64 THE BOTANY OF THE ROUTE. 



H. CAPiTATUM, Bentb. (G.) In similar situations; common. July; 2-3 feet; white. (Steila- 

 coom, S.) 



Phacelia circinata, Jacq. (G.) Abundant iu dry openings of the forest; June. 



EuTOCA Menziesii, Bentb. (G.) Prairies near Puget Sound, rare; June; 1 foot. (Steila- 

 coom, S.) 



Nemophila parviflora, Bentb. (T.) Woods near Puget Sound; June and July; rare. 



PoLEMONiDM MiCRANTHUM, Bentb. (T.) Eicb soil, prairie, Wbitby's I.; April 12; rare. 



CoLLOMiA GRANDiFLORA, Dougl. (G.) Common on prairies of interior; June; 2 feet, (S.) 



C. GRACILIS, Dougl. (T.) Common in the same situations as tbe last. 



GiLiA AcHiLLi^FOLiA, Bentb. Witb tbe preceding; common; July. 



G. MiCRANTHA, Steud. (T.) AVitb tbe preceding; June, common, (S.) 



G. TRICOLOR, Bentb. (G.) In cultivated ground on coast. Introduced? 



Navabretia HETEROPHYLLA, Bentb.. (T.) Prairie near Puget Sound; June; rare, (S.) 



Calystegia soldanella, R. Br. (G.) On sandy sea-beacb near salt water, common; June 20. 

 Flower large, purple; plant prostrate. 



CuscuTA UMBROSA, Beurick. (G.) "ex Hooker." Common among Salicornia on sea-coast. Sept. 



SoLANUM nigrum, Linn. (G.) A large form, growing cbiefly around cultivated grounds 

 Introduced ? July to December. 



Fraxinds Oregonus, Nutt. Ash. River bank above tide-water; June. 



AsarumHookeri, Gray. (G.) A. canadensis, var. Hooh Forests; not common; June. (Steila- 

 coom, S.) "The specimens are not in flower, but it is no doubt a distinct species." — Gray. 



Salicornia herbacea, Linn. (G.) Salt marshes; abundant. 



Chenopodium album, Linn. (G.) Several varieties about cultivated grounds on sea-shore. 

 Introduced? 



Blitum rubrum, Linn. var. B. humile, Moq. (T.) Salt marsh at Shoalwater bay; May. 

 Branches decumbent, fleshy; 6 inches long. 



Abronia arenaria, Menz. (G.) Sandy sea-shore nearest to water, spreading. Flowers in 

 June and July; orange yellow, and with tbe odor of orange blossoms. 



A. umbellata, Lamk. (C.) With preceding, a smaller plant; flowers pink, expanding in 

 September; scentless. 



Polygonum Paronychia, Cham. (G.) Common on dry sandy prairies along sea-coast; July; 

 2 feet; rose-colored. 



P. Persicaria, Linn. (G.) About cultivated grounds. Introduced? July. 



P. TENUE, Michx. (G.) Sea-shore jirairies; June. 



P. amphibium, var. aquaticum, Linn. (T.) In lakes about Puget Sound, common; June. 



RuMEX Salicifolius, Weinm. (G.) About salt marshes, etc., common; June. 



R. DOMESTicus, Hartm. ex-Hook. (G.) Introduced? not common. (Steilacoom, S.) "Leaves 

 boiled and eaten by Indians." — (G.) 



R. persicarioides, Linn. (G.) Common about salt marshes. June; 1 foot. 



R. acetosella, Linn. Becoming common in cultivated prairies. Introduced 20 years since 

 at Nisqually farms, and is now spread for miles around, crowding out everything else in the 

 poor gravelly soil. — (S.) 



Shepherdia Canadensis, Nutt. Found only on banks near Straits of Fuca; flowering March 10. 



QuERCUS Garryana, Dougl. White Oak. Tbe abundant and sole species of oak, in prairies. 

 Flowers, May 25. 



