sonoran. 



This plant has frequently In-eii considered a form of S. caiuidenms L., n, species not known 

 in our limits. 



4. Solidago tolmieana A Gray, Syn Fl. 1 = : 1.51. 1884. 

 Type locality": Fort Vancouver, Wash , collected by Tolmie. 

 Rance: Wa.shington and Oregon in the coast region. 



Specimens examined: Olympia, HenArson 1708, 2316, 1709; Kincaid; Fort Vancouver, 

 Tolmie. 

 Zonal dlstribution : Humid Transition. 



6. Solidago missouriensis Nutt. Journ. Acad. Phil. 7: .32. 1834 



Type lo<'ality: "On the upper branches of the Missouri and Arkaasas." 



Kanc.e: \Va.shington to Manitoba, .south to Texas. 



Specimens examined: Rattlesnake Mountains, Cotton 480; Peshastin, Sandberg <& 

 Leiberg 539; Coulee City, Lake d? Hull 794; Rock Lake, Lake cfc Hull 795; Spokane, Hen- 

 derson 231^; Spokane County, 5wi"«do;/ 926; Pullman, Piper; Henderson 2314; Hull, Ju\y 

 16, 1892; Waitsburg, Homer ,573; Rattlesnake Mountains, Cotton 480. 



Zonal dlstkibction: Arid Transition. 



6. Solidago corymbosa Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. See. 7: 328 1840. 

 Solidago multiradiafa scopudorum A.Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 17: 191. 1882. 

 Solidago ciliosa Greene, Pittonia 3: 22. 1896. 



Solidago hesperia Howell, Fl. N. W. Am. 303. 1900. 



Type locality: "Central chain of the Rocky Mountains." Collected by Nuttall. 



Range: British Columbia to California and New Mexico. 



Specimens examined: Olympic Mountains, Piper 2200, 2199; Mount Stuart, Elmer 

 1196; ^ount Rainier, Piper 21.58; Smith 1064, Baldy Peak, Lamb 1313, Silverton, Bouck 

 105; without locality, Brandegee 14; Loomis, Elmer 562. 



Zonal distribution: Hudsonian and Arctic. 



7. Solidago purshii Porter, Bull. Torr. Club 21: 311. 1894. 

 Solidago humilis Pursh, Fl 2: .543. 1814. 



Type locality; "In North America " 



Range: Newfoundland to Virginia. Washington. 



Specimens examined: Ma.son County, Piper 886; Kincaid, June 15, 1892; Tacoraa, Flett 

 878; without locality, Henderson 2319. 



Zonal distribution: Humid Transition. 



These western specimens are so similar to tlie Atlantic coast plant that 1 am compelled so 

 to refer them, notwithstanding the fact that the species is unknown in intermediate regions. 



