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be found on the whole island only in that part where it is widest, 

 not far from the northern point, a few pointed-leaved alder 

 shrubs ^^^ that are able to rise above the ground; in the same 

 place wild roses ^^^ are also to be found. Occasionally there are to 

 be found the small round-leaved birch^^^ (Betula nana) in the 

 swamps, very small juniper bushes ^^ on the hills, and equally 

 small mountain ash^^^ {Sorhus aucuparia). Of low shrubs there 

 are the Kurile tea^^° {Poientilla fniiicosa), Labrador tea^^^ or 

 Ledum, Andromeda polifolia,^^^ huckleberries,^^^ bearberries^^^ 

 {Uvaursi), cranberries ^^^ and crowberries^^^ (Empetrum), and the 

 yellow-flowered snow rose ^3" (Chamaerhododendros laurifolio, flore 

 flavo). Also blackberries 1^^ {Rub us arcticus) and yellow raspber- 

 ries^^^ {Chamaemorus) and Cornus herbacea^^^ are there in abun- 

 dance, and of edible roots and plants the Kamchatkan sweet 

 grass 201 {Sphondyliiim), whose root resembles parsnip and is as 



used Steller's manuscript "Catalogus plantarum intra sex horas in 

 parte Americae septentrionalis iuxta promontorium Eliae observatarum 

 anno 1741 die 21 lulii sub gradu latitudinis 59" (see above, p. 58, 

 footnote 119).] 



185 Betula ermani Cham. (Footnotes 185 to 218 inclusive are by Dr. 

 Stejneger.) 



186 Rosa cinnamomea L. 



187 Betula nana L. 



188 No juniper has been found on the island by later collectors. The 

 probability is that some ericaceous plant was mistaken for it. 



189 Sorbus sambucifolia (Cham, et Schlecht.). 



190 Potentilla fruticosa L. Not recorded from the island by later 

 collectors. 



191 Ledum paluslre L. 



192 The wild rosemary, Andromeda polifolia L. 



193 Vaccinium uUginosum L. 



194 Arctostaphylos arctica (L.). 



195 Upland cranberries, Vaccinium vitis idaea L. 



196 Empetrum nigrum L. 



197 Rhododendron chrysanthum Pallas. 



198 Rubus stellatus Smith. 



199 Rubus chamaemorus L. 

 230 Cornus suecica L. 



201 Heracleum lanalum Michx. See also, above, p. 45, footnote 78. 



