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(215) Oenothera sp. ; annual ; may prove the same as 210, but has red 

 flowers ; found in the same places. 



(216) Syngenesia sp.; flowers yellow; a stunted low shrub, 2 to 3 feet 

 high ; on the plains ; abundant. 



(217) - - a low shrubby tree, 1 to 3 feet high, with a white bark ; 

 the wood very hard ; this I saw last year a low stunted plant, and took it 

 to be Madura ; capsule small, one-seeded. 



(218) Lupinus sp.; perennial; hirsute; flowers blue; legume three to 

 four seeded ; on the plains, in small patches ; rare. 



(219) Chenopodium sp. ; annual ; near Indian camp and all rich ground ; 

 abundant. 



(220) Ribes sp. ; leaves partly five-lobed, slightly pubescent ; fruit 

 large, round, smooth, bright red, with a fine flavour ; a very strong 

 plant, 8 to 12 feet high ; round Monro's Fountain; on the mountains at 

 the branches of Lewis and Clarke's River. 



(221) Aconitum sp. ; in shady woods in rich soils ; flowers blue ; 4 to 

 6 feet high. 



(222) Syngenesia sp. ; perennial ; flowers dark purple ; on the 

 mountains. 



(223) Frasera (?) sp. ; biennial ; leaves verticillate, ovate-lanceolate, 

 smooth, entire ; flowers white ; on the mountains ; rare ; 2 to 4 feet 

 high. 



(224) Hexandria, Monogynia ; a fine bulb ; may prove different from 

 that found last year at the Great Falls of the Columbia ; on the 

 mountains of Lewis and Clarke's River. 



(225) Pentstemon sp. ; perennial ; leaves sessile, somewhat amplexi- 

 caule, ovate, nearly entire, pubescent ; whole plant glutinous ; flowers 

 large, fine purple-blue ; this fine plant will I think be a great addition 

 to that fine genus ; on the hills near the branches of Lewis and Clarke's 

 River ; rare. 



(226) Eriogonum sp. ; tomentose ; flowers white ; on all dry gravelly 

 soils ; abundant. 



(227) Clethra sp. ; flowers white ; leaves ovate, serrate ; a fine strong 

 evergreen shrub, 4 to 6 feet high ; abundant in mountain woods. 



August 7th, Monday, to Tuesday the 15th. Continued collecting seeds } 

 drying, and packing. The boats came on Monday, but unfortunately the 

 small box containing seeds, plants, and sundries which I left at the junction 

 of Lewis and Clarke's River to be brought in one of them was forgotten, and 

 I regret it the more as it contains forty-six papers of seeds to be sent across 

 the Rocky Mountains this autumn, which of course I will take with me in 

 the spring. By the 15th found seeds of most of the plants around Kettle 

 Falls ; except four species of Pinus ; a note of which I have made to Mr. 

 Work, to gather them for me in October. I regret that no perfect seeds 

 of Lilium pudicum 1 nor Claytonia lanceolata 2 could be found, being both 

 scorched up shortly after flowering. Dug a few roots of the former, which 

 may keep ; not one of the latter could I find. I had a journey projected to 



1 Fritillaria pudica, Baker, in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. p. 267. 



2 Claytonia caroliniana var. sessilifolia, S. Wats. Bibl. Ind. N. Am. Bot. p. 117. 



