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Pyrola secunda L. {Ramischia secunda (L.) Garke). Fairly 

 common at Sitka, common in many localities near Juneau. 



Pyrola hracteata Hook. Plentiful in wet places around Ju- 

 neau. 



Pyrola minor L. {Erxlehenia minor (L.) Rydb.). Collected 

 near Juneau. 



ERICACE^. 



Gaultheria shallon Pursh. Salal. Collected at Sanitarium, 

 about sixteen miles south of Sitka. 



Arctostapliylos uva-iirsi (L.) Spreng'. Bearberry. Collected 

 in open forests along Taku river. 



Cassiope mertensiana (Bong.) G. Don. Common on the moun- 

 tains above tree groAvth. 



Harrimanella stelleriana (Pall.) Coville. Same habit as pre- 

 ceding but not so abundant. 



Loiseleuria procumbens (L.) Desv. A common alpine plant. 

 Less common at lower altitudes. 



Ledum groenlandicum Oeder. Labrador Tea. A common and 

 characteristic bog plant. 



Cladothamnus pyrolaeflorus Bong. An abundant shrub at 

 high elevations. 



Phyllodoce glanduliflora (Hook.) Coville. Common on the 

 mountains at and above the limit of trees. 



Kalmia microphyUa (Hook.) Hell. Abundant in bogs. 



Andromeda polifolia L. Wild rosemary. Same habit as pre- 

 ceding. 



Menziesia ferruginea Smith. An abundant shrub of the lower 

 mountain slopes. 



VACCINIACEyE. 



Vaccinium uliginosum L. A common bog plant. 



Vacciniiun caespitosum ]\Iichx. Abundant at high elevations 

 and also at low altitudes. 



Vaccinium ovalifolium Smith. This is the Blueberry most 

 often gathered. It is very common at low and medium eleva- 

 tions. 



Vaccinium parvifoUum Smith. Red Huckleberry. Common 

 around Sitka and Jualin but not observed at Juneau. 



Vaccinium sp. There is a species of blueberry common around 

 Sitka and occurring also at Juneau which is of shorter and stock- 

 ier growth with thicker and more angled twigs, larger leaves, 

 larger and later ])erries of poorer (piality than V. ovalifolium. 



