1825, APRIL. PLANTS COLLECTED 109 



(40) Calypso borealis, plentiful in thick shady pine-woods, among moss ; 

 April. 



(41) Fragaria sp. ; flowers white, small, resembles F. sterilis J of Britain ; 

 in shady woods ; Point Vancouver ; abundant ; April ? 



(42) Mespilus sp. ; 10 to 15 feet high ; flowers white and fragrant ; 

 forms part of the underwood ; abundant on the banks of the Columbia ; 

 April. S. 



(43) Cornus sp. ; a tree 30 to 40 feet high, with a smooth bark ; the 

 wood is hard and very tough, and much used by the Canadian voyageurs 

 for masts and spars for their canoes ; April ; very abundant in the pine- 

 forests ; its great profusion of large white flowers makes it one of the 

 most ornamental trees of the forest ; fruit red. 



(44) Acer sp. ; a tree 40 to 50 feet high, but never attains a thickness 

 in proportion to its height ; the bark on the stems is white, on the young 

 shoots green ; used for canoe masts or spars ; flowers red ; leaves glabrous ; 

 a fine tree. May agree with 39. 



(45) Umbelliferae, perennial ; in dry sandy soils, on the plains of the 

 Columbia near Point Vancouver ; April ; plentiful. 



(46) Arabis sp., annual ; in moist places on the banks of rivulets and 

 springs ; Columbia ; April. 



(47) (?) ; shady pine-woods, in dry soil ; April ; near Point 



Vancouver. 



(48) Cymbidium sp. ; in shady woods, among moss; a very beautiful 

 plant ; plentiful. 



(49) Lupinus sp., perennial; flowers small, numerous, mostly red, 

 with a little mixed purple ; abundant in sandy soils on the plains ; 

 a fine species ; Columbia ; April. S. 



(50) Syngenesia, may prove a species of Senecio ; perennial ; 2 to 3 

 feet high ; flowers yellow ; in dry, open places. 



(51) Aquilegia, probably canadensis ; abundant in partially shaded 

 woods in dry soil ; April. S. 



(52) Claytonia sp., annual; flowers white and pink; plentiful on 

 elevated situations in sandy soil. 2 



(53) Vicia sp. , perennial ; abundant on the margins of rivulets and 

 in the woods ; a fine plant. 



(54) Aronia 3 sp., of Nuttall (?) ; forms part of the underwood in the 

 pine-forest, but more principally the outskirts ; 6 to 16 feet high ; a 

 slender shrub ; flowers white ; abundant at Point Vancouver ; April. 



(55) Taxus sp. ; a tall tree, 20 to 60 feet high ; the natives on the 

 Columbia prefer this wood to any other for making their bows ; branches 

 pendulous ; a handsome tree ; plentiful in dark low valleys. 



(56) Aspidium sp. ; the natives eat the roots boiled ; probably 

 marginale 4 ; abundant everywhere in all low moist woods. 



(56*) V actinium ovatum, evergreen, flowers white, tinged with pink 



1 Potentilla Fragaria&trum, Hook. f. Stud. Fl. ed. 3, p. 126. 



2 In another MS. : ' roots of dead trees where they have been burned.' 



3 Amelanchier, Benth. and Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. p. 628. 

 * Dryopteris marginalia, Christensen, Ind. Fil. p. 276. 



