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much thinner and more entire than in S. Virginiensis; scape fewer flowered and more racemose ; 

 flower smaller. (Steilacoom. S.) 



HEJJCHERA MICRANTHA, Dougl. Common in moist woods; May; flowers white. 



H. CYLINDRICA, Dougl. (T.) Not very common in dark woods near Steilacoom; June 11; 

 flowers greenish yellow; scape three feet high. (S.) &quot;Leaves bruised and applied to boils by 

 the Nisquallies.&quot; (G.) 



TOLMIEA MEJTZIESII, Torr. & Gray. Common in wet, shady woods, along rocky streams; 

 June and July; flowers purple. 



TELLIMA GRANDIFLORA, Dougl. (G.) Not rare on damp clay banks, &c. , at Puget Sound and 

 along the coast; May 1; flowers cream color, handsome, very similar in appearance to those of 

 Silena stellata. 



LITHOPHRAGMA PARVIFLORA, Nutt. Abundant on prairies of Whidby s island, fcc. ; March 25. 



TIARELLA TRIFOLIATA, Linn. (G.) Common in dark, damp woods, especially near the coast; 

 May to July. 



CHRYSOSPLENIUM GLECHOM^POLIUM. Nutt. (G.) Rare, in wet woods about Shoalwater bay; 

 June 4; yellowish green. 



PHILADELPHIA GORDONIANUS, Lindl. Very common in dry, open grounds about Vancouver; 

 rare about Puget Sound; six feet high; July. As strongly scented as the garden &quot;mock 

 orange. &quot; The distinctions of this and P. Lewisii seem obscure. &quot;Leaves used by the Indians 

 instead of soap.&quot; (G.) 



SANICULA MENZIESII, Hook. & Ark. (T.) Prairies, common; April 20 to June; yellow, 1 

 feet high. 



S. BIPINNATIFIDA, Dougl. (T.) Rare on prairies at Penn s Cove, Whitby s island; April 20; 

 purple flowers. 



S. BIPIN-NATA, Hook. & Arn. var. (T.) Prairie near Steilacoom; June; flowers yellow, two 

 feet high. 



EDOSMIA GAIRDNERI, Hook. & Arn. (G.) Common on prairies near Puget Sound. (Steila 

 coom, &quot;root eaten by the Nisqually Indians, and called S hah got,&quot; S.) 



OENANTHE SARMENTOSA, Nutt. (G.) Common in wet grounds along coast; rarer at Steilacoom. 

 July to September; flowers white. 



LIGUSTICUM SCOTICUM, Linn. (G.) Not rare along coast at Shoalwater bay; July. &quot;Green 

 stems peeled and eaten by the Indians.&quot; (G.) 



CONIOSELINUM FiscHER-i, Weim. & Grab. (G.) Common in moist sandy prairies, both on coast 

 and interior; July to September; flowers white. Plant with the odor of anise when in dry soil, 

 but disagreeable in moist ground. (Steilacoom, S.) 



ARCHANGELICA PEREGRINA, Nutt. (G.) Wet alder groves at Shoalwater Bay; rare; 6 feet 

 high; July to September. &quot;Apparently not the same as the plant of the coast of New England, 

 referred to this species, though nearly allied to it. Both exhibit a more or less manifest 

 involucre. -^-GRAY. 



CYMOPTERUS? LITTORALIS, (n. sp. :) &quot;Low, subcaulescent ; petioles elongate, dilated, and 

 sheathing at the base, above with the peduncles and rays tomentose-villous ; leaves coriaceous, 

 deeply 3-lobed or more commonly trisected ; the divisions roundish, callose-serrulate, often 

 3-lobed or 3-parted, densely tomentose beneath, glabrous and finely reticulated above, the 

 veinlets impressed ; umbels shorter than the leaves ; leaflets of the involucre and involucel 

 subulate, the Tatter equalling the glomerate (whitish) flowers ; calyx-teeth short and subulate ; 



