PIPER — FLORA OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. 607 



Range: British Columbia to Oregon. Asia. Europe. 



Spkcimens examined: Whatcom County , Suksdorf 97 5; Fairhaven, Piper; west Klick- 

 itat County, Suksdorf 127, 656; Manor, Pij>er, July 10, 1899; Kalama, Piper, October 30, 

 1901. 



Zonal distribution: Humid Transition. 



4. Gnaphalium decurrens californicum (DC.) A. Gray, Bot. Cal. 1: 341. 1876. 



Gnaphalium californicum DC. Prod. 7: 224. 1865-8. 



Type locality: California. 



Range: Washington and Idaho to California. 



Specimens examined: Cascade Mountains, latitude 49°, Lyall in 1859; Falcon Valley, 

 Suksdorf 33; Mount Adams, Flett 1067; Kittitas County, Sandberg cfc Leiberg 700; Fend 

 Oreille River, Lyall in 1861. 



Zonal distribution: Arid Transition and Canadian. 



6. Gnaphalium microcephalum Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 7: 404. 1840. 



Type locality: "St. Diego, Upper California." 



Range: British Columbia to Idaho and California. 



Specimens examined: Port Ludlow, 5mns, August 15, 1890; Fort Townscnd, Edwards 

 33; Anacortes, Henderson, July 5, 1892; Tacoma, Flett 138; upper Nisqually Valley, Allen 

 223; Peshast'm, Sandberg d; Leiberg 830; Leavenworth, (Savage 25; Whited245; Tumwater 

 Canyon, Whited 1458; Spokane, Piper, August 28, 1898; Newport, Kreager 454. 



Zonal distribution: Transition. 



6. Gnaphalium chilense Spreng. Syst. 3 : 480. 1826. 



Gnaphalium sprenglii Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. 150. 1838. 



Gnaphalium luteo-album occidentale Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 7: 403. 1841. 



Type LOCALITY : California. There collected byChamisso, but the specimens erroneously 

 attributed to Chile. 



Range: Washington to California and Texas. 



Specimens examined: Seattle, Piper 1076; North Yakima, lfa«, August, 1895; Piper 

 1786; Lake Chelan, Lake cfe Hull 745; Pullman, Piper, October 5, 1897; Waitsburg, 

 Horner 412; Alma, Elmer 544; Toppcnish, Cotton 777, Prosser, Cotton 896. 



Zonal distribution: Transition. 



ADENOCAULON. 



1. Adenocaulon bicolor Hook. Bot. Misc. 1: 19. t. J5. 1830. 



Type locality; " In sylvis densis apud Fretum de Fuca, atque prope Fort Vancouver 

 ad flumen Columbiae, in ora occidental] Americae Septentrionalis " Collected by Scouler. 



Range: British Columbia to California and east to Lake Superior. 



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

 Mountains, Edwards in 1889; Silverton, Bouck 87; Seattle, Piper, July, 1891; upper Nis- 

 qually Valley, Allen 12; Peshastin, Sandberg cfe Leiberg 598; Stehekin, ^yh^ted 1400; Max- 

 field, Henderson, June 22, 1892, Skagit Pass, Lake cfe Hull 806; Railroad Creek, Elmer 859; 

 without locality, Vasey 490; without locality, Geyer 523; Mount Carlton, Kreager 214. 



Zonal distribution: Humid Transition. 



PSILOCARPHUS. 



Heads covered with long loose woolly hairs. 



Erect, 6 to 15 cm. high ; heads sparsely woolly 1. P. elatior. 



Dwarf; heads very woolly 2. P. brevissimus. 



Heads covered with short close wool. 



Prostrate; leaves oblong or elliptic 3. P. tenellus. 



Ascending; leaves narrowly oblanceolate 4. P. oreganus. 



