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Knight Island, June 18 (No. 29), on a treeless, sandy blnff. It was common on 

 Khantaak Island, and a few specimens were found on Mount Tebenkof at an altitude 

 of 180 meters. 



Caltha palustris L. Sp. PI. i, 558 (1753). Type specimens from Europe. 



On the east side of Yakutat Bay, near Ocean Cape, May 28 (No. 4); in the mar- 

 gins of fresh-water lagoons, but not abundant. 



Coptis trifolia (L.) ,Salisb. Trans. Linn. Soc. viii, 305 (1807); HrUehoriin trifolia 

 L. Sp. PI. i, 558 (1753). Type localities, uanada and Siberia. 



Khantaak Island, June 3 (No. 11) ; found sparingly among mosses and ferns in the 

 lowlands. 



Aquilegia formosa Fisch. ; DC. Prodr. i, 50(1753). Type locality, Kamchatka. 



Disenchantment Bay, August 14 (No. 121); abundant up to an altitude of 200 

 meters. 



Aconitiim delphinifolium DC. Syst. i, 380 (1818). The type specimen was col- 

 lected "in Hedge Island ad oras occidentales AmericiB borealis" by David Nelson. 



Disenchantment Bay, August 13 (No. 116); abundant on the grassy slopes of the 

 mountains from 275 to 750 meters altitude. 



Actsea spicata arguta (Nutt.) Torr. Pac. R. Rep. iv, 63 (1857); J. arguta Nutt. ; 

 Torr. & Gr, Fl. i, 35 (1838). The type locality is "woods of the Oregon [i. e., the 

 Columbia] and its tributary streams." 



Near the Mission, June 6 (No. 14); growing in treeless, sandy soil covered with 

 grass. 



NYMPHiEACEiE. 



Nymphaea polysepala (Engelui.) Greene, Bull. Torr. Club, xv, 84 (1888); Nuphar 

 polysepalum i^ngelm. Trans. St. Louis Acad, ii, 282 (1865). Type locality, the 

 higher Rocky Mountains, from the sources of the Platte to those of the Columbia. 

 The various stations known at that time were also given. 



Khantaak Island, June 26 (No. 43), in a fresh-water pond about 1 meter deep. 



BRASSICACSiE. 



Barbarea barbarea (L.) MacMillan Met. Minn. Val. 259 (1892) ; Erijsimum harharea 

 L. Sp. PI. ii, 660 (1753); Barharea vulgaris R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, iv, 109 

 (1812). Type 8j)ecimens from Europe. 



Disenchantment Baj% August 8 (No. 95); growing in damp, shady spots Irora sea 

 level to an altitude of 125 meters. 



Arabis hirsuta (L.) Scop. Fl. Carn. ed. 2, ii, 30 (1772); Tm-ntis Ursuta L. Sp. PI. 

 ii, 666 (17.53). Original specimens, from Sweden, Germany, and England. 



Khantaak Island, June 7 (No. 15) ; found abundantly about an old Indian camp. 

 For use, see page 332. 



Arabis lyrata L. Sp. PI. ii, 665 (1753). Type specimen collected in Canada by 

 Kalm. 



Disenchantment Bay, August 3 (No. 84); common on rock slides and all places 

 where other vegetation is scarce, at an altitude of 150 meters or less. 



Cardamine oligosperma Nutt.; Torr. & Gr. Fl. i, 85 (1838). Type locality, 

 " shady woods of the Oi"egon." 



Khantaak Island, May 30 (No. 7); growing along the beach above tidewater. 

 Dr. N. L. Britton, to whom specimens have been submitted, refers them to C. 

 oligosperma, yet doubtfully, for they have no mature fruit. He says that they are 

 certainly not C. hirsuta. 



Draba stenoloba Ledcb, Fl. Ross, i, 154 (1842). The type specimens were col- 

 lected on the island of Unalaska by Chamisso and Eschscholtz. 



Disenchantment Bay, August 9 (No. 96); on the sides of a rocky cliff, 90 meters 

 above the sea. These specimens are in some cases annuals, in others biennials or 



