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underneath, and a plant in wet ground which from the dry capsules I 

 take to be a fine species of Helonias ; leaves entire, smooth ; dies down 

 to the ground in the winter. Pleasant, with showers of rain throughout 

 the day. 



Wednesday, 2ith. Showery, with a south-west wind. After turning 

 some plants and taking others out of the presser, went out in quest of 

 more. Returned in the evening with the following : 



(76) Brodiaea (?) sp. ; perennial ; corolla six-partite, irregular, three 

 partly covering three, the inner undulate, shorter than the outer ; 

 stamens same length as the pistil, outer a little shorter ; flowers fine 

 blue ; root a round, solid bulb ; two to three long grassy leaves ; this 

 certainly differs from B. collected last year ; may on examination prove 

 a different genus ; abundant in light sandy soils, under the shade of 

 solitary pines. 



(77) Epilobium sp. ; perennial ; leaves lanceolate, alternate, smooth, 

 entire ; flowers fine red ; calyx of a darker hue ; a beautiful little plant, 

 6 inches to a foot high ; at the junction of Barriere River with the 

 Columbia. 



(78) Crataegus sp. ; the only one of the genus I have seen in the 

 interior ; on the edges of rivers and creeks ; a low spreading shrub. 



(79) Allium sp. ; perennial ; flowers purple ; on the banks of rivers ; 

 this plant is the only vegetable that I have to use in my food ; I get it 

 generally stewed down in a little dried buffalo-meat or game. 



(80) Populus sp. ; a large tree, plentiful on the banks of rivers. 



(81) Populus sp. ; a tree 20 to 40 feet high, 6 inches to 18 in diameter ; 

 bark smooth and white ; margin of mountain lakes and springs. 



(82) Ribes (section Grossularia) ; flowers small green ; leaves round, 

 lobed, serrate, smooth ; plentiful in rocky situations. 



Thursday, 25th. Warm and pleasant. In the course of my walk along 

 the river, at the Falls, killed two specimens of swallows, but all too much 

 destroyed by the shot to preserve. The male of the one, white on the 

 belly and side of the head ; back and upper part of the head green ; rump 

 bright purple ; point of the tail and wings light brown. The female 

 differs little from the male ; head brownish-green ; rump of a fainter hue ; 

 a small bird, not larger than the English wren. The second, sex unknown ; 

 belly light brown or amber ; back a dark glossy-purple ; point of the 

 wings and tail brown. The tail of this one longer than the body, at the 

 extremity only two feathers ; a little larger than the former. Bailed a 

 fine large male black partridge, which being in good order I shall skin in 

 the morning to complete two pair of that fine species. Found the following 

 plants : 



(83) Pentandria, Monogynia (allied to Echium) ; calyx five leaves, 

 linear ; corolla five-cleft, obtuse ; filaments longer than the corolla, hairy ; 

 style bifid, purple-blue ; leaves alternate, linear, revolute, hirsute ; stem 

 somewhat less hirsute than the leaves ; annual ; a fine plant, 8 inches 

 to 18 high, rarely branching ; on light hilly soils ; abundant. 



. (84) Collomia sp. ; annual ; stem round, smooth ; lower leaves 

 opposite, sessile, linear ; floral leaves and upper part of the stem slightly 



