PIPER FLORA OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. 573 



8. Aster oreganus Nutt.; Torr. & Gr. Fl. 2: 163. 1841. 

 Tripolium oreganum Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 7: 296. 1840. 



Type locality: "On the inundated banks of the Wahlamet," Oregon. Collected by 

 Nuttall. 



Range: Washington and Oregon. 



Specimens examined: Falcon Valley, Suksdorf 63, 647, 396; Loomis, Elmer 614; Spo- 

 kane, Piper 2377; without locality, Vasey 521; Kittitas County, Cotton in 1904. 



Zonal distribution: Arid Transition. 



9. Aster hallii A. Gray, Syn. Fl. l^: 191. 1884. 

 Type locality: Oregon. Collected by Hall. 



Range: Washington and Oregon. » 



Specimens examined: Yakima region, Brandegee 860. 



10. Aster laevis geyeri A. Gray, Syn. Fl. l^: 183. 1884. 



Aster hrevibradeatus Rydberg, Mem. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 1: 393. 1900. 



Type locality: "Meadows, Spokane and Columbia River valleys." Collected Ijy 

 Geyer, no. 638. 



Range: Washington to Montana and Wyoming. 



Specimens examined: Fort Colville, Lyall in 1860; Spokane County, SuTcsdorf 929; 

 Spokane, Piper 2380, Elmer 868; Palouse, Piper 1783; Waitsburg, Horner 548; without 

 locality, Vasey. 



11. Aster elmeri Piper, Bull. Torr. Club 29: 645. 1902. 



Type locality: "Sinlahekin Basin near Loomis, Okanogan County, Wash." Collected 

 by Elmer. Not otherwise known. 



12. Aster jessicae Piper, Erythea 6: 30. 1898. 



Aster latahensis Henderson, Contr. Nat. Herb. 5: 201. 1899. 

 Aster mollis Rydberg, Bull. Torr. Club 28: 22. 1901. 

 Type locality: Pullman, Washington. 

 Range: Washington, Idaho, Wyoming. 



Specimens examined: Pullman, Piper, August, 1898, 1604, 2663, May, 1898; Union 

 Flat, Piper in 1900, 



Zonal distribution: Arid Transition. 



13. Aster foliaceus Lindl.; DC. Prod. 6: 228. 1836. 

 Type locality: " In Unalaschka " 



Range: Alaska to California and Nevada. 



Specimens examined: North Yakima, Watt; Klickitat River, Henderson, August 13, 

 1892; Mount Adams, Sulcsdorf 67 ; without locality, Vasey 523. 

 Zonal distribution: Hudsonian. 



13a. Aster foliaceus frondeus A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 1^: 193. 1884. 



Aster foliaceus burJcei A. Gray, loc cit. 



Aster amplissimus Greene, Proc. Acad. Phila. 1895: 550. 1895. 



Type locality: Cascade Mountains, latitude 49°. Collected by Lyall. 



Range: British Columbia to Oregon, Utah and Colorado 



Specimens examined: Olympia, Piper 2197; Flett 811, Lake Cushman,.firen(^erson 2041; 

 Mount Stuart, Elmer 1201 , Mount Adams Henderson in 1882; Suksdorf 66, 642, August 12, 

 1885; Cascade Mountains, latitude 49°, Lyall in 1859; upper Nisqually Valley, Allen 283; 

 Skagit Pass, Lake cfe Hull 694, Blue Mountains, Piper in 1896; Loomis, Elmer 581 ; without 

 locality, Brandegee 856; Parson Creek, Gorman 828; Klickitat River, Cotton 1430. 



Zonal distribution: Hudsonian. 



13b. Aster foliaceus apricus A. Gray, Syn Fl. 1^: 193. 1884. 

 Type locality; "High mountains of Colorado at Union Pass." 

 Range; Washington to Colorado. 



