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gigantea), so called on account of the coal-black color of its pods 
when ripe; American vetch ( Victa Americana), was found near by; 
the low strawberry (Fragaria Chilensis ), grew upon the openclay- 
banks; in the fields and open ground, the tar-weed ( Mada sativa, 
var. racemosa), was everywhere; too common for easy locomotion 
along the trail was the salal ( Gau/theria Shallon), the fruit of which 
forms a staple article of diet among the Coast Indians, occurring as 
it does in great profusion, and being not at all unpalatable (though 
with a tinge of the Indian or Chinese in its flavor !); lastly, the peer 
of any of them, though modest withal, the twin-flower (Linnea 
borealis). Many think our great master, Linnzeus, should have had 
his name identified with a grander member of the plant-world. To 
me it is peculiarly appropriate, representing the purity of his life in 
the beautiful mossy banks where it is found, his unassuming man- 
ner in its bowed heads, and the sweetness of his disposition in the 
delicious fragrance it exhales. I know of nothing more refreshing 
_ than, when tired with the long trail and heavy pack, to throw one 
_ self full length upon a bank covered thickly by this little vine, and 
with head pillowed in its soft embrace, drink in the ‘‘ honeyed nec- 
tar” of its scent, and view the blue sky or masses of snowy clouds 
through the overarching branches of the firs. Along the shaded 
rills were several other plants more or less remarkable. These were 
the spring beauty ( Claytonia sibirica); bishop’s cap ( Tiarella tri- 
_ foliata), its ripened pods looking remarkably like the caps worn by 
_ the popes and bishops of old; the silver leaf (Adenocaulon bicolor), 
_ the dark, smooth, green upper surface being wonderfully different 
from its satiny under surface; avens (Geum macrophyllum )—per- 
haps we should call it the ‘‘ little bayonet plant,” since the ends of 
the styles are so bent to one side as remarkably to resemble a mass 
of fixed bayonets; the magnificent goat’s-beard (.Sprir@a Aruncus ), 
its tall tassel of minute white flowers lighting up the dark dells or 
shady banks; near by the hazel ( Cory/us rostrata), its green fruit 
clusters covering the ends of the branches and containing their 
‘Nearly ripe nuts. 
_ These were the more conspicuous plants; the inconspicuous were 
‘many and need only be mentioned—three bed-straws ( Galium tri- 
Jlorum, G. trifidum, and G. aparine; tall chickweed ( Stellaria 
borealis ), two Epilobiums ( £. coloratum, and £. minutum), Troxt- 
mon lacinatum, the two wood-rushes (Luzula spadicea, and L. 
