262 CATALOGUE OF MR. GEYER’S PLANTS 
Has. Saline argillaceous moist places of the Upper Platte. Abundant 
on the Missouri with “ Allium striatum." June, J uly. x. 61. 
l. Kochia prostrata, Schrad.— Moq. in De Cand. Prodr. vol. xiii. 
p. 132. d 
Haz. Saline loamy watercourses of the calcareous hills of Upper Co- 
lorado River. August. n. 101. 
l. Fremontia vermicularis, Torr. in Fremont’s 1st Rep. Batis? ver- 
miculata, Hook. in Fl. Bor. Am. v. 2. p. 198. Sarcobatus Maxi- 
miliani, Nees, in Bot. Zeitung, 1844, cum Ic. Sarcanthus, Nutt. 
Has. Saline clayey and sandy desert between Upper Platte and Sweet- 
water River. A shrub 3-8 feet high, with spinescent branches and 
succulent leaves, called Sa//-Cedar by the trappers. Occurs also at 
the mouth of Lewis River, Upper Oregon. July. n. 242. 
1. Grayia polygaloides, Hook. et Arn. Bot. of Bech. Voy. vol. i. p. 338. 
Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 271. G. spinosa, Mog. in De Cand. Prodr. v. 13. 
p. 119. Chenopodium? spinosum, Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. v. 2. p. 121. 
Has. Clayey banks in the drift-sand districts of the Upper Platte, 
near Sweet-water River, growing with Fremontia, 3 feet high. July. 
n. 64. i 
POoLYGONES, Juss. 
l. Rumex domesticus, Hartm.—Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. vol. ii. p. 129. 
Has. Alluvium of the Kooskooskie, common. May. n. 351. 
2. Rumex venosus, Ph.—Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. vol. ii. p. 130. t. 174. 
Has. Drift-sand hills, Lower Platte: appears also at the mouth of the 
Walla-Walla, Upper Columbia. The fruit changes from green to 
scarlet, n. 384. 
3. Rumex Acetosa ?, L.—Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. vol. ii. p. 129. 
Has. Wet meadows, Nez Percez highlands, rare. n. 488.—Lower 
leaves lanceolate. An sp. distincta ? 
l. Polygonum Bistorta, L.—Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. vol. ii. p. 101. P. 
bistortoides, Ph. 
Has. Moist deep grassy meadows, on the high and cold plains of the 
Nez Percez Indians, with “ Veratrum viride.” n. 405. - 
2. Polygonum amphibium, L.—Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. vol. ii. p. 131. 
Has. Muddy margins of sloughs, valley of the Columbia River, near 
Fort Colville. September. 2. 632. 
3. Polygonum Hydropiper, L.—Hook. Fl. Bor, Am. vol. ii. p. 132. 
