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ARACE^, 



Lysichiton Camtschatcense Schott. Fort "Wrangel, and throughout the coast. 



Leaves larger, narrower and much more glaucous than its ana- 

 logue, the skunk cabbage of the Eastern States. 



Two 3'ouug deer, about a j^ear old, were captured while 

 attempting to swim across a four-mile stretch of an arm of the 

 sea, and brought on board the steamer, the captain intending to 

 take them to San Francisco. They took well to their imprison- 

 ment ; but after some time, the ship's boat brought back a lot of 

 these leaves. I remarked to the captain that the acrid leaves 

 would probably be fatal to the animals, but he remarked that 

 they would not eat them so freely if injurious, and they were fed 

 continuously for several days on them, when one died. The cap- 

 tain's idea was that il^ died of sea-sickness. It had been very 

 rough the night it died. The other one finally recovered, 



NAIDACE^. 



Triglochin maritimum L. Fort Wrangel, Alaska. 

 T. palustre L. Bartlett Bay, Alaska. 



JUNCACE^. 



Juncus arcticus Willd. Bartlett Bay, Alaska. 

 J. Balticus Dethard. Fort Wrangel. 



Varies in size in different localities. 



J. bufonius L. Sitka, Alaska. 



J. filiformis I.. Astoria, Or. 



J. xiphioides Meyer. Fort Wrangel, Alaska. 



Luzula campestris D. C. Sitka, Alaska. 



L. spadicea, var pnrvijiora Meyer. Fort Wrangel, Alaska. 



CYPERACEJE. 



Carex cryptocarpa. Alaska. 



C. muricata Linn. Alaska. 



C. undetermined. Alaska. 



C. undetermined. Alaska. 



Eriophorum gracile Koch. Fort Wrangel, Alaska. 



Scirpus puflgens Vahl. Fort Wrangel, Alaska. 



GRAMINEiE. 



(Identified by F. Lamson Scribner.) 

 Agrostis alba var. scaherrima. Bartlett Bay, Alaska. 

 A. canina, var, Sitka, Alaska. 

 A. exarata Trin. Sitka, Alaska. 



