70 BOTANY OF THE ROUTE. 



Verateum ESCHSCHOLTZli, Torr. V. viride, var.2 Woods near Vancouvei-, June; G feet. Flowers 

 white. 



Hesperoscoedon hyacinthinum, Lindl. (T.) White. Prairies at Steilacoom; June. Common; 

 3 feet high. "Root edible." (G.) 



DiCHELOSTEMMA CONGESTUM, Kunth. (G.) With the preceding. Common; June. 2 feet, 

 purple. (S.) "Poison Camass;" Bah-kah of Nisquallies. (G.) 



Beodiea grandifloea, Smith, (G.) Rare, on prairie near Puget Sound; June. Purple, (S.) 

 "Root edible." (G.) 



Camassia esculenta, Lindl. (T.) "Camass." Common on prairies everywhere; March 15. 

 Blue. 



LuzuLA PAEVIFLORA, Desvaux, (G.) Dry hills, common; 3 feet high. 



L. CAMPESTRis, var. Desv. (T.) Wet meadows, June; 1 foot high. 



JUNCUS BALTICUS, Willd. (G.) 



J. BUFONius, Linn. (G.) Together about salt marshes; July. 



Eleocharis palustris, var.l {E. scabra, R. Brown.) "Without perigynous bristles." (T.) 

 Marshes. 



SciRPUS LACUSTRis, Linn. (G.) Common in marshes along coast. "Tule." 



S. maritimus, Linn. (G.) With the preceding. 



Eriophorum taginatum, Linn. ( Chamissonis,? Meyer.) Rare in cranberry marshes. 



Carex bromoides, Schkur. (G.) On dry hills along coast; not common. 



C. scouleri, Torr. (G.) Common in wet grounds, April and May; 2 feet. 



C. SITCHENSIS, Bongard, (G.) Abundant in .salt marshes, July; 3 feet. 



C. macrocephala, Willd. (G.) Sandy prairies of sea-shore, common; May. 1 foot. 



C. TERETiuscuLA, Good. " or vcry near it; spike shorter." (T.) 



Alopecurus geniculatus, Linn. (T.) Wet ground at Steilacoom; June. Litroduced.? 



A. ARiSTULATUS,? Michx. " between the two;" (T.) With the preceding. 



KoELEEiA CRISTATA, Pcrsoon, (T.) Dry prairies; June. 



Poa BOEEALis, Hook. (G.) Dry hills on coast; June. 



P. ANNUA, Linn. (T.) Prairies. Introduced.? 



HOEDEUM PRATENSE, Kunth. (G.) With preceding. 



AiRA ELONGATA, Hook. (G.) Damp prairies and salt meadows, where it is the common grass. 



A. LATIFOLIA, Hook. (G.) With preceding,but less common. 



Festuca myurus, Linn. (G.) Steilacoom. (S.) 



Panicum. Uncertain species. (T.) Steilacoom. 



Ceratochloa breviaristata. Hook. (T.) Dry prairie at Steilacoom; June. Common. 



Beratochloa GEANDiFLORA, Hook. (T.) Salt meadows; 3 feet high. Common. 



LoLiUM temulentum, (T.) "Near L. multiflorum." Near summit of Cape Disappointment. 



POLYPOGON. " New species. ?" (T.) 



Elymds aeenarius, Linn. (G.) Sandy sea-shore prairies, G feet; July. (Steilacoom, S.) 



Calamagrostis steicta, Nutt. (G.) With the last; 2 feet high; July. 



Equisetum fluviatile, Linn. Damp woods, common. — (S.) 



Pteris aquilina, Linn. (G.) Abundant on prairies everywhere. (Steilacoom, S.) 



PoLYPomuM VULGARE, Linn. (G.) var. occidentale. P. falcatum, Kellogg, in Proc. Cal. Acad. 

 Sciences. Among moss or wet rocks, and dead trunks. 



Adiantum pedatdm, Linn. (G.) Not rare; in shady, damp woods. (S.) 



