62 THE BOTANY OF THE KOUTE. 



Specularia perfoliata, a. DC. (G.) Pmiries; common; June. (Steilacoom, S.) 



Heterocodon rariflorum, Nutt. (T.) Prairie near Steilacoom; rare; growing in cultivated 

 grounds in spreading tufts a foot ■wide. Flowers either purple or white; June. 



GiTHOPSis SPECULARIOIDES, Nutt. (T. ) (Trans. of Amer. Phil. Soc, new series, p. 225.) 

 With the preceding, and similar in growth, but smaller; June 20; purple. 



Vaccinium macrocarpon, Alton. (G.) Swamps near coast; abundant; June. 



V. PARViFOLiUM, Smith. (G.) Forests; common; flowers greenish purple; April; fruit red; 

 July. 



V. CAESPiTOSUM, Mich. Prairies of interior; abundant; April; 6 inches high. 



V. OVALIFOLIUM, Smith. Dark forests; not abundant; flowers greenish, rich; fruit blue, 

 sour; August. 



V. MYRTiLLOiDES, Midi. Cascadc mountains over 4,000 feet high; fruit good; ripe in 

 August; brownish purple. 



V. OVATUM, Pursh. (G.) Forests; evergreen; flowers pink; February to May; fruit black, 

 sweet; September to December. 



Arbutus menziesii, Pursh. (G.) Gravelly shores and banks, in fir forests; April; white. 



Arctostaphylos tomextosa, Pursh. Rare in fir forests; Vancouver to Cascade mountains; 

 fruit unripe in July. 



A. UVA URSi, Linn. (C.) Abundant on sandy prairie, from sea-shore eastward; May. 



Menziesia ferruglnea, Smith. (G.) Along coast; not [abundant; 10 feet high; flowers in 

 May; purplish. 



M. EMPETRiFORMis? Gm. Seen on Cascade mountains, at 4, 000 feet elevation, flowering in 

 August; rare. 



Gaultheria shallon, Pursh. (G.) Abounds west of Cascade range; flowers in May; fruit 

 resembles the harvest apple in flavor. 



Rhododendron maximum? Linn. Common only in woods on Whidby's island, but said to 

 extend along Cascade range southward. In dry gravelly soil 12 feet high. Flowers in April, 

 (Port Townsend, S.) 



Kalmia angustifolia, Linn. (G.) Common in sphaguous swamps; June. A variety approach- 

 ing K. glauca, var. ovata. 



Pyrola rotundifolia, var. Iracfeata, Linn. (G.) Woods; June; common. (Steilacoom, S.) 

 "This with P. asarifolia, Mx.; P. nliginosa, Torr.; P. occidentalis, B. Br., and P. picta, 

 Hook., I take to be but one species." — Gray. 



P. ELLIPTICA, Nutt. In similar situations less common; June. "A poultice made of the 

 leaves raises blisters." (G.) 



MoNESES UNiFLORA, Linn. (G.) Woods, on logs, &c., along coast; rare; June. 



Chimaphila UMBELLATA, Pursh., (G.) Dry woods ; common; June. (Steilacoom, S.) 



Pterospora andromedea, Nuttal. Woods; Steilacoom; June; Cascade mountains at 4,000 

 feet; in August; not common. 



MoNOTROPA UNIFLORA, Linn. (G.) Forests; rare; July; near Chehalis river. 



Plantago major, Linn. A very large variety in an opening of the forest; Chehalis river; 

 July; apparently indigenous. 



P. MARiTiMA,.Linn. (G.) Sea-shore; common; June 20. 



P. Patagonica, Jacq. (T.) var. Gnaplialioides. Prairie, head of Chehalis; July 4; rare. 



