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C alpinum, var. Fischer ianum, Torr. et Gray, Fl. of N. Ainer. vol. i. p. 188. — C. Fisdieriauu/a, 
Set., Hook. ri. Bor. Amcr. vol. i. p. 188. Kotzebue Sound; Arctic coast {Pullen). 
47. Cerasxium Behringianum, Cham, et Schlecht., Ilook. Fl. Bor. Amer. vol. i. p. 105. — Torr. 
et Gray-j Fl. of N. Amer. vol. i. p. 188. From Kotzebue Sound to Cape Lisburne. 
48. SiLENE acaulis, Linn., Hook. Fl. Bor. Amcr. vol. i. p. 87.— Torr. et Gray, Fl. of N. Amcr. 
vol. i. p. 189. Capo Lisburne j also found between Point Barrow and Mackenzie River {Pullen) ; 
Woman's Island [Ede). 
49. Lychnis apetala, Linn., Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer. vol. i. p. 91.— Torr. et Gray, Fl. of N. 
Amer. vol. i. p. 194. Very common throughout AVestern Eskimaux-land ; also gathered bctwLCU 
Point Barrow and Mackenzie River [Pullen) ; in Assistance Bay [Penny) ; 'Wolstenkolmc [Ede). 
ITsually found in sand or clay, where it bears white flowers. When growing in peaty soil it ia lew 
robust, the leaves are narrower, and the veins of the caljx and the petals purple. 
50. DiANTHTJs repens, WiUd, (Plate IV.) ; caulibus nmncrosis ipsa basi dinsis In ramos simpb- 
cissimos adscendentes unifloris, foliis linearibus acutis glaberrimis glaucis, squamis calycims bmifl 
ovato-lanccolatis longissime acuminatis apice pctalis calyce ventricoso sublongioribus, petalorum 
lamina obovata apice crenato-dcntata calycis longitudine. 1/. — Lcdcb. Fl. Ross. vol. i. p. 281. 
WiUd. Herb. no. 8544.— Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer. vol. i. p. 87.— Torr. et Gray, Fl. of N. Amer. vol. i 
p. 195. Between Kotzebue Sound and Cape Lisburne. 
A beautiful plant, coveriiig the slopes of hills and presenting a dense mass of purple flowers. It haa 
been found, according to Ledebour, in Eastern Siberia between Irkutsk and Oehntsk ; in Western Eskimaux- 
land it ranges between Kotzebue Sound and Cape Lisburne ; the latter locality is the most northern as yet 
ascertained. 
Plate IV. Fig. 1, petal ; 2, stamen ; 3, ovary and stigma -.—all magnified. 
PORTULACE^. 
51. Claytonia Virginica, Linn., Hook. Fl. Bor. Amcr. vol. i. p. 224.-Torr. et Gray, Fl. of 
N. Amer. vol. i. p. 198. Kotzebue Sound [Collie). 
52. Claytoxia sarmentosa, C. A. IMcyer (Plate V.) ; radice fusiformi-filiformi, caudicc primum 
brevissimo turbinato demum elongato cylindiico dcnsissimc cicatrizato apice incrassato sarmentoso, 
sarmentis tenuissime filiformibus, seapis ercctis vel diffusis. foliis subnen-osis, radicalibus oblongis 
subspathulatis vol elUpticis in pctiolum basi vU vel subdilatatum attcnuatis, eaulims ovatis vel subcor- 
datis basi baud connatis, racemo solitaiio miibractcato, floribus solitariis, calyce obtusissimo pedi- 
cello 4-6-plo breviorc, petalis late obovatis emarginatis vel retusis calyce 3-4-plolongionbus albB 
^el roscis. % .-C. sarmentosa, C. A. Mcy. in Mem. de la Soc. des Nat. dc Mosc. vo . ™. p^l37^ t^ 3. 
-Ledcb. Fl. Ross. vol. ii. p. 149.-0. lanceolata, Hook, et Am., Bot. Beech, p. 123 (nee P.u^sh, hde 
spec, in Herb. Hook. !-C. Virginiana, Hook, et Am., Bot. Beech 1. c. ? ? Cape Lisbmnic. 
My spechnens belong ^ther to var. a, latifolia, Ledeb., than A tenclh, Ledeb., and they all have rose- 
colou^d flowers. The C. lanceolata, Hook, et Am., is identical with C. sannentosa, and .t .s not unbkely 
ITa Virginica of 'Beechey's BCany' may also be a mere form of 0. .— .. ^J^-^^^^^^^ 
species of aaytonia in Western Eskimaux-knd save the latter, and the remark of Hooker and Arnott that 
the leaves of their specimens were remarkably broad, and sheathing at the base, seems to show that they 
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