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(26) Umbettiferae, biennial; whole plant downy, leaves tripartite; 

 abundant in dry open places with the following. S. 



(27) Umbelliferae ; biennial ; leaves pinnate ; abundant in dry places. 



April. S. 



(28) Ranunculus sp., annual ; flowers small, yellow ; same place. 



(29) (?) perennial ; sandy soils ; abundant. 



(30) Trientalis americana, in shady pine-woods among moss ; abundant. 



(31) Smilacinaracemosa(!), perennial; shady woods, in rich vegetable 

 soil ; flowers white ; plentiful. 



(32) Smilacina sp., perennial ; a small plant 6 inches to a foot high in 

 the same situations as the former. S. 



(33) Cynoglossum sp., perennial ; flowers fine blue ; a strong plant 

 2 to 3 feet high ; in thick shady woods. S. 



(34) (?) ; shady woods among moss ; flowers white ; 4 to 6 inches 



high ; annual. Can this belong to Trientalis ; April. 



(35) Syngenesia - - (?) acaulis, perennial ; 6 inches to a foot high ; 

 flowers yellow ; April ; open places in dry soil. 



(36) Syngenesia (?) ; different species from the former but found 

 together ; flowers also yellow ; from the roots of both, when cut, a thick 

 giim exudes having a smell like turpentine ; two fine plants ; the seeds 

 of both are pounded and made into a sort of bread. They may prove 

 to be Helianihus. Seeds of both are sent. 



(37) Berberis nervosa, Pursh ; figure and description good. Plentiful 

 in all mountainous situations among rocks and woods ; 2 to 3 feet high 

 in low, moist woods in rich vegetable soil where it flowers beautifully but 

 rarely produces fruit in such places ; in more open and elevated situations 

 it bears fruit in abundance. Berry large, round, 3 to 7 seeded, purple- 

 black ; it is not found on the coast ; at the mouth of the Columbia on the 

 mountains 50 miles from it and is seen as far as the Great Falls. Lewis 

 and Clarke say it is in the valleys of the Rocky Mountains. Seeds of 

 this are sent. 



(38) Acer macrophyllum, of Pursh ; one of the largest and most beautiful 

 trees on the Columbia River. Its large foliage and elegant racemes of 

 yellow fragrant flowers contrast delightfully with the dark feathery 

 branches of the lordly pine ; 6 to 16 feet in circumference ; 60 to 90 feet 

 high. Banks of the Columbia as far as a few miles above the Grand Rapids 

 to the ocean, also in several of its branches. A jar of seed is put up with 

 a large paper. Correctly noticed by Pursh to have the largest foliage 

 of any. 



(39) Acer sp. ; flowers red, different from the former ; will prove 

 Acer circinnatum of Pursh ; leaves smooth on both sides, ciliate. This 

 Acer forms part of the underwood in the pine forests ; 20 to 40 feet high ; 

 seldom has a trunk of great size, 6 to 10 stems rising together which are 

 twisted and crooked in all directions forming growing arches. Is called 

 by the voyageurs Bois de diable from the obstruction it gives them in 

 passing through the woods. The wood is very tough and is used by the 

 natives for making hooks with which they take the salmon. Wood white ; 

 bark white, smooth, green on the young shoots. April. S. 



