60 THE BOTANY OF THE ROUTE. 



S. occiDENTALis, R. Br. (T.) With the preceding, but less common ; June to August. 



LoNiCERA OCCIDENTALIS, Hook. Not uncommon about Puget Sound or borders of prairies. 

 Resembles L. sempervirens in habit and growth, but the flowers are much less beautiful and 

 smaller; orange; May 1 to June. Limbs of the corolla slightly unequal. 



L. HISPIDULA, Dougl. Not very common; woods near mountains; May-June. Flowers rose. 



L. (Xylosteum) involucrata, (Rich.) Wet ground, Cascade mountains to coast, especially 

 about brackish marshes ; April to July. Corolla bright yellow, bracts purple, becoming 

 much larger and brighter as the fruit ripens. Berries united, dark rich purple. A variety 

 collected in flower, April 22, on Whidby's island has all parts much smaller, the leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, flowers paler, and bracts green. The larger form seems rare near Puget Sound. 



Sambucus pubens, Mich. var. (S. racernosa, Hhr.) (G.) Common in the forests, growing 20 

 feet high ; April 20. 



S. GLAUCA, Nutt. Plains and prairies on both sides of Cascade mountains; most common 

 eastward. Not west of Coast range; June 20; Steilacoom. Berries much more pleasant than 

 those of C. Canadensis; ripe in July; blue. 



Galium tripidum, Linn. (G.) Common in the thickets, &c. ; June. 



G. TRIFLORUM, Mich. (G.) In similar places, everywhere; June. 



(G. Aparine, Linn. (G.) Steilacoom, S.) 



Valeriana capitata, Willd. Rare; on rocky banks of " Stah-chess " river, near Olympia; 

 May 1 ; 3 feet hight; flowers pink, fragrant. 



Plectritis congesta, DC. (G.) Sandy soil along sea-shore and Straits of De Fuca; common. 

 Flowers pink; June and July. Sometimes 3 to 4 feet high, decumbent. (Steilacoom, S.) 



Nardosmia palmata. Hooker. (G.) Common on the sloping clay banks bordering Shoalwater 

 bay and Puget Sound; March 15. 



Aster Douglassii. (G.) This seems to be the only species of this numerous genus common 

 west of the Cascade mountains, in this Territory. It grows in moist meadows, from two 

 to five feet high; the latter on the coast. This large variety has leaves 4 inches long and 



1 broad, and, except in the want of " canescent pubescence," seems to approach A. 3Ienziesii, 

 Lindl. Rays bright or dark purple ; July to September. 



Erigeron speciosum, DC, var. /3. (T.) On dry prairies near Puget Sound. Rare; July; 



2 feet. Flowers pale purple. 



(Erigeron Canadense, Linn. (G.) Steilacoom, S.) 



SoLiDAGO confertiflora, DC. (G.) Abundant on the sandy sea-shore prairies in dry soil; 

 September; not more than two feet high; raceme very large and dense, 6 inches long. (Steila- 

 coom, S.) 



S. elongata, Nutt. var. (T.) Not abundant; in open spots, along Columbia river and sea- 

 shore; not seen near Steilacoom; July; 4 feet high. 



Grindelia integrifolia, DC. Common on wet meadows near the sea; var. /9. near mouth 

 of Columbia river ; July. (Steilacoom, S. ) 



Franseria Chamissonis, Lesson ; /9. cuneifolia, Null. (G.) Common in sand hills near edge 

 of salt water along coast; July. 



P. bipinnatifida, Nutt. (G.) In the same situations near mouth of Columbia. Common. 

 Both form bushy, prostrate tufts in the sand. I observed no intermediate forms of the leaves. 



