1827, JULY. PLANTS COLLECTED 283 



(155) Ranunculus sp. ; perennial ; flowers small, yellow ; a very fine 

 species ; margins of pools, springs, and rivulets. 



(156) Potentilla arguta ( ? Pursh), fine species ; 2 to 3 feet high ; dry 

 shores of Lake Winnipeg and plains of Red River. 



(157) Apocynum androsaemi folium, in dry gravelly soils or on rocky 

 places ; plentiful. 



(158) Pentandria, Monogynia, perennial ; corolla in five segments, rose 

 colour ; leaves opposite, sessile, linear, glaucous ; a low plant, not 

 exceeding 4 to 6 inches high ; on rocky places, Lake Winnipeg. 



(159) Phloxlinearis [sic], sparingly on Lake Winnipeg. 



(160) Convallaria bifolia, 1 in shady woods ; abundant. 



(161) Ranunculus sp. ; perennial ; small ; on moist grounds ; plentiful. 



(162) Geranium sp. ; annual ; abundant in broken grounds. 



(163) Potentilla sp. ; abundant near springs and on the banks of 

 rivers ; this abounds on the Columbia. 



(164) Achillea sp. ; perennial ; plentiful in all meadows. 



(165) Juncus sp. ; perennial ; small ; near springs, with the following : 

 (166-167) Poa sp. ; perennial ; a fine strong grass, in fertile soils, 



2 feet high. 



(168) May prove different from the former, in rocky places. 



(169) Gramineae, perennial ; a low grass ; in elevated situations. 



(170) Gramineae, perennial ; on moist soils, plentiful on the River 

 Winnipeg. 



(171) Cornus sp. ; a strong shrub ; abundant, banks of streams and lakes. 



(172) Rubus sp. ; flowers white ; part of the underwood on the banks 

 of rivers ; in sandy soils. 



(173) Salix sp. ; female ; a low reclining plant. 



(174) Salix sp. ; female ; leaves linear, densely tomentose ; a low 

 shrub, 4 to 6 feet high. 



(175) Salix sp. ; female and male ; a strong species, 10 to 14 feet 

 high ; very plentiful on the shores of Lake Winnipeg. 



(176) Gramineae, sp. ; on dry soils, Red River. 



(177) Gramineae, perennial ; a low grass ; on the plains, Red River. 



(178) Asclepias sp. ; leaves ovate, entire ; flowers faint white ; a small 

 plant, 8 inches to 1 foot high ; in all light soils. 



(179) Solidago sp. ; small, on all dry elevated places ; common. 



(180) Umbelliferae, perennial ; flowers yellow ; 1 to 2 feet high ; on the 

 plains. 



Tuesday, 11 th. Showery ; thunder and lightning in the evening; 

 out all day on the plains until dusk. Collected as follows : 



(181) Monarda sp. ; 18 inches to 2 feet high ; in most dry, light soils ; 

 common ; flowers pink colour. 



(182) Astragalus sp. ; plant upright, slender ; leaves small, slightly 

 pubescent ; flowers capitate, blue and white ; plentiful on the plains. 



(183) Astragalus sp. ; creeping and somewhat succulent, smooth ; 

 flowers blue ; a fine species and stronger plant than the former ; grows 

 luxuriantly on moist fertile soils. 



1 Maianthemum bifolium, Baker, in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. p. 563. 



