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grassy ; flowers white, in a long spike ; abundant in low valleys between 

 Spokane and Kettle Falls. 



(197) Mimulus sp. ; annual ; leaves alternate, nearly sessile, slightly 

 dentate ; stem pubescent ; flowers small, yellow ; on moist rocks and 

 mountainous grounds ; by no means so plentiful as M. luteus. 



(198) Gentiana sp. ; perennial ; leaves opposite, lanceolate, smooth, 

 entire ; flowers fine blue ; in the mountain valleys in small tufts ; 

 abundant. 



(199) Pedicularis sp. ; annual ; flowers light yellow, slender, and 

 rarely branching ; in wet meadows ; abundant. 



(200) Potentilla sp. ; shrubby ; leaves somewhat pinnate, hirsute ; 

 flowers yellow ; a low plant, 2 to 3 feet high, frequenting margins of 

 mountain lakes and rivulets ; abundant ; perhaps may prove P. 

 fruticosa. 



(201) Astragalus sp. ; perennial ; smooth ; flowers bright blue ; a strong 

 plant, 2 to 3 feet high ; on moist ground. 



(202) Silene sp. ; perennial ; leaves opposite, sessile, lanceolate ; flowers 

 white ; plant glutinous ; a low plant, a foot to 18 inches high ; in small 

 tufts on rocky and gravelly soils near Spokane. 



(203) Didynamia sp. ; perennial ; leaves opposite, slightly dentate ; 

 flowers purple-rose ; margins of streams ; abundant. 



(204) Syngenesia sp. ; perennial ; on rocks in open woods near 

 Spokane. 



(205) Trifolium sp. ; annual ; flowers faint red ; on wet soils in the 

 valleys ; not plentiful. 



(206) Orchidaceae, perennial ; aquatic ; leafless ; flowers yellow ; a 

 singular plant, in a small pond, growing around the leaves of Nymphaea ; 

 rare. 



(207) Trifolium sp. ; perennial ; leaves very long, minutely serrate ; 

 flowers very large, bright red ; a strong plant, 2 to 3 feet high ; this 

 fine plant, which I consider a new species, will I have no doubt be a 

 profitable fodder in cattle-feeding. 



(208) Astragalus sp. ; perennial ; in open woods in damp soils ; abun- 

 dant ; flowers white. 



(209) Eriogonum sp. ; perennial ; leaves oblong ; flowers sulphur- 

 yellow ; abundant in all dry, hilly, sandy soils. 



(210) Oenothera sp. ; perennial ; plant low and branching ; leaves 

 ovate, slightly dentate ; flowers terminal, white, fragrant ; a low plant, 

 6 inches to a foot high ; on* the banks of Lewis and Clarke's River. 



(211) Artemisia sp.; flowers dirty-yellow ; abundant on the banks of 

 rivers. 



(212) Syngenesia sp. ; perennial ; flowers light purple-blue ; on the 

 channels of rivers ; abundant. 



(213) Trifolium sp. ; perennial ; flowers red and white ; a low 

 spreading plant; plentiful in low meadows. 



(214) Melissa (?) sp. ; perennial ; flowers faint purple ; on the mountains 

 at the junction of Lewis and Clarke's River ; 2 to 4 feet high ; in all rocky 

 soils. 



