On Plants of the North-West. 61 
ked raceme. Stigma trifid, Capsule three-angled, three- 
celled. Found on Cross Isle , Detroit river, May 18th. 
Mr. Nuttall has observed it near the confluence of Huron 
river and Lake Erie, near St. Louis, and on the lowest 
banks of the Ohio. Goy. Lewis brought specimens of this 
eo from the upper part of the Missouri, near the Rock 
ountains, where the natives use the bulbous roots exten- 
sively as an article of diet. They are known among them 
by the name of Quamash, and are eaten, baked between hot 
stones. Capt. Douglass did not understand that the Indians 
of the region where he found the plant, made use of the 
roots for 
Uvularia perfoliata L. On the Islands of Lake Erie, 
This plats is aid to cure the bite of a rattle-snake, and is 
belie e Indians to grow wherever that animal is 
found. os 
Streptopus roseus - 
Doslerca rosea. — Mae. 1489. Heron, War sre 
Muhl. Cat. p. 3 
Matasbuck) Nearly 
Smilacina cinadensis Ph. allied to Conval bi- 
Convallaria canadensis Repoute. pfolia of anape: 
Mejauibenee canadense pas S ay 28th. 
ifolia of L. Huron. 
Racemosa Desf.-Ph. 
Convallaria racemosa L. } Shores vod Laks Huron. 
iehlnan DethER- Gross Isle, May 224. 
Dracena borealis it. (Cus-cus-cun-domeneca.) Leaves 
oblong, oval, sometimes obovate, muscronate, smooth, 
s six-seven inches long and from two to three 
third the length of the stamina: stigma 
Shores of Lake irks Pe May 28th. 
