to the Rocky Mountains. 165 



Obs. Dr. Richardson, in his Botanical Appendix to Frank- 

 lin's Narrative, mentions the Aquilegia vulgaris, with a mark 

 of doubt, as a native of Arctic America. Perhaps the plant 

 he refers to is our A. ccerulea. 



ANONACEiE. 



10. Asimina triloba, Dunal, DC. syst. i. p. 478. Por- 

 celia triloba, Pers. Pursh fi. ii. p. 383. On the Arkansa, 

 near Fort Smith. A tree 30 or 40 feet high. Fruit luscious J 

 ripe about the middle of September. 



MENISPERMACE^. 



11. Menispermum lyoni, Pursh fl. i. p. 371. On the 

 Arkansa. 



BERBERIDE^. 



12. Mahonia aq,uifolium, Nutt. gen. i. p. 2 1 2. De Cand. 

 syst. ii. p. 13. Ejusd. prod. i. p. 108. Berberis Aquifolium, 

 Pursh ji. i. p. 219. t. 4. On the Rocky Mountains. A beau- 

 tiful shrub, now successfully cultivated, both in this country 

 and in Europe. Dr. James found it much farther to the 

 south than where it was discovered by Lewis and Clark. 

 Brown and D. Don consider the genus Mahonia as not suffi- 

 ciently distinct from Berberis. 



NYMPHLEACE^. 



13. Nelumbidm luteum, Willd. DC. syst. ii. p. 47. 

 Ejusd. prod. i. p. 1 14. On the Missouri and Arkansa, in 

 stagnant waters. 



PAPAVERACEjE. 



14. Meconopsis petiolata, DC. prod. i. p. 121. Sty- 

 lophorum petiolatum, Nutt. gen. ii. p. 8. Near the lead 

 mines of Missouri. 



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