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XATUEAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS IN ALASKA. 



LIST or THE MOST PKOSIINKKT SPECIES 01' PLANTS IN BLOSSOM OR WELL ADVANCED IN THE VICINITY OF SAINT 



MICHAELS IN JLNE, ICOl. 



Linnea borealis. 

 Cassiopea tetragona. 

 Andromeda polifoUa. 

 Loiseleuria procumbens. 

 Vaccinium vitis-idma. 

 Arctostapliylos alpina. 

 Ledum palustre. 

 Nardosmia frigida. 

 Sanssvrea alpina. 

 Sen ecio frigidus. 

 Senecio pdlustris. 

 Arnica angustifolia. 

 Artemisia arctica. 

 Matricaria inodora. 

 Rubus cliamcemorus. 

 Ruhns arcticus. 

 Potcntilla nivea. 

 Dry as oetopetala. 

 Drdbd alpina. 

 Draba incana. 

 Eutrema arenicola. 

 Pedicularis sudetica. 

 Pedicularis enphrasioides. 

 Pedicularis langsdorffi lanata. 

 Diapensia lapponica. 

 Polemoium cceruleum. 

 Primula borealis. 



Oxytropis podocarpa. 

 Astragalus alpinus. 

 Astragalus frigidus littora lis. 

 Lathyrus maritimus. 

 Arenaria lateriflora. 

 Stellaria longipes. 

 Silene acauUs. 

 Saxifraga nivalis. 

 Saxifraga hieraeifolia. 

 Anemone narcissiflora. 

 Anemone parviflora. 

 Galtha palustris asarifolia. 

 Valeriana capitata. 

 Lloydia serotina. 

 Tofieldia coccinea. 

 Armeria vulgaris. 

 Gorydalis pauciflora. 

 Pinguieula villosa. 

 Mertensia paniculata. 

 Polygonum alpinum. 

 Epilobium latifolium. 

 Betula nana. 

 Alnus viridis. 

 Eriophorum capitatum. 

 Car ex vulgaris alpina. 

 Aspidium fragrans. 

 Woodsia ilvensis. 



Besides several small species of Salix, Iris sibirica, and others. 



At the same season the following additional species were fouLd on the shores of Golovina 



Bay; 



Spirea betulcefolia. 

 Trientalis europwa arctica. 

 Chrysanthemum arcticum. 

 Artemisia vulgaris tilesii. 

 Arenaria peploides. 



Gentiana glauca. 

 Elymus arenarius. 

 Poa trivialis. 

 Carex vesicaria alpina. 

 Aspidium spinulosum. 



We landed from the Corwin at Cape Thompson, midway between Bering Straits and Point 

 Barrow, on Jnly 19, 1881, and found near the shore there a series of warm, sheltered little valleys 

 and slopes. These were well drained and covered with a profusion of flowers. Within a mile of 

 our landing-place we secured the following species : 



Phlox sibirica. 

 Polemonium humile. 

 Polemonium cceruleum. 

 Myosotis sylvatica alpestris. 

 Eritrichium nanum arctioides. 

 Dodecatheon meadia frigidum. 

 Androsace chamcejasme. 

 Anemone narcissiflora. 

 Anemone multifida. 

 Anemone parviflora. 



Ranunculus affinis. 

 Galtha asarifolia. 

 Geum glaciale. 

 Dryas oetopetala. 

 Polygonum bistorta. 

 Rumex crispus. 

 BoyJiinia richardsonii. 

 Saxifraga tricuspidata. 

 Saxifraga cernua. 

 Saxifraga flagellaris. 



