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woods, April ; stem and leaves hispid ; capsule two to four seeded ; seeds 

 angular. 



(92) May prove the same as the preceding ; inside of the corolla 

 marked with minute black dots ; on dry elevated places ; annual. 



(93) Ribes sp. ; flowers brownish-green 1 ; leaves overrun with a 

 species of Uredo. I have been unable to procure fruit of this species ; 

 side of the Columbia, Point Vancouver. 



(94) Geum, perennial ; in low moist plains with the three following 

 plants ; scarce. 



(95) Rumez sp., perennial ; 2 to 4 feet high ; plains ; plentiful. 



(96) Carex sp., perennial; alluvial soil, Columbia. 



(97) Juncus sp. , perennial ; same situations. 



(98) Quercus sp. ; may prove Q. agrifolia ; all the trees which have 

 yet come under my observation are generally low and scrubby ; seldom 

 is seen to exceed 40 to 60 feet in height, but thicker in proportion, some- 

 times 10 to 15 diameter ; in many places, particularly in the upland 

 soils, it dwindles to a mere scrubby bush ; some in fertile spots attain 

 the height of 70 feet ; the wood is white when dry, hard, close-grained, 

 and takes a good polish ; it is used for building part of the Fur Company's 

 apartments ; the Canadian voyageurs informed me that it is only found 

 at the Grand Kapids, thirty miles downwards ; abundant on all elevated 

 grounds to the Rapids of the Columbia, and on a bend of the river 45 miles 

 from the ocean called by Vancouver ' Oak Point.' Seeds not yet ripe. 



(99) Berberis Aquifolium ; this fine plant and B. nervosa are sometimes 

 seen growing together ; this however is a rarer species ; it grows much 

 stronger than the latter. It is very seldom seen in the low woods, but 

 on the banks of rivers ; it is correctly stated by Pursh to be found on 

 the falls and rapids of the Columbia, but is there of humble growth, scarcely 

 more than a foot or 18 inches high ; on the banks of the Multnomah river 

 I have seen it 4 to 10 feet high, with stems 5 to 8 inches round, growing 

 in light brown, sandy loam, with a livid green luxuriant foliage. When 

 there I could not preserve specimens of its fruit in spirits, but as I am 

 shortly to make a journey towards the head waters of that river it may 

 be in my power to accomplish it. Except when in blossom it can hardly 

 be called a handsome plant ; it sends out but few branches and these 

 soon become destitute of leaves, leaving only a few at the extremities ; 

 different from B. nervosa, which covers the whole ground in the upland 

 woods just like the common heath in the forests of England. A large 

 portion of seeds of both species are sent ; seeds of this smaller than the 

 other, 2 to 5 seeded ; flowers golden-yellow with faint green, red before 

 expansion ; stamens irritable. Nuttall's division into Mahonia is trifling. 

 The other species (37) thrives best in close pine-woods, in rich soil ; seldom 

 seen more than 2 to 3 feet high ; leaves long ; flowers yellow, tinged 

 with green, rises to a spike ; this is by far the more beautiful plant ; 

 recollect you must get seeds of them both. 



(100) Orobanche sp. ; roots of trees in shady woods. 



1 In another MS. : ' brownish-yellow.' 



