286 DOUGLAS' JOURNAL 



I started for the Whitehorse plain, eighteen miles up the Assiniboine Kiver. 

 The country differs in no wise from the country on the banks of the Eed 

 River ; put up for the night in the house of Mr. Grant and were very 

 civilly entertained. Returned at sundown on Tuesday, having made some 

 additions : 



(218) Potentilla fruticosa; frequents elevated dry light soils or lime- 

 stone rocks. 



(219) Solanum sp. ; annual; rare; flowers yellow; found only one 

 plant near an old camp. 



(220) Psoralea sp. ; leaflets five, silky, particularly underneath ; 

 flowers small, blue ; this is a much stronger species than the hirsute 

 one ; more branching ; is never seen in wet soil ; abounds on all dry or 

 rocky places ; the root is not used, although it is equally large and as 

 well tasted. 



(221) Astragalus var. albus, of 214 ; found only one plant. 



(222) Hedysarum sp. ; perennial ; leaves pinnate ; flowers red ; a 

 small upright-growing plant; abundant in dry places, with the two 

 following of the same genus : 



(223) Hedysarum ; shrubby ; leaves glaucous ; flowers faint red ; 



(224) Hedysarum ; flowers red ; leaves densely tomentose. 



(225) Syngenesia, perennial ; in dry soils ; a low reclining plant. 



(226) Oenothera sp. ; suffruticose ; flowers yellow ; a small plant ; in 

 dry light soils and on rocks ; abundant. 



(227) Potentilla sp. ; perennial ; leaves densely tomentose ; peduncle 

 slender ; flowers large, yellow ; stem reclining ; a very beautiful species ; 

 abundant on dry clear places. 



(228) Potentilla sp. ; perennial ; hirsute ; a strong plant ; by no 

 means so abundant as the former ; 18 inches to 2 feet high. 



(229) Cruciferae, annual ; on the banks of streams ; an upright 

 plant 2 to 3 feet high. 



(230) Lysimachia sp. ; perennial ; abundant near springs. 



(231) Myosotis sp. ; perennial ; abundant in marshy grounds. 



(232) Anemone sp. ; perennial ; flowers white ; abundant on all fertile 

 grounds. 



(233) Alisma Plantago, in springs and pools. 



(234) Symphoria x sp. ; abundant on all dry places, banks of rivers, &c. 

 Wednesday, 25th. Collected a few specimens around the establishment : 



(235) Triglochin sp. ; in low saline marshes ; abundant. 



(236) Aspidium sp. ; in shady places near springs ; abundant. 



(237) Oenothera sp. ; annual ; flowers yellow ; in low fertile soils ; 

 plentiful ; perhaps Oenothera fruticosa. 



(238) Hedysarum (?) sp. ; abundant in all dry light soils ; this 

 abounds on the Columbia and its branches. 



(239) Lilium sp. ; flowers fine dark red ; 1 foot to 18 inches high ; 

 in all fertile soils, abundant ; L. canadense. 



Thursday and Friday, 26th, 27th. 



(240) Cucurbitaceae, annual ; flowers white ; leaves partially five-lobed ; 



1 Symphoricarpos, Benth. and Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 4. 



