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Stellaria nitens, Nutt. (T.) Dry prairies; June; 6 inches; Avhite. 



Stellaeia borealis, Bigelow, (crispa. Cham. (& ScHechf,) (G.) Damp grounds near coast; 

 March 1; common. (Steilacoom, S.) 



Cerastium arvense, Linn. (T.) Drj- prairies; everywhere common; May to August. — (S.) 



SiLENE scodleri, Hkr. Prairie near Vancouver and on mountains; July; common. 



Calandrinia Menziesii, Hkr. (T.) Wet ground prairies near Steilacoom; not common; May. 

 Also a dwarf hirsute variety in dry sandy soil, Str. De Fuca; April 5. 



Claytonia Alsinoides, Sims. (G.) Common in shady wet grounds; May. (Steilacoom, S.) 



C. perfoliata, Donn. (G.) In similar situations. 



(C. PARViFLORA, Dougl. (G.) Steilacoom, S.) 



C. PARVIFOLIA, Moeh. (G.) On wet rocks, logs, &c., on coast; Shoalwater bay; July. 



C. SPATHULATA, Dougl. (G.) Sandy soil, among logs, <fec., on coast; Shoalwater bay; June. 



C. Chamissonis, Esch, & Ledeb. (C. aquaiica, Nutt.,) (T.) Wet ground near Steilacoom; 

 rare; May 20; creeping. 



C. DICHOTOMA, Nutt. Wet prairie, Whidby's island; May 23; rare; two inches high. 



Geranium Carolinianum, Linn. (T.) Abundant on prairies; June to December. 



G. ALBIFLORUM, Hooker. Common in woods near Vancouver; June. 



Impatiens fulva, Nutt. (T.) Mouth of Columbia river; July; seen nowhere else. 



OxALis OREGONA, Nutt. Shady woods along Columbia river, <fec. ; June; common. 



Malva borealis, Linn. (T.) (Not in PI. of N. A.) A single specimen found at Johnson's 

 Point, Puget Sound; August 26; in flower; purple; six inches high; introduced. (?) 



Sidalcea malvaeflora. Gray. (G.) Along edges of brackish marshes, near coast; six feet 

 high; flowers one and a half inch in breadth; an elegant plant. The specimens collected on 

 Cascade mountains, in 1853, are only about one-third these dimensions; the S. oregona, Nutt., 

 now merged in above. 



Acermacrophtllum, Pursh. (G.) "White maple;" common in the forests, from Cascade 

 mountains to coast; flowers May 15; leaves just expanding; forty to ninety feet high. (Steila- 

 coom, S.) 



A. CIRCINATUM, Pursh. (G.) "Vine maple.'' Wet woods from mountains to coast; flower, 

 reddish purple, April 20; leaves turn scarlet in autumn. 



A. GLABRUM, Torr. (T.) Smooth maple. Found west of Cascade mountains, only on 

 Whidby's island; rare; flowering March 27; male flowers only found; greenish, in axillary 

 fascicles, with very short pedicels; there only a shrub, but collected in 1853, east of the moun- 

 tains, in fruit, growing thirty feet high. 



Oreophila mtrtifolia, Nutt. Eare in woods near Fort Steilacoom; flowering in May; strag- 

 glers from the eastern mountains. 



Frangula Purshiana, DC. (G.) Common on borders of forests ; called "bearwood;" berries 

 eaten by bears, but not by the Indians. "Bhamnus purshianus, DC, Hkr., &c. A genuine 

 Frangula. ' ' — Gray. 



Ceanothus oregonus, Nutt. Common in thickets about Vancouver, &c. ; June. 



C. THYRSIFLORUS, (?) Esch. (T.) Found by me only on gravelly banks near Steilacoom; difl"ers 

 from the California plant in size, (only four feet;) round branches and wJiite flowers; May 15. 



ViciA gigantea, Hooker. Common along coasts and at Steilacoom in sand, climbing for 20 

 feet over bushes, <fec. ; May 10; seeds eatable. 



V. OREGONA, Nutt. (T.) "Small form." A variety of V. americana, according to Dr. Gray. 

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