26 TTIK IlOl'ANY OP THE ROUTB. 



'rii(< "Oni^imi Ipiickllioni," (FiiANdlii.A rnuauiANA,) ono of tliroo distinct plants called "bear- 

 linrry" in lliiii 'rurriloiy, p:iii\vN on iiumiitiiiii hIiIoh niiil (i|>('m ravines to the lioipht of thirty foot, 

 liut. IH li'HH tiian II i'odl. ill (liiiiiKitor, and I lM^ii^>vo ol' no ospoi-ial valno as tinibor. Tho berries 

 liiivii violeiil. ciilliiiilic |iiii|i(iiti(*M, and, tlu>iifi,li oattni greedily by bears, are not nsed by tho 

 IndiiiiiH an I'dnd. 



A hircli (I!. ocoiDIONTAUK?) is Haid li> Ix' ((Mimioii iiort h nt' t liii straits, but I diil not meet with 

 it. A low, nhiidilvy HpocioH oast of tho t^aseadr iiuiuiitaiiis cMales from its branches a bitter 



ruHillKllH HnbHtull(•^^, (It. (K.ANimi.OHA.) 



siiiuutiiv iiNiiKiuaiowni, 



'I'll iiiiiipii'li' llio donn i|iliiiii III' lll(^ forests, 1 iiiiist notici' biiolly tlie umuerons shrubs which 

 eouHlitiite an alnioMt iuipaMHablt^ nndorbr\ish in n\t>st parts of then), and are nearly all of use 

 cither for their wood or fruits. In their distribution they are even mow local than the trees, 

 Mild (lilhTcnl niiiii|iH (■haractt<ri/.»» vtny fully the distrit-ts into which the forests are divisible. 

 Rast 111' I 111' uiiuinlaiiiM I have iciiiaikiul that a peculiar g'ronp takes the [dace of forests on the 

 (linal riaiiiM, 'I'liiMn ifi al.'ui aimllioi- ^.'.iiMip belonging to tlie Kocky n\ountuin forests which 

 grow along llio iuglicr river banks, but, not being in a good condition during my visit there, 

 (111 not iippinir in tho list of plants collected, though 1 iilentitied the foMowing species among 

 (iiiiii: UiiiM iM\ iJUWii.oiiA, 'I'tur. <f^ Ornij; OuA'tMSOua aAoniNBA, Pall., and another species, 

 OiiiiiAHUH N'mniNUNA?; ROHA oiNNAMOMBA, Liim. ; liiiiBM AUUEi'M, (a tliie vidlow currant;) R. 

 ciouiiium; Ci.wmatih i.kiuhtui.iji'Hm.ia, NuttitU. 



'rho hassel, (CoiiViAH Amicimoana,) red cornel, or "willow," (C\>KNUa l>ia'MMO.\i>u,) and bar- 

 beiiv, are alun liiiiud uii both sides uf this range. This latter shrub, absurdly called "Oregvn 

 grape," (liKiuiiatiH Ayinii'oi.iCM, llie "luiliv leaved barberry,") extends wost to tho Coast range 

 only. It |ii(iil\iceH a bine heiry, t>atalde when cookeil, and is much cultivated in the Atlantic 

 States an an uinameiitid plant. This, with a spisea, (S. Al!i.*:f0i.iA,) a ceanothns, (('. Orfxjonvs,) 

 and the liuzcl, foiiu luofil of the undeilnush of the " tir" ft>rests between the t'ascade and 

 Coast ranges. .\ "mock orange" is also loiumoii from the t ■ohunhia to Vuget Sound, (FmUA- 

 nKl.l'iiiiH,) Till lie species of raspberry art> also found, mostly in this region, (Hum's NVTKANUS, 

 T.BiKHiiniHiMis, and MACittn'iCTAi/iia,) but to some extent also west of the Coast rang-e. Three 

 species of gooseberry have 8in\ilar limits, tlanigh they do not grow in the sluule of forests, 

 (lliinw mvAUlOAWM, nivwumY, and hanuimnki'M,) and a peculiar rose is tbuud only on the borders 

 of the tir forest, (UosA OYMNOOAUi'A.) ibi W liidby's island are tbund two shrubs of much 

 iidereat on aeeouid of their locality, Sukciuouima CANAnKNsia and a KuononKNOKON, closely 

 resembling U. MAXIMUM, but perhaps disti\ict, which extends along the Cascade rungt> into 

 southern Oregon.-- ( Ih: Neivt><-n'y. ) 



Near Hteilaeoi>m, and in other scattered localities, some of the shrubs belonging to the 

 lloeky mountain group are oeeaHionivUy found, (Uuua, CwANomua vkluxinus, 0»o*'KUUa myrti- 

 bHU.lA.) ()n the dry prairie two shrubs are met with — the service berry (AMKtAScuiBK Cana- 

 owNSiH, var. V ArNii'oi.iA) of the northern group, and an elder (SAMBUOUa oi.auca) which belongs 

 to the plains. In the adjoiinug tbrests, auil often very near it, grvnvs its northern wprosenta- 

 tive, (S. funwNa, vtv. Y) meeting it here jvjst aa it dees the allied elder of the Atlantic States 

 near New York. Of the shrubs more ^^haracteristie of the bhn4 spruce forests, but which 

 occur also on the higher and moiater parts of the I'ascade range, many are evergreen, giving 

 these gloomy forests an uuilergrowth of ahuost tropical appearand, though belonging to lUpiue or 



