86 PROCEEDINGS OP THE ACADEMY OF [1884. 



CAPRIFOLIACEJE. 



Lonicera hispidula Dougl. 



I see no difference between the yellow and red forms, though 

 they strike one as distinct when growing. The red form, Port 

 Townsend, W. T. 



L. involucrata Banks. Kaigan, Alaska. 



Seemingly different from the Colorado plant, but chiefly in 

 size and habit. The plant has a sarmentose or half-climbing char- 

 acter. It grows up the hemlock trees as they grow ; and, when 

 the lower branches of the hemlock die, the stems of the Lonicera 

 remind one of grap6vines. But the plant travels along the 

 lower living or dead branches of the hemlock, outwards to the 

 light. Away from trees they are self-supporting, but yet the 

 branches are somewhat pendulous. In such cases eight to ten 

 feet high. 



Linnsea borealis Gion. Port Townsend, W. T. 

 Sambucus racemosa Mx. Fort Wrangel, Alaska. 



Familiar as I am with the var. piihens of the Allegheny and 

 Rocky Mountains, I could hardly believe the forms deserved to 

 be regarded as identical after seeing the Alaska plants, especially 

 those about Fort Wrangel. The inflorescence was strictl}^ race- 

 mose, which the more eastern form is not. Shrubs six to ten 

 feet, and as wide, covered with brilliant scarlet berries, were 

 extremely attractive. 



Symphoricarpus racemosuB Ms. Victoria, B. C. 

 Vibamam ellipticum Hook. Pj'ramid Harbor, Alaska. 



RUBIACEJE. 



Galium asprellum Mx. Victoria, B. C. 



Slender habit. ' Harrisburg and Sitka, coarse and straggling. 



G. triflorum Mx. Port Townsend, W. T.; Victoria, B. C; Harrisburg, Sitka, Alaska. 



Leaves getting broader from each location northwards. 

 COMPOSITJE. 



Adenocaulon bioolor Hook. Port Townsend, W. T. 



Acbillea miUefolium L. Port Townsend, W. T. ; Victoria, B. C; Harrisburg, 

 Alaska. 



Much more vigorous and hairy than the eastern plant, and 

 generally with deep rosy, occasionally with pinky white, but 

 rarely, if ever, with pure white flowers. 



