574 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



Specimens examined: Mount Rainier, Smith, August 11, 1S89; Piper 1071; Mount 

 Adams, Henderson, August 3, 1892; Suksdorf 65; Yakima region, Brandegee 115, 852. 

 Zonal distribi^tion: Iludsonian. 



14. Aster cusickii A. Gray, Proc Am. Acad. 16: 99. 1881. 

 Type locality: "In the mountains of Union Co." Oregon. Collected by Cusick. 

 Range: Oregon and Washington in the Blue Mountains. 



Specimens e.xamined: Bhie Mountains, Homer 3G3: KUckitat River, Cotton 1425,1483. 

 Zonal distribution: Iludsonian. 

 The Cotton specimens are quite glabrous and perhaps a distinct species. 



16. Aster wattii Piper, Bull. Torr. Club 20: 645. 1902. 



Type i-ocality: "Near North Yakima, Wa.sh." Collected by Prof. G. II. Watt; not 

 otherwise known. 



16. Aster eatoni (A. Gray) Howell, FI. N. W. Am. 310. 1900. 

 Aster foliaceus eatoni A. Gray, S^'n. Fl. 1^: 194. 1884. 



Type locality: "West IIumlK)ldt Mountains to the Wahsatch; 0-8000 feet elevation," 

 Nevada. . 



Range: Washington to Utah and Nevada. 



Specimens examined; Wenache, Whited2\, 199; Salmon River, //oTTicr 361 ; Peshastin, 

 Sandberg cfc Leiherg, August, 1893; Silver Lake, Henderson, July 3, 1892; Walla Walla, 

 Piper, August 13, 1897; Waitsburg, Corner 547, 359; Toppcnish, Co«on 776; Squaw Creek, 

 Cotton 873. 



Zonal distribution: Arid Transition and Upper Sonoran. 



17. Aster douglasii Lindl ; Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 11. 1834. 



Type locality: "Common on the N. W coast, near the confluence of the Columbia, in 

 open undulating grounds." Collected by Douglas. 



Range: British Columbia to Idaho and California. 



Specimens examined: Toppenish, Henderson, May 28, 1892; Fort Canby, Savage 27; 

 Chelan, £7mer 849; Spokane, /TZwer 866,864; Piper 3801,3802; Kreager62S; west Klickitat 

 County, Suksdorf 191, 341, 342, 343, 344, 346; Peshastin, Brandegee 863. 



Zonal distribution: Transition. 



18. Aster occidentaUs Nutt.; Torr. & Gr. Fl. 2: 164. 1841. 

 TripoUum occidentale Nutt. Trans. Am Phil. Soc 7:296. 1840. 



Type locality: "By the margins of muddy ponds in the Rocky Mountains, 7,000 feet 

 alK)ve the level of the sea." Collected by Nuttall. 

 Range: Wa.shington, Oregon, and Idaho. 

 Specimens examined: Wenache, Whited. 



18a. Aster occidentalis intermedius A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 1^: 192. 1884. 



Type locality : Falcon Valley, Washington. Collected by Suksdorf. 



Range: Washington to California. 



Specimens examined: Vesh&st'm, Sandberg d; Leiberg 803, S07 ; Wind River, FZe« 1070; 

 Tampico, Henderson, July 31, 1892; Falcon Valley, Suksdorf 62; Klickitat, Howell 329, 557, 

 west Klickitat County, Suksdorf 345; Yakima region, Brandegee 861 ; North Yakima, Piper 

 1782; Ellensburg, Whited 580, 529; Conconully, Whiled 1319; Waitsburg, Horner 560, 551, 

 556; Almota, Piper 2731, 2373; without locality, Vasey 527; Clealum Lake, CoUon 864. 



Zonal distribution: Upper Sonoran and Arid Transition 



19. Aster fremonti (Torr. & Gr.) A. Gray, Syn. Fl 1^: 191 1884. 

 Aster adscendens frefnonti Torr. & Gr. Fl, 2: 503. 1843 



Type locality; None given. 



Range: British Columbia and Montana to California and Colorado. 



