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VIOLACE^. 



Viola sarmentosa Dougl. Harrisburg, Alaska. Perfect flowering. 



V. sarmentosa. In open gravelly places. Departure Bay, Alaska. Cleistogamous. 



Arenaria lateriflora L. Pyramid Harbor, Alaska. 



Cerastium alpinum L. Bartlett Bay, Alaska. 



Honkenya peploides Ehrb. Killisnotr Island, Alaska. 



I did not see Indians eating this, but I saw it in their 

 canoes, brought from places where it grew ; and often saw pieces 

 lying around where their camp-fires had been. I believe they 

 cook and eat it. 



Spergula arvensis L. Harrisburg, Alaska; clefts of rocks by the seaside. 



Stellaria borealis Bigel. Harrisburg, Sitka, Alaska. 



S. crispa Ch. and Sch. Pyramid Harbor, Harrisburg, Alaska. Common. 



S. longifolia Muhl. Harrisburg, Alaska. 



Sagina prooumbens L. Sitka, Alaska. 



PORTULACACEiE. 



Claytonia sarmentosa C. A. Mey. Fort Wrangel, Alaska. 



This is evidently the plant intended by Pursh as G. lanceolata, 

 but I believe my plant is what is regarded as above. It is com- 

 mon along the coast, and is extremely variable. Eaten by 

 Indians. 



Montia fontana L. Sitka, Alaska. 



I saw only some half dozen small plants under a cabin set on 

 logs, and suspected it was an introduced plant. 



HYPERICACE-ai. 



Hypericum Soouleri Hook. Departure Bay, B. C. 



MALVACE.ZE3. 



Eidaloea malvseflora Gray. Victoria, B. C. 



This appears to me somewhat different from the plant of the 

 more southern portion of the continent ; but Mr. Serano Watson 

 decides it to be this species. Two to three feet high, 



GERANIACE^. 



Geraniam erianthum D. C. Killisnow Island, Alaska. 

 G. pusillum Lin. Port Townsend, W. T. ; Victoria, B. C. 

 Impatiens falva Nutt.* Harrisburg, Alaska. 



SAPINDACEiE. 



Acer rubrum L. Pyramid Harbor, Alaska. 



