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several red fruit, evidently of this species, but not one-fourth the 

 ordinary size, about the size of an elderberr3\ At Sitlia I saw 

 the plant with the full-sized fruit, half mature, that we see further 

 south. 



Fotentilla fragiformis Willd., var. villosa. Chilcac Inlet, Sitka, Alaska. 

 Varj'ing in habit. 



Prunus emarginata Walp., var. mollis. Astoria, Or. 

 Eosa gymnocarpa Nutt. Departure Bay, B. C. 



In open places a shrub two to three feet, but along the trail 

 through woods not too dense, it would rise six to eight feet 

 high ; and the red fruit, one to three on a common peduncle, 

 made a very ornamental shrub. 



E. Nutkana Presl. (E. cinnamomea Hook). Pyramid Harbor, Alaska; Victoria, 

 and some forms everywhere. 



Varies very mueli in size and form of fruit, sometimes having 

 them as large as Damson plums ; seems generally characterized 

 by very large stipules, especially on the upper part of the flower- 

 ing stem. 



Eubus leucodermis Dougl. Departure Bay, B. C. ; Astoria, Or. 



Leaves commonly pinnate, with fi\e leaflets. Fruit better than 

 the Eastern Black Cap, which it resembles. 



E. natkanus Mofino. Killisnow Island; but very common throughout the coast. 

 E. spectabilis Pursh. Killisnow Island; but everywhere throughout Alaska. 



The fruit is most prevalently of an amber-yellow, but often 

 scarlet or red. The flavor is wholly that of a blackberry, rather 

 than of a raspberry, and they vary very much in size. The 

 Indian women of Sitka have ver}- large ones, which they sell on 

 the road-side. At Killisnow Island I saw two Indian women, 

 whom I encountered in the woods, gathering the soft green tops 

 of the summer shoots in large bunches. They made signs to me 

 that they ate them ; I suppose cooked. 



E. stellatus Smith. Sitka. 



Though the plants seemed abundant, many flowers were 

 abortive, and a large number had but a single red carpel, or two 

 or three only. I had trouble to find a few with perfect berries. 



E. ursinus Ch. & S. Departure Bay, B. C. 



Spiraea Aruncus L. Harrisburg, Alaska; Departure Bay, B. C. 



8. discolor Pursh. Victoria, B. C; Harrisburg, and common along the Alaskan 

 coast. 



I am not able to decide to which of the varieties these northern 



