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Under Amelanchier alnifola two numbers are given. No, 26 is 
probably that species, but No. 53, which is reported from “ copses 
near Upper Ferry, Clearwater river above Lewiston,” is a distinct 
plant in appearance, habit and habitat. Instead of growing in 
copses, it is the only shrub found on the upper exposed slopes on 
the right bank of the Clearwater above Camp I. It usually occurs 
as a solitary bush on the edge of the plateau. No. 26 does occur 
in copses along the tributaries of the Clearwater, but at much 
lower elevations. 
A very curious statement is made under Aster Sibiricus: “On 
precipitous ledges of granite, subalpine, near the south end of 
Lake Pend d’Oreille.” How this little plant only can be subal- 
pine, while Parnassia fimbriata, Hedysarum flavescens, Eriogonum 
ovalifolium and Carex capillaris, which grew in company with it at 
an elevation of about 2500 feet, are not subalpine, is quite myste- 
rious, 
Verbena bracteosa is supposed to be “ frequent on rocky hill- 
sides, valley of Clearwater river.” It was collected at one place, in 
low sandy ground, on the right bank of the river, opposite the 
upper island above Camp I. 
Eriogonum flavum is reported as growing “in exposed crevices, 
Packsaddle Peak.” It was collected on a granite outcrop, about 
2,000 feet below the summit of Packsaddle and on another ridge 
where it found a foothold in the scanty covering of soil which 
here and there clothed thé large area of flat rock. 
Under Polygonum imbricatum, we find “June 16 (No. 411).” 
The writer collected that number, and knows for a certainty that 
it should be Polygonum polygaloides. No. 403, which is not men- 
tioned except in the index as “blank,” is probably P. Watsoni (P. 
imbricatum). . 
A map of the region traversed would be a very fitting help to 
a better understanding of the report. oe 
It is to be regretted that the criticism of this work should be 
adverse, but the fact remains that much of the attempted informa- — oe 
tion is utterly worthless and misleading, as will be seen from the, 
few notes recorded above. ee 
“No. 5, issued December 14, 1895. Report on Mexican Um- 
belliferze, mostly from. the State of Oaxaca, recently collected by — 
