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(448) Oxalis sp. ; perennial ; flowers yellow ; abundant in low moist 



woods. 



(449) Papaveraceae, perennial ; calyx two-leaved, deciduous ; petals 

 four, ovate or nearly round ; siliqua superior, two-celled ; seeds small, 

 globular, numerous ; flowers yellow ; leaves alternate, pinnate, glaucous, 

 partly succulent ; stems when broken yield a milky juice ; a very hand- 

 some plant, 8 inches to a foot high. I cannot refer it to any plant in 

 the Flora. S. 



(450) Triglochin maritimum (?) ; in a small salt-marsh near an en- 

 campment on the Multnomah ; plentiful. One rose in fruit, probably 

 in flower in my collection. 



(451) Erynyium sp. ; perennial in low plains ; 4 to 12 inches high. 



(452) Lycopus sp. ; in all wet meadows. 



(453) Euonymus sp. ; a small tree ; 6 to 15 feet high ; on the banks 

 of rivers ; It gave me much pleasure to meet with Phlox Sabinii,i with 

 abundance of seed ; a very small portion of which I had from the first place 

 I found it on the Columbia ; here it was much stronger, 2 feet to 30 inches 

 high, in light rich brown loam in open places of the wood. 



(454) Eriogonum sp. ; different from the other species ; in dry sandy 

 soils and on rocks ; rare. 



(455) Malva sp. ; perennial ; flowers faint rose colour ; a fine plant, 

 18 to 30 inches high ; on dry plains. Quercus sp. ; in fruit, which is very 

 rare to be had ; I have nowhere seen it, except on the tree my specimens 

 are from. S. 



(456) Prunus sp. ; a small tree ; fruit small, red, and sour. 



(457) Viburnum sp. ; fruit black ; a strong shrub ; sides of rivulets ; 

 plentiful. Alnus ; probably different from any already had. (458) 

 Didynamia, perennial ; flowers blue ; stamens and upper lip reflexed ; 

 very curious ; rare. (459) Hypericum, annual ; in wet meadows ; 

 plentiful. (460) Didynamia, annual ; flowers blue ; on high dry grounds ; 

 plentiful. S. Alnus sp. ; probably different from that collected before. 

 Me.ntha sp. ; perennial ; may be different from any already had. 



Returned on the 30th of August. From that time till Thursday, 

 September 1st, employed drying, arranging, putting up seeds, and making 

 up my notes. Early on Thursday went on a journey to the Grand Rapids 

 to collect seeds of several plants seen in flower in June and July. Went 

 up in a canoe accompanied by one Canadian and a chief (called Chum- 

 talia) of the tribe inhabiting the north banks of the river at the Rapids. 

 I arrived on the evening of the second day and pitched my tent a short 

 distance from the village. I caused my Canadian to drench the ground 

 well with water to prevent me from being annoyed with fleas, although 

 I was not altogether exempt from them, yet it had a good effect. I 

 found my Indian friend during my stay very attentive and I received no 

 harm or insult. He accompanied me on some of my journeys. (They 

 were only a few years since very hostile. The Company's boats were 

 frequently pillaged by them and some of their people killed.) My visit 



1 Phlox speciosa var. Sabini, A. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Am. ii. I. p. 134. 



