1825, MAY. PLANTS COLLECTED 121 



(215) Rumex Acetosella ; common in dry pasture ; does this agree 

 with the European ? 



(216) (?) Triandria Order ? Digynia (?) ; flowers yellow, calyx 



brown ; common near springs and rivulets in shady woods. S. 



(217) Asperi/oliae (?) ; perennial ; flowers dark purple ; stamens 

 exserted ; a low plant 4 to 10 inches high ; common on the outskirts of 

 woods. 



(218) Menziesia ferruginea ; this handsome shrub is very abundant 

 in rocky and all elevated grounds near the ocean and a few miles up 

 the banks of the river, but not more than ten miles from the ocean ; the 

 further from the sea the less vigorous it becomes ; thrives best in a light 

 brown earth. Seeds not yet ripe. 



(219) Potentilla sp., perennial ; abundant on the shores of the river 

 and all dry sandy soils. 



(220) Veronica, perennial, may prove F. officinalis ; common in spring x ; 

 flowers blue. 



(221) Pyrus ; probably different from that found higher up the river ; 

 flowers larger ; leaves more acute ; a large tree, 20 to 40 feet high. 



(222) (?), common in shady woods ; a pretty vivid green 



foliage. 



(223) Acer macrophyllum, in a further advanced state than that col- 

 lected before further up the river. 



(224) Rubus spectabilis, with fruit in a half -ripe state ; this very beauti- 

 ful and abundant-bearing species would above all others be a valuable 

 addition to the garden ; frequents the edges of woods ; thrives best in 

 partially shaded situations, in light rich loam ; do not fail to procure a 

 very large supply of seeds ; devise means to send fruit home. 



The above are what were collected on my way up and down the river, 

 from Point Vancouver to the ocean. Returned on Wednesday evening, 

 having experienced rather a fatiguing journey ; had only one dry day. 



May 17th, 18th. Employed drying paper, arranging what plants 

 I had brought with me on the present occasion and changing the paper 

 of the last laid in before leaving ; frequent showers of rain for the last 

 ten days, which greatly interrupted my excursions. 



May 20th. Collected as follows near Fort Vancouver, making an 

 excursion of ten to thirty miles : 



(225) Delphinium virescens 2 of Nuttall ; a very fine early flowering 

 plant ; frequents all dry light soils near the outskirts of woods and under 

 the shade of trees in the plains ; abundant. S. 



(226) May probably turn out Trifolium; a very fine plant in the 

 like places as the preceding plant, 10 to 20 inches high ; flowers pink 

 colour ; annual ; plentiful. S. 



(227) Syngenesia, perennial ; 1 to 2 feet high ; flowers yellow ; on 

 dry gravelly plains ; abundant. 



(228) Linnaea borealis ; this beautiful fragrant plant is very plentiful 

 in most upland or hilly forests, in great profusion in the close pine or 



1 In another MS. : ' near springs rare.' 



2 Delphinium azureum, S. Wats. Bibl. Ind. N. Ain. Bot. p. 12. 



