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faint pink, nearly white ; places that have been burned are its favourite 

 situation. S. 



(282) Umbelliferae (?), probably Chaerophyllum ; when young, the stems 

 and leaves are eaten by the tribes on the Columbia ; abundant in all 

 marshy grounds ; perennial ; flowers white. 



(283) Prunella sp., perennial ; flowers purple ; a low plant abundant 

 in all meadows. 



(284) Lilium sp., perennial; flowers orange, with dark brown spots 

 in the centre, generally only one flower, when in rich soil two, but never 

 more ; sweet-scented, like Daphne odorata 1 ; plentiful in open woods 

 and on the banks of rivers in sandy soil. 



(285) Hypericum sp. (Trigynae, Herbaceae, Pursh) ; flowers yellow ; 

 18 inches to 2 feet high ; perennial ; plentiful in rocky and all dry soils. 



(285 [bis]) Gramineae, perennial; plentiful in moist ground, Point 

 Vancouver. 



(286) Oenothera sp., annual ; stem erect, rarely branching except 

 when in very rich soil, slender ; leaves sessile, alternate, linear, smooth, 

 entire ; flowers very large, rose colour ; petals obtuse, round, nearly entire, 

 with a beautiful dark purple spot in the centre of each ; anthers white, 

 stigma yellow ; capsule sessile, long ; this exceedingly beautiful species 

 I call 0. Lindleyana 2 after Mr. John Lindley the secretary ; abundant on 

 elevated gravelly plains and rising grounds. S. 



(287) Oenothera sp., annual ; stem slender, erect, slightly pubescent, 

 rarely branching ; leaves alternate, entire, linear, sessile, pubescent on 

 both sides ; flowers small, faint rose colour, fainter than the preceding ; 

 petals round, entire, a pink spot near the tip of each petal ; capsule 

 short, very pubescent, sessile ; distinct from the former capsule, not only 

 shorter but eight-grooved, while that is only four, and then but slightly ; 

 this fine although by no means equal to the former species will also form 

 a valuable addition to this handsome tribe of plants ; found together in 

 hilly and rising grounds, abundant. (Both species are now in flower among 

 some turnips sown by me, are very strong, 2 feet high and very branching 

 from cultivation.) S. 



(288) Euphorbia sp., annual ; in dry gravelly meadows ; common. 



(289) Syngenesia, annual ; flowers yellow ; dry soils, on elevated plains, 

 near the edges of woods ; abundant round individual trees in the plains. S. 



(290) Lysimachia sp., perennial; flowers small, yellow; plentiful in 

 all alluvial meadows. 



(291) May prove an annual species of Silene ; in dry soils. S. 



(292) Spiraea tomentosa (?) ; in all low grounds that are inundated, 

 sides of rivers, and mountain rills ; common. 



(293) Pteris crispa 3 ; amongst rocks at the Grand Rapids, plentiful. 



(294) Saxifraga sp., perennial ; flowers white ; on the dry rocks 

 between the Rapids and the Falls, rare. 



(295) Alnus ; a large shrub, plentiful on the gravelly hills, twenty miles 



1 Daphne Cneorum, Ind. Kew. fasc. i. p. 717. 



* 0. amoe.ua, Ind. Kew. fasc. iii. p. 334. 



3 Cryptogramma crispa, Christensen, Ind. Fil. p. 187. 



