1825, JUNE. PLANTS COLLECTED 131 



two at most perfect seeds in a berry ; taste rather insipid ; very luxuriant 

 among stones and in fissures of rocks where there is scarcely a particle 

 of earth. S. 



(318) Hypericum sp., perennial ; probably an alpine variety of that 

 found on the plains near the ocean ; on the hills. 



(319) Syngenesia ; flowers yellow, glutinous, and scaly ; at the Falls ; 

 rare. 



(320) Diadelphia, perennial ; seed-vessel one-seeded ; among rocks ; 

 only found one plant. 



(321) Stellariasp., (?) perennial ; on dry barren rocks ; plentiful. 

 (322) (?) in seed ; perennial ; 12 to 18 inches high ; abundant in 



sandy dry hills. S. 



(323) Syngenesia, perennial ; flowers yellow ; a low handsome plant ; 

 abundant in rocky places. 



(324) Plantago sp., annual; leaves linear, pubescent, shorter than 

 the scape ; a fine species ; abundant on the gravelly hills, near the rivers. 



(325) Clematis sp., perennial ; flowers white ; edges of rivers and 

 woods. 



(326) Epilobiu m sp., annual (?), small; on moist rocks and mountain 

 springs ; abundant at the Rapids. S. 



(327) Cheiranthus sp., annual or biennial ; flowers orange-yellow, 

 leaves and stem rough ; siliqua long. 



(328) Cheiranthus, annual ; flowers dark yellow ; may not be different 

 from the former ; has also long pods. 



(329) Clarkia pulchella (Pursh) , annual ; description and figure very 

 good ; flowers rose colour ; abundant on the dry sandy plains near the 

 Great Falls ; on the banks of two rivers twenty miles above the Rapids ; an 

 exceedingly beautiful plant. I hope it may grow in England. S. 



(330) Gaura (?) sp., annual, perennial (?) ; in the same situations. 



(331) Erigeron sp., perennial; flowers white; abundant in all low 

 grounds. 



(332) Phlox sp. new ; annual ; root fibrous ; stem round, somewhat 

 pubescent, rarely branching ; leaves alternate, sessile, linear, lanceolate, 

 upper side minutely pubescent, under scabrous ; calyx cyathiform, small ; 

 corolla large, funnel long, spreading at the mouth ; lobes ovate, obtuse, 

 yellow-cream colour, surrounded by bractea broader than the leaves 

 but shorter ; seeds mucilaginous, like NuttalPs Collomia, which I already 

 have ; 6 to 18 inches high x ; the flowers of this one, five times the size ; 

 it will be a great addition ; this exceedingly beautiful species I name 

 P. Sabinii, 2 in honour of Jos. Sabine, Esq., for the zeal he has taken in 

 illustrating this beautiful genus of plants, when described or figured I beg 

 it will be adopted ; this interesting species I found on the subalpine ground 

 between the Rapids and Falls of the Columbia, July 6th ; I regret much 

 that only a very few seeds of it could be found sufficiently ripe on the 

 Columbia and its branches. When I found this fine plant in June, I regretted 

 that only about a dozen perfect seeds could be found. Since I have seen 



1 In another MS. : ' 1 to 2 J feet high.' 



~ Phlox. speciosa var. Sabini, A. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Am. ii. i. p. 134 



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