NATURAL SCIENCE8 OF PHILADELPHIA. 



1898.] 



Peucedanum simplex Nutt. (or P. tri- 

 ternatum Pursh.) 



A root 5 or 6 inches long eaten 

 raw or boiled by the natives. On 

 the Kooskooskee, May 6, 1806. 

 [Leaves only, and species very 

 doubtful. P. tritematum is said 

 to grow on the waters of the 

 Columbia]. 

 Peucedanum utriculatum Nutt. ? 



A great horse medicine among 

 the natives. On the Kooskoos- 

 kee, June 10, 1806. Grows on 

 rich upland. [Specimen poor 

 and not certainly identifiable]. 



An umbelliferous plant of the 

 root of which the Wallowallows 

 make a kind of bread. The na- 

 tives call it Shappalell. April 

 29, 1806. [Sterile and n o t 

 placed ; leaves and root]. 19 



[Label only]. 



A species of Fennel root eaten 

 by the Indians, of an annis-seed 

 taste; flowers white. Columbia 

 River, April 25, 1806. 



[Unidentifiable]. 



An umbelliferous plant with 

 large fusiform root which the 

 natives bake and eat. On the 

 Columbia, April 15, 1806. 

 [Unidentifiable, stems only]. 



An umbelliferous plant, of 

 which the natives don't eat the 

 root. On the Columbia, April 

 14, 1806. 



29 



Phellandrium aquaticum Pursh 

 (not L.), Fl. 195. On the waters 

 of the Rocky Mountains, M. 

 Lewis. %. July, v. s. in Herb. 

 Lewis. The Indians of that 

 country use it as a medicine in 

 the diseases of horses. 



19 I suggested no name for this when sending the collection to Dr. Robin- 

 son, but am now inclined to regard it as Cynwpte?'us campestris Nutt. There is 

 no specimen in our herbarium to compare it with. 



