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ked raceme. Stigma trifid, Capsule three-angled, three- 
celled. Found on Cross Isle, Detroit river, May 18th. 
Mr. Nuttall has observed it near the confluence of Huron 
river and Lake Erie, near St. Louis, and on the lowest 
banks of the Ohio. Gov. Lewis brought specimens of this 
plant from the upper part of the Missouri, near the Rocky 
Mountains, where the natives use the bulbous roots exten- 
sively as an article of diet. They are known among them 
by the name of Quamash, and are eaten, baked between hot 
stones. Capt. Douglass did not understand that the Indians 
of the region where he found the plant, made use of the 
roots for food. | 
Uvularia perfoliata £. On the Islands of Lake Erie, 
This plant is said to cure the bite of a rattle-snake, and is 
believed by the Indians to grow wherever that animal is 
found. 
Streptopus roseus Mz. 
Uvularia rosea. Bot. Mac. 1489. fe wee ae 
Muhl. Cat. p. 34. 
(Matasbuck) Nearly 
Smilacina canadensis Ph. allied to Conéal br- 
Convallaria canadensis RepouTe. pfolia of Europe. 
Majanthemum canadense Desr. | May 28th. 
_ Convallaria bifolia Mx. Shores of L. Huron. 
Racemosa Desf-—Ph. ‘ Shores of Lake Huron. 
Convallaria racemosa Li. 
Stellata Desf—Ph. 
eee stellata L. ‘ Gross Isle, May 22d. 
Dracena borealis 4it. (Cus-cus-cun-domeneca.) Leaves 
ablong, oval, sometimes obovate, muscronate, smooth, 
membranous six-seven inches long and from two to three 
inches broad, ciliated on the margin, Scape six to eight 
inches high, terminated by three or four nodding flowers of 
a yellowish-green colour. Corolla six-petalled, petals lan- 
ceolate, rather obtuse, slightly connected at the base. Sta- 
mina the length of the corolla, inserted at the base of the 
petals : others oblong, two-celled, large, style thick, one 
third the length of the stamina: stigma three-lobed. 
Shores of Lake Huron, May 28th. 
