140 Merriam Plants of the Pribilof Islands. 



Saxifraga chrysaiitha Gray. 



Common in places near Bogoslof hill on St. Paul. Its rich 

 yellow flowers are conspicuous, though considerably smaller 

 than those of S. hirculus. 



Saxifraga hieracifolia Waldst. & Kit, 

 Common in places on St. Paul. 



Saxifraga hirculus Linn. 



Common in patches in the Polavina moss-bogs. Flowers 

 large, yellow, and handsome. 



Saxifraga stellaris comosa Willd. 

 Collected on St. George August 10. 



Saxifraga unalaskensis Sternb. 

 Collected on Polavina moss bogs August 8. 



Chrysosplenium - . 



Collected on Bogoslof hill, St. Paul Island, August 7, 1891. 



[Acaulescent 6S* with a single leaf, 1 to 3 inches [25-75 mm.] 

 high, pubescent, purplish ; radicle leaves on petioles nearly as 

 long as the stems, pubescent ; blade oval, 3 to 5 lines [6-10 

 mm.] broad, 4- to 5-crenate, nearly glabrous ; involucral leaves 

 several, shortly petioled, entire or 3-creiiate, longer than the 

 flowers; calyx purple, 3 lines [6 mm.] broad, 4-lobed; stamens 

 8, half as long as sepals ; disk prominent. St. Paul Island, 

 Pribilof group. August 7, 1891. Collected by C. Hart Mer- 

 riam. It seems nearest C. alter nifolmm. The variety tetrandruw, 

 to which all our North American forms have been referred, has 

 smaller greenish flowers, 4 'stamens, and more leafy stems. 

 J. N. ROSE.] 



Hippurus vulgaris Linn. 



Tolerably common on St. George. 



Bpilobium anagallidifolium Lam. 



Collected on St. George August. 10. 



[A peculiar form [100-125 mm.] 4 to 5 inches high, erect; 

 peduncle U to 2 inches long p><S-5() mm.] ; capsule single or in 



