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SALICACEiE. 



Salix arctica I'all. Fl. Ross, i, pt. ii, 86 (1788). Type locality " in plaga arctica 

 muscosa iiuda secundum Siuum Obensem et versus glacialem Oceaiium." 



Diseuchantmeut Bay, August 13 (No. 117). This willow, according to Mr. Funston's 

 notes, is coninaouon the rocky mountain slopes about Disenchantment Bay, extending 

 from sea level to the limit of vegetation. These specimens have obovate to orbicu- 

 lar, glabrous, reticulated leaves, glaucous beneath, rounded at the base, the blades 

 of the larger ones 2 to 2.~) cm. long. They bear mature fruit, the capsules glabrous. 

 This form of Salix arctica is not known in the United States proper. Our specimens 

 have a short, thick, woody trunk, often 1 cm. in diameter and two to three times as 

 long, scarcely rising above the surface of the ground. From this trunk arise lateral 

 branches 10 to 30 cm. in length, which retain their natality only a few years, spread- 

 ing ou the ground and ascending to the height of a few centimeters. The trunk is 

 Krmly ilxcd in the ground by means of stout roots. 



Salix barclayi Anders. Proc. Amer. Acad, iv, 60 (18.58). The type specimens were 

 collected on Kadiak Island by Barclay. 



Khantaak Island, May 30 (No. G). For notes on this siiecies, see page 328. 



ORCHID ACEiE. 



Habenaria bracteata (Willd.) II. Br. ; Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, v, 192 (1813); Orchis 

 bracteata "Willd. Sp. PI. iv, 34 (1805). Type specimen from Pennsylvania. 



Disenchantment Bay, August 12 (No. 112). Scattered specimens were found from 

 sea level to an altitude of more than 1,000 meters. 



Habenaria dilatata (Pursh) Hook. Esot. Fl. ii, 95 (1825); Orchis (JihilaUi Pursh, 

 Fl. ii, 588 (1814). Type si)ecimeu from Labrador. 



Along ihe Aukow Eiver, near Ocean Cape, July 1 (No. 52). The plant grows in 

 moist, shaded parts of the forest region; and its snow-white flowers, according to Mr. 

 Funston's observations, are very fragrant. Determined by Thomas Morong. 



Habenaria hyperborea (L.) R. Br.; Ait. Hort. Kew. v, 193 (1813); Orvhin hyper- 

 fcoreaL.Mant i, 121 (1767). 



Along the Aukow River, about 10 kilometers above its mouth, .Inly 16 (No. 64); 

 abundant in fresh-water swamps. Determined by Thomas Morong. 



IRIDACEiE. 



Iris setosa Pall. ; Link, Jahresb. i, pt. iii, 71 (1841). 



At the mouth of the Aukow River, July 3 (No. 53), in sandy soil near a fresh-water 

 pond. The Indians are said to use the rootstock as a medicinal charm. 



LILIACEiE. 



Streptopus amplexifolius (L.) Lam. & DC. Fl. Franc, iii, 174 (1805); I'rularia 

 amplvxiJ'olia'L. Sp. PI. i, 304 (1753). Type locality, European. 



About 25 kilometers north of the Mission, July 14 (No. 61); common in the dense 

 woods, and on Mount Tebenkof found at the altitude of 180 meters. Fruiting sjje- 

 cimens were collected ou Khantaak Island, August 27. 



Fritillaria camschatcensis (L.) Ker, Bot. Mag. under t. 1216 (1809); Uliiini 

 camfichatcensin 1>. Sp. PI. i, 303 (1753). Typo locality, Kamchatka. 



Khantaak Islan<l, June 20 (No. 38). It occurs in openings throughout the lowland 

 forest area in the vicinity of Yakutat Bay, ascending ou Mount Tebenkof to an alti- 

 tiule of 900 meters. The use of this plant for food is recorded in Hooker's Flora 

 Boreali-Americana, p. 181, as follows : " Voyagers to Kamtschatka (where this si)ecie8 

 seems more abundant than on the American coast) bring home small, white, granu- 

 lated esculent roots, dried on strings. These are the bitter tubers of tliiaFritillary, 



