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being S. Lyalli of Eugler) ; S. bracteafa, peculiar to the legiou, aud 8. 

 punctata, partly in a form approaching the var. nana of the Point Bar- 

 row collection. Chrysnspleninm alternifolium, Parnaasia paJustris, and a 

 little Droaera rotuncUfoUa were also collected. 



Epilohium latifolium, E. roseum, and apjiarently E.affine of Bongard, 

 Ligusticum Scoticum aud Selinum Benthami of Watson, unhappily not in 

 fruit, and Cornus Suecica finish the Polypetalw, aud Linnwa boreaUs was 

 also collected. 



The Compositw are Aster feregrinus of Pursh, Achillea multijlora, 

 Chrysanthemu7narcticum, Matricaria (liscoidea, Artemisia Richardsoniana, 

 A. norvegica, and A. vulgaris, var. Tilesii, Arnica nnalaschensis, Satcs- 

 surea alpina, Picris hieracioides var. Japonica, Hieracium triste, aud a 

 large form of Taraxacum officinale var. lividum. 



Campanula lasiocarpa was collected in fine state. 



Ericacea' are more largel;^' represented by Vaccinium oxycoccus and 

 a form of V. ovalifolium (var. Chamissonis of Bongard), Arctostaphylos 

 alpina, Cassiope lycoj;fodioides, and a single scanty specimen of a very 

 marked new species, most related to C. Stelleriana, which in foliage is so 

 much like Vaccinium vitis Idcea or oxycoccus that it is named G. oxy- 

 coccoides ; Also Loiseleuria procumbens, Bryanthus [Phyllodoce) taxifolius, 

 au<l B. aleuticus, and, best of all, the original Bryanthus Gmelini of Don., 

 which we had never before seen. It was known to occur on Bering Isl- 

 and, and it is a great satisfaction that Mr. Stejueger detected it. A 

 view of the flowers certainly weakens the strength of my conviction 

 (acted upon in the Synoptical Flora of North America) that Phyllodoce 

 should be referred to the same genus. lUit a consideration of the par- 

 allel differences offered by the corolla of Cassiope inclines me still to 

 maintain the view which I had ventured to take. The other Ericacew 

 are Ledum palustre, Kalmia glauca, Rhododendron 1<amtschaticum, R. 

 chrysanthemum, aud Pyrola minor. We may here append Diapensia 

 lapponica, which occurs in the sparsely-leaved form, uamed by Maxi- 

 mo wicz, var. asiatica. 



The remaining Gamopetalw are Trientalis europcea var. arctica, Pri- 

 mula cuneifolia, Gentiana glauca, aud the still rarer G. auriculafa, Pole- 

 monium ca-ruletim and its var. acutiflorum, Mertensia maritima in a very 

 large form, the rare and local Veronica kamtschatica and V. Stelleri, as 

 well as the widespread V. serpyllifolia and V. americana, Pedicularis 

 Chamissonis,. Gymnandra Gmelini, and Plantago in ajar var. asiatica. 



The Apetalce include a very large-leaved and robust Polygonum vivi- 

 parum, Rumex arcticus, Betula nana, and the following willows, which 

 have been determined by Mr. Bebb, viz., Salix speciosa. Hook & Am., 

 single specimen with male catkin, aud several forms of *S'. crassijulL^, 

 Trev., which Anderson has combined under the name of *V. Pallasii. 



The Monocotyledons are Fritillaria Kamfschatkens's, Majonthemum 

 hifolium, var. Kamtschaticum, Veratrum album, To/Jeldia calyculata, Iris 

 setosa, Orchis arist^ta, Habenaria borealis, Luzula campestris, and L. spa- 



