835 



ttlofH' of tlir itioiiiitaiiiH ntitil at tli«* iimnlli of IXMMu-lmiitnu'nt Hay, 

 jiImhU l'O kiloiiut« r*^ Irom .Mount 'IVlH'iikof, it luci-tM tin- hca. 



Tlio roiitlitioiiM M'liirli favor tlu* iiortliwanl profficMM of tlif forcHt 

 uiv. Tin* low fli'\atioii of the roast r«';;ioii. tin* waiitilli of tin- in-rau 



< iirrt'iils, aihi tli<« prfvailiii;; HouthcaMtcrly wiiuln; while tiic opiNMiii^ 

 oiiditioiiM nre: Tbt> lii|;lit'r (*U«Viitiuii uf tlio iiiotiiitaiiiM, the kuow ttiiil 



Hv wliicli rov<*r thrill, ami tlit^ (HTasionai nortli«*rly wiints. 



Two/oiiivH an* rli*arly ivpri'MMitiMl in tlir Mora i>f tin* Vakntat Hay 

 • ;;ioii, one vxt (Milling from thu Hca up to tiiiihi>r lint*, the other IVoin 

 tiiiil>i>r liiir to tlir lower liiiiii of pnpctiiiil hiiou. ThiT«iiiHpi(iioiirt thmil 

 friitiin-.s of thc.s<« /oiifH ai(Mlrs<iilM<l l»y Mi. Kiinstoii in his lifhl irport* 

 In its general ;;eo;;raphi(> relatioiixhip ti*<> Vuktitat liny lloni kIiowh an 

 ilniost cxrliisivt'ly ciiininpolar orij^in, while in its liitVerentiation from 

 f Im* eirenni|M»lar lloia it i-onlorniH with tlial of \Ve-<tern Itiifi'^li Ami-riea 

 ml tin* nioiintains of \Vas|iin;;ton ami Ore;;on. 



Tlie appended eatalo);ne of tin* eolleetion < i.nn^ i., >ii. . m> .tiid 



\arietiesof vjisctilar plants and L'7 of eellnlar plants. The <leteiinina- 

 tion of the spei'itneiis in eertain j-ases has heeii made liy stndents of 

 tf|M>eial ;;ronps, the name of eaeh of whom is inserted in the jnoiwr 

 place in the eatalo^rne. 



CATALOGUE OF SPECIES. 



RANUNCULACEiE 



Anemone narcissiflora I.. >{>. I'l. i, .>lu' 1 17r>3). Typo localitieH, tln' AIjik of 

 .\iiiitriit, .S\vit/«Tl;inil. ;oiiI Sil»«-ii:i. Tlw .N|ii-cirt<- iiiinii', iipiiaroiitly )iy ii slip t>f thr« 

 ]>rii, w:i«i ]iriiitt>il lirst " HttrciBai/olia," liut wax roiTfttiMl in u »ub!>i*i|iii-nt iMlttiuii to 



■ iitiiH'iit May, AtiKH'^t 13 (No. Hi), nearly |>u.st liowi-riiij;. Tlii- plant iit 

 nl>iin<lant. ran^ini; Irom ItoO to INM) nu'tors altittulc. 



Ranunculus cooley» Vanoy \. Koh*-, C'oiitr. Nat. Ili-rl*. i. 2H«t (lH9:i). Tlu> tyjMs 

 BIH.M-iiiifiiH ar« those cuUectcd l»y Miss C'ooley near .Itiueaii, Alaska, nnil thoM? of the 



TMlSCIlt Colll'I'tioU. 



■ Ml tliosiiiumit of a mountain on tho mainland Houthoast nf Hnonke Islaml, Hitt- 

 t'lD-hantiniMit Hay, AiiKiist 10 (No. !«l), at an altitii<l<< of I.OOO iiifttTH. Only four 



:plaiit«« wtTi- H4'«>n. I am wholly iinahlo to agn-e with rrofi-s.sor K. 1.. firocne' in roii- 

 siilfrin^ thiH ]ilant a oloso n-lativo of humtinnu hi/Hlncnla (Gnxy) Hrefur, whiili is 

 thi< i:iinuiiriilujt hi/Klriruliin nf «;ray. In that peculiar plant tho sepals are petaloitl, 

 Ixiii.; 1 ir,-'- anil white like those of an .Vncnione, while the pi-tals are reduced to 

 nniiuti' stalked iieetaries. In 1,'aniiiiculiiit cooleiftv the sejials are of an herhaeeous 

 green rolor, while the petals have the large size, expanded form, and hri^ht yellow 



< iilor of an ordinary liiitterenp. 



Ranunculus reptaus L. Sp. PI. i, 519 (1753); H. flammiila reptann Meyer, PI. Lahr. 

 '.h; ( IXiO). Desirihed Irom speeimens eolleeted in Sweden and liiiHsia. 



Khaiitaak Inland, .luly 31 (No. H\), along the margin of a fresh-water inarsh. 



Rniiuuciilus nelsonii (IX'. i. <Jray. Proc, .Vmer. .\«ad. viii, 371 (1K73); II. rrmr- 



fill tirhonii IM'. Syst. i, l.".*) (IXIH). Th< tviio »i'<.< iiiien> wen- < ullecte«l on the 

 island of Unalaska by David Nelson. 



Erythca. ii, 193 (1891) and i, 53 (lt<i>5;. 



