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the north. Tliere are about eiglit species of fern ; 

 farther nortli we met with only one Filiv^ and this 

 no more than once. Several Lycopodia are found 

 as far north as Oonalashka ; more northerly only 

 one species. Several water-plants are found in the 

 lakes : Potamogefon, Sparganium, Rmnmcvliis aqua- 

 tilis. Sec. Farther north, we observed only the two 

 species of Hip)piiris and the common Callitriche. 



Two other ranunculus, the Prunella vulgarisy a 

 Rhinanthus, a Cineraria, an Adiillea, Plantago, a 

 Gewn, several Riihiacea^, a Claytoma, the Menyan- 

 this trifoliafa, a TriglocJiin, &c. belong with the 

 above-mentioned plants to the Flora of the vallies 

 of Oonalashka. A Bartsia seems to differ from 

 the Bartsia pallida which is found farther to the 

 north. A beautiful plant, which forms a new and 

 distinguished species, the Romanzojfia UnalascJi- 

 kensiSy received the name of the patron of all the 

 sciences in Russia. The species Riimejc, Polygo- 

 num, Aco7iituj7i, J'alictrum, several Alsinacea^, the 

 Iris sibirica, the Geranium pratense, the Comarum 

 palustre, the Montia fontana, are spread over the 

 whole north. 



The Empetnwi nigrum, which with Helleborus 

 trifolius, Lin. (an American plant which we did 

 not meet with farther north) for the most part 

 clothes the hills, opens the kingdom of the Alpine 

 Flora. There are several species of Vaccinium and 

 the Oxycoccos, Arbutus alpinus, and Uxa U7si, a 

 white-blossomed Mcnzicsia, which is included with 



