62 BOTANY OF THE ROUTE. 



much thinner and more entire than in S. Vh-giniensis; scape fewer flowered and more racemose; 

 flower smaller. (Steilacoom. S.) 



HiiCfCHERA MICRANTHA, Dougl. Common in moist woods; May; flowers white. 



H. CYLINDRICA, Dougl. (T.) Not Very commoD in dark woods near Steilacoom; June 11; 

 flowers greenish yellow; scape three feet high. (S.) "Leaves bruised and applied to boils by 

 the Nisquallies." (G.) 



ToLMiEA Menziesii, Torr. & Gray. Common in wet, shady woods, along rocky streams; 

 June and July; flowers purple. 



Tellima grandiflora, Dougl. (G.) Not rare on damp clay banks, &c., at Puget Sound and 

 along the coast; May 1; flowers cream color, handsome, very similar in appearance to those of 

 Silena sfellata. 



LiTHOPHRAGMA PARVIFLORA, Nutt. Abundant on prairies of Whidby's island, &c.; March 25. 



TiARELLA TRIFOLIATA, Linn. (G.) Common in dark, damp woods, especially near the coast; 

 May to July. 



Chrysosplenium GLECHOMiEPOLiUM, Nutt. (G.) Rare, in wet woods about Shoalwater bay; 

 June 4; yeUowish green. 



Philadelphus Gordonianus, Lindl. Very common in dry, open grounds about Vancouver ; 

 rare about Puget Sound; six feet high; July. As strongly scented as the garden "mock 

 orange." The distinctions of this and F. Lewisii seem obscure. "Leaves used by the Indians 

 instead of soap." (G.) 



Saniccla menziesii, Hook. & Ark. (T.) Prairies, common; April 20 to June; yellow, 1^ 

 feet high. 



S. BIPINNATIFIDA, Dougl. (T.) Rare on prairies at Penn's Cove, Whitby's island; April 20; 

 purple flowers. 



S. BiPiNNATA, Hook. & Am. var. (T.) Prairie near Steilacoom; June; flowers yellow, two 

 feet high. 



Edosmia Gairdneri, Hook. & Am. (G.) Common on prairies near Puget Sound. (Steila- 

 coom, "root eaten by the Nisqually Indians, and called S' hah 'got," S.) 



Oenanthe sarmentosa, Nutt. (G.) Common in wet grounds along coast; rarer at Steilacoom. 

 July to September; flowers white. 



LiGUSTicuM SCOTICUM, Linn. (G.) Not rare along coast at Shoalwater bay; July. "Green 

 stems peeled and eaten by the Indians." (G.) 



Conioselinum Fischeri, Weim. & Grab. (G.) Common in moist sandy prairies, both on coast 

 and interior; July to September; flowers white. Plant with the odor of anise when in dry soil, 

 but disagreeable in moist ground. (Steilacoom, S.) 



Archangelica peregrina, Nutt. (G.) "Wet alder groves at Shoalwater Bay; rare; 6 feet 

 high; July to September. "Apparently not the same as the plant of the coast of New England, 

 referred to this species, though nearly allied to it. Both exhibit a more or less manifest 

 involucre. ' ' —Gray. 



Cymopterus? LiTTORALis, (u. sp. :) " Low, subcaulesccnt ; petioles elongate, dilated, and 

 sheathing at the base, above with the peduncles and rays tomentose-villous ; leaves coriaceous, 

 deeply 3-lobed or more commonly trisected ; the divisions roundish, callose -serrulate, often 

 3-lobed or 3-parted, densely tomentose beneath, glabrous and finely reticulated above, the 

 veinlets impressed ; umbels shorter than the leaves ; leaflets of the involucre and involucel 

 subulate, the latter equalling the glomerate (whitish) flowers ; calyx-teeth short and subulate ; 



