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high, destitute of all sorts of wood or shrub except Berberis nervosa and 

 B. Aqui folium, Tigarea tridentata,^ and one species of Ribes with small red 

 smooth berries. 



During my journey I collected the following plants, some very 

 interesting and will, I am sure, amuse the lovers of plants at home : 



(296) Lupinus sp., perennial; a tall strong plant, all parts alike hairy; 

 flowers faint rose colour, with a tint of yellow, very beautiful ; on the plains 

 near the Falls of the Columbia. S. 



(297) Lupinus sp., perennial; a small plant, seldom more than 10 

 inches or a foot high ; flowers bright purple ; in the same situations as the 

 preceding. S. 



(298) Coreopsis tinctoria (?) Nuttall ; annual ; within the sides of the 

 Columbia and its branches that are inundated ; plentiful. S. 



(299) Myosotis sp., perennial ; flowers white, with a yellow orifice ; 

 seed-vessels very hirsute ; rocky situation, near mountain rivulets. S. 



(300) Syngenesia ; perennial ; flowers blue ; on dry sandy soil, near 

 the Falls ; rare. 



(301) Malva (?) sp., perennial ; flowers purplish or pink ; a strong 

 plant 3 to 4 feet high ; margin of springs and streams. 



(302) Helianihus sp., annual ; 4 to 8 inches high ; flowers yellow ; 

 sandy plains ; rare. 



(303) Diadelphia, perennial (?) ; small and creeping ; flowers purple ; 

 on the sandy banks of rivers. 



(304) Spiraea sp. ; plentiful on the Rapids ; grows very luxuriant in 

 low damp shady woods. 



(305) May prove Trifolium; annual; flowers white; plentiful in all 

 alluvial soils. 



(306) (?), imperfect ; on all sandy soils. 



(307) Small annual plant, on the shores of the river. 



(308) Syngenesia, perennial ; flowers yellow ; on the plains ; rare. 



(309) Polygonumsp., annual (?), perennial ; on the banks of rivers. 



(310) Polygonum sp., annual ; small, 8 to 14 inches high ; flowers 

 small, white ; same situations as the former. 



(311) May prove a Psoralea ; sandy places ; stems creeping ; rare. 



(312) Onosmodium of Michaux, perennial ; dry soils and among rocks ; 

 plentiful. S. 



(313) Achilka sp., perennial; among rocks, on the banks of all 

 the rivers. 



(314) Asclepias sp., perennial ; flowers brown, fragrant ; rare ; in 

 dry sandy soil. 



(315) Santolina (?) ; perennial (?), biennial; summit of barren dry 

 hills in sandy soil ; rare. 



(316) Syngenesia, (?) biennial ; fine plant ; leaves spinous ; whole 

 plant white and woolly ; flowers yellow ; plentiful ; same situations as 

 the former. S. 



(317) Ribes sp. ; leaves round, partially three-lobed, serrate ; fruit 

 globular, small, smooth, scarlet, transparent ; seldom more than one or 



1 Purshia tridentata, S. Wats. Bibl. Ind. N. Am. Bot. p. 309. 



