PLANTS OP SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA 445 



The fruit varies from wine-black without bloom to black with 

 abundant liloom, and from pyriform to sligiitly oblate spherical. 

 There seem to be no bush characters that distinguish the plants 

 bearing^ the different types of berries. The writer has seen spe- 

 cimens collected in Alaska by Thos. Howell and bearing the 

 name V. chamisso»is Bong., while plants collected by the writer 

 were determined by competent authorities as V. memhranaceum 

 Dougi. 



Vaccinium vitis-idea L. Mountain Cranberry. Abundant at 

 Sitka but not so common around Juneau. 



Vacciniuni oxycoccus L. {Oxycoccus axycoccus (L.) MacM.)- 

 Swamp Cranberry. Coftimon in sphagnum bogs. 



PRIMULACE^. 

 Dodecatheon jeffreyi Moore. Shooting Star. Common in wet 

 places. 



Trientalis arctica Fisch. Common in bogsi and wet places. 

 Glaux maritime L. A common beach plant. 



GENTIANACEiB. 



Gentiana douglasiana Bong. A common bog plant. 



Gentiana plat y petal a Griseb. Rather common in alpine mead- 

 ows. 



CondropJi\ylla prostrata' (Hsie-nke) . Collected at Mendenhall. 



Sivertia sp. Collected at Mendenhall. This has been confused 

 with *S'. O'htusa of Asia. 



MENYANTHACE^. 



Menyanthes trifoUata L. Buckbean, la bogs and lakes. 

 Rather rare. 



NephropJiyUidium crista-galli (Menzies) G-ilg. Deer Cabbage. 

 Abundant in alpine meadows and quite common in wet soil at 

 lower elevations. Deer are very fond of it. 



POLEMONIACE^. 

 Polemonium pidcJierrinmm Hook. Collected at about 2,000 

 feet elevation near Juneau and along Taku river. 



HYDROPHYLLACE^. 



Romanzoffia sitchensis Bong. A common plant of moist to 

 wet soil. 



Nemophila menziesii Hook. & Arn. A few plants of this spe- 

 cies were found at Sitka. 



