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eatable as the stalk; a species of Angelica,"^^^ which in Kamchatka 

 is called kutakhshu; Ulmaria,"^^^ used in Kamchatka under the 

 name of shalamai; the Kamchatkan brown lily; 204 the Alpine 

 bistort^os (^Polygonum vivipar urn); the purple fireweed^os (Epilo- 

 hium angustifolium) ; wormwood ;207 the common goose grass ;208 

 sorrel ;209 and a species of celery.^io Of herbs we used for salads 

 there were Pulmonaria maritima,^^^ watercress, Cochlearia 

 danica,^^^ beccabunga,^!^ ^nd several cardamines.^i* Instead of 

 tea we made an infusion with cranberry leaves,^!^ with Pyrola,^^^ 

 with a special large-flowered speed well, ^i'^ and with Kurile tea^^s — 

 so that we lacked nothing for the bare maintenance of our health; 

 and for fuel enough wood drifts ashore even if it cannot grow on 

 the island itself. 



[Conclusion] 219 



Not without the keenest realization of the miraculous and 

 loving guidance of God did we all leave this island ; and surely we 



202 Coelopleurum gmelini (D. C). See also, above, footnote 425, under 

 (d). Also discussed by Steller in his "Beschreibung von dem Lande 

 Kamtschatka," 1774, p. 88. 



203 Filipendula kaintschatica (Pallas). 



204 Fritillaria kamtschatcensis (L.). 



205 Polygonum viviparum L. 



206 Epilobium ayigustifolium L. 



207 Artemisia vulgaris L. 



208 Potentilla anserina L, 



209 Rumex arcticus Trautv. 



210 Conioselinum kajntschaticum Rupr. 



2u Mertensia maritima (L.). See also, above, footnote 425, under (e). 



212 "Brunnenkresse, die Cochlearia danica," probably meant for the 

 same plant (C. officinalis L.). as the true Brunnenkresse, Nasturtium 

 officinale, is not found on the island. In 1882 I collected Nasturtium 

 palustre (Leysser) at Komandor, near Bering's grave. 



213 Veronica americana Schwein. 



2H Cardamine pratensis L. and hirsuta L. 



215 See, immediately above, footnote 195, 



216 Pyrola minor L, See also, above, footnote 425, under (i). 



217 Veronica aphylla L. var. grandiflora (Gartn.), 



218 See, immediately above, footnote 190. 



219 This concluding paragraph is probably based on the passage in the 

 IAS quoted above, p. 184, footnote 450. 



