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STELLARIA NITENS, Nutt. (T.) Dry prairies; June; 6 inches; white. 



STELLARIA BOREALIS, Bigelow, (crispa. Cham. & Schlecht, ) (G-.) Damp grounds near coast; 

 March 1; common. (Steilacoom, S.) 



CERASTIUM ARVENSE, Linn. (T.) Dry prairies; everywhere common; May to August. (S.) 



SILENE SCOULERI, Hkr. Prairie near Vancouver and on mountains; July; common. 



CALANDRINIA MENZIESII, Hkr. (T.) Wet ground prairies near Steilacoom; not common; May. 

 Also a dwarf hirsute variety in dry sandy soil, Str. De Fuca; April 5. 



CLAYTONIA ALSINOIDES, Sims. (G.) Common in shady wet grounds; May. (Steilacoom, S.) 



C. PERFOLIATA, Donn. (G.) In similar situations. 



(C. PARVIFLORA, Dougl. (G.) Steilacoom, S.) 



C. PARVIFOLIA, Moeh. (G.) On wet rocks, logs, &amp;lt;fec., on coast; Shoalwater bay; July. 



C. SPATHULATA, Dougl. (G.) Sandy soil, among logs, &c., on coast; Shoalwater bay; June. 



C. CHAMISSONIS, Esch. & Ledeb. (C. aquatica, Nutt.,) (T.) Wet ground near Steilacoom; 

 rare; May 20; creeping. 



C. DICHOTOMA, Nutt. Wet prairie, Whidby s island; May 23; rare; two inches high. 



GERANIUM CAROLINIANUM, Linn. (T.) Abundant on prairies; June to December. 



G. ALBIFLORUM, Hooker. Common in woods near Vancouver; June. 



IMPATIENS FULVA, Nutt. (T.) Mouth of Columbia river; July; seen nowhere else. 



OXALIS OREGONA, Nutt. Shady woods along Columbia river, &c. ; June; common. 



MALVA BOREALIS, Linn. (T.) (Not in Fl. of N. A.) A single specimen found at Johnson s 

 Point, Puget Sound; August 26; in flower; purple; six inches high; introduced. (?) 



SIDALCEA MALVAEFLORA, Gray. (G.) Along edges of brackish marshes, near coast; six feet 

 high; flowers one and a half inch in breadth; an elegant plant. The specimens collected on 

 Cascade mountains, in 1853, are only about one-third these dimensions; the S. oregona, Nutt., 

 now merged in above. 



ACERMACROPHYLLUM, Pursh. (G.) &quot; White maple ;&quot; common in the forests, from Cascade 

 mountains to coast; flowers May 15; leaves just expanding; forty to ninety feet high. (Steila 

 coom, S.) 



A. CIRCINATDM, Pursh. (G.) &quot;Vine maple. 7 Wet woods from mountains to coast: flower, 

 reddish purple, April 20; leaves turn scarlet in autumn. 



A. GLABRUM, Torr. (T.) Smooth maple. Found west of Cascade mountains, only on 

 Whidby s island; rare; flowering March 27; male flowers only found; greenish, in axillary 

 fascicles, with very short pedicels; there only a shrub, but collected in 1853, east of the moun 

 tains, in fruit, growing thirty feet high. 



OREOPHILA MYRTIFOLIA, Nutt. Rare in woods near Fort Steilacoom; flowering in May; strag 

 glers from the eastern mountains. 



FRANGTTLA PURSHIANA, DC. (G.) Common on borders of forests; called &quot;bearwood;&quot; berries 

 eaten by bears, but not by the Indians. &quot;Rhamnus purshianus, DC., Hkr., &c. A genuine 

 Frangula. GRAY. 



CEANOTHUS OREGONUS, Nutt. Common in thickets about Vancouver, &c. ; June. 



C. THYRSIFLORUS, (?) Esch. (T.) Found by me only on gravelly banks near Steilacoom; differs 

 from the California plant in size, (only four feet;) round branches and white flowers; May 15. 



VICIA GIGANTEA, Hooker. Common along coasts and at Steilacoom in sand, climbing for 20 

 feet over bushes, &amp;lt;fec. ; May 10; seeds eatable. 



V. OREGONA, Nutt. (T.) &quot;Small form.&quot; A variety of V. americana, according to Dr. Gray. 

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