VOL. VII, PP. 133-150 JULY, 1892 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON. 



PLANTS OF THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS, BERING SEA * 

 BY DR. C. HART MERRIAM. 



WITH CRITICAL NOTES BY J. N. ROSE. 



INTRODUCTORY NOTE., 



The present incomplete list of the plants of the Pribilof or Seal 

 Islands is based on specimens collected by me from July 28 to 

 August 10, 1891, and presented to the National Herbarium in 

 the United States Department of Agriculture. The collection 

 consists of about 1,000 specimens in good condition, comprising 

 upwards of 130 species. Several collections of plants have been 

 made on the islands before, but owing to the constant fogs were 

 ruined by dampness and mould before reaching Washington. 

 My plants were dried by artificial heat and kept in a dry place 

 on the United States Fish Commission Steamer 'Albatross ' until 

 their arrival at Puget Sound, whence they were transmitted 

 promptly to Washington by rail. 



So far as I am aware, no previous list of the plants of these 

 islands has appeared, though the Pribilof Islands are mentioned 

 as a locality under a number of species in ' Flora Rossica,' and 

 Townsend enumerates 12 species that were brought back by him 

 and identified by Dr. George Vasey.f The present list cannot 



*Read before the Biological Society of Washington, May 28, 1892. 

 f Cruise of the Corwln for 1885, 1887, p. 07. 



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