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POLEMONIACE^. 



Polemonium axruleum Linn. — Common on both islands and luxuriant in 

 certain low and sheltered places. 



Polemonium coeruleum var. acutijforum Willd. — III, 84. Copper Ivsland. 



BOKKAGINACE^. 



Mcrtensiamarithna (IjifiTS.) Uov. — Common on both islands. In some 

 places extremely luxuriant, a single plant covering a large area. 

 First flowers noted, 1883, Copper Island, July 9. 



SCKOPHULARIACE^. 



Veronica kamtschatica LiNN./^ — ( V. aphylla) III, 245. Copper Island, 

 near the village. Low and moist places. Corolla purjilish deep blue. 

 June 28, 1883. 



Veronica SteUeri Pall. — III, 247. Copper Island. Rather common on 

 the mountain slopes, between 100 to 800 feet ; at the latter elevation 

 greatly reduced in size. Collected both at Karabelnij and at the vil- 

 lage. July 1-August 6, 1883. Corolla deep purplish blue. 



Veronica serpyllifoli^ LiNN. — III, 248. Copper Island, borders of Pest- 



schauij Lake. August 2, 188^5. 

 Veronica, americana, ScHW. — Bering Island, Sukhaja Eeschka, not far 



from its mouth, into Gavanskij Oser, a few miles east of the village. 



PcdiculariH Chamissoni»i Stev. — III, 275. Common on both islands. 



SELAGINACE^, 



Gymnandra Gmelini Cham, and SrHL. — III, 332. Common on both isl- 

 ands. Noted from Bering Island by Steller. 



plantaginace^, 



Plantago mqjo^- var. affiatica (Linn.). — III, 479. Bering Island. Not 

 common. 



rOLYGONACE^. 



Polygonum vivii>arum Linn. — III, 510. Common on both islands. Noted 

 by Steller. 



Rumex arcticns Teatjtv. ? — III, 506. Bering Island, sparingly on the 

 vswami)y tundra. 



Oxyria digyna Campd. — Bering Island, near the Southern Seal Eook- 

 ery. Also found at Karabelnij, Copper Island. 



betulace^. 



Betula nana Linn. — III, 653. Common on both islands. 



*BetuIa Erniani Cham. — III, 653. Bering Island, where it grows in the 

 interior of the valleys in dwarfed thicketvS; the stems often having a 

 length of 8-10 feet, but then bent along the ground, and a diameter 

 at the root of 2-3 inches. 



