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APPENDIX. [No. VII 



Wittd. ii. p. 250. Pursh. i. p. 248. (W 



Willd 



T. t>alustre : Willd 



(H. A.) 



(W 



122. Tofielda borealis : Wafdenberg. Fl. Lapp. p. 89. (W. B.) 



Scapus nudus, involucris (calyculis, WahL) albis dimidiatis trifidis pedicellum fulcrantibus ut recte monet 

 clariss. Wahlenberg*. Herba elegans. 



Herba 



P. coccinea: spica capitata bracteata, involucro trifido regulari. (A.) 



elegantik T. borealis totk carens. Folia basi spathacea, equitantia, compressa, linearia superne 

 lanceolata acuminata plana. Caulis palmaris erubescens firmus duriusculus plerumque flexuosus, folio uno 

 alterove radicalibus simili instructus. Spath& folior. caulinor. ventricosse, rubescentes. Flares fere sessiles 

 in capitulo terminali cong-esti, interdum proliferi. Calyx trifidus, corollae approximatus, nee dimidiatus, 

 laciniis rubescentibus, brevibus, ovatis, acutis. Petala sex viridia, dorso coccineo rubro, interdum tota sordide 

 coccinea, lineari obovata, calyce triplo longiora. Capsules tres ovatae, basi connatae, petalis altiores poly- 

 spermae. Floret Augusto ad oras maris hyperborei. 



Our specimens of this plant were lost in crossing the Barren Grounds j but the above description, which 

 was taken from the live plant, agrees with specimens in the Banksian Herbarium, brought from Unalaska, by 

 Mr, Nelson. 



124. Zigadenus chloranthus : scapo sub-nudo, petalis obovatis obtusis* (W.) 



Herba glauca glaberrima. Radix bulbosa tunicata. Folia radicalia, scapo dimidio breviora, erecto- 

 patentia, linearia, acuta, canaliculata, basi vaginantia, nervis parallelis. Scapus cubitalis laevis inferne 

 obsolete triqueter, superne teretiusculus vix flexuosus, foliis duobus bracteiformibus plerumque instructus. 

 Racemus [terminalis multiflorus saepius basi ramosus ; pedicellis pollicaribus, apicibus incrassatisj 

 bracteis membranaceis lanceolatis concavis acutis pedicellis dimidio brevioribus. Flores viridescenti-albi, 

 masculini hermapliroditis immixti. Corolla laciniis sex patentibus, obovatis basi attenuatis infra medium 

 glandula viridi obcordatct profundeque emarginat& munitis. Filamenta corollam subaequantia. Capsula 

 membranacea tricocca, trilocularis ovata, acuminata, coroM emarcid& obtecta. Semina plurima angulata in 

 loculamentis duplici ordini infarcta. 



HEPTANDRIA. 





Nuttall. Am. i. p. 228. (W.) 



OCTANDRIA. 



126. Epilobium angustifolium : Willd. ii. p. 313. Pursh. ii. p. 259. (W. B.) 



The young leaves, under the name of L'Herbe Fret, are used, by the Canadian voyagers, as a pot-herb. 



olium : Willd. 

 stre : Willd. ii 

 gonum : Willd 



(A.) 



(W. B.) 

 9. (W.) 



130. Vaccinium Canadense : foliis lanceolatis utrinque pubescentibus integerrimis, 



(W 



Frutex pedalis ramosissimus. 



■ 



errucul 



centi vestiti. 



rrima 



tipulis minutis setaceis trifidis. Racemus plerumque terminalis, bracteis obtusis. Calyx 



acanthino-viridis, nutans, laciniis ovatis. 



pentagona 



ore patulo, laciniis ovatis reflexis. Stamina inclusa, filamentis planis villosis, cornubus binis deorsum 

 spectantibus. Fructus maturus mihi non visus. Ramuli floriferi foliosi. Interdum planta tota fuscescit 



