1825, MAY. PLANTS COLLECTED 115 



and remains until well steamed ; lie immediately plunges into some pool or 

 river, which is chosen so as not to be far distant. They are formed of 

 sticks, mud, and turfs, with a small hole for means of entering. They are most 

 frequently used when the natives come from their hunting parties, after the 

 fatigues of war, and also before they go on any expedition which requires 

 bodily exertion. My curiosity was not so strong as to regale myself with a 

 bath. Saw plenty of Fraxinus, which a few days since I said was scarce. 

 Also very fine tree of Quercus. It seldom grows to a great height, not 

 more than 60 or 70 feet at most. Some of them measure 6 feet diameter 

 6 feet from the ground. The bark is very singularly crossed and rugged, 

 and at a distance resembles the ash ; could get only male flowers. 

 Collected the following : 



(131) Dodecatheon sp., var. alba ; this fine variety, among the beautiful 

 blossoms of the species, makes a fine contrast. 



(132) Ranunculus sp., perennial; small still pools ; plentiful. 



(133) CorallorrMza or Cymbidium, perennial ; lip crenulate, obtuse ; 

 white with pink spots ; flowers erect ; difEers from the one (48) gathered 

 some days since ; the whole plant is smaller, Up the same colour as the 

 petiole, with three longitudinal streaks, the middle one of a deeper hue 

 than the marginal ones ; two altogether distinct species, both found in 

 shady close pine-woods in rich soil ; plentiful. 



Phalangium Quamash i ; flowers white ; sometimes varying from 

 blue to purpHsh-blue, pink and white. 



Rosa sp. ; open places, near the sides of rivulets ; abundant ; flowers 

 blush colour, faint odour. 



Gaultheria Shallon. I find it thrives more luxuriantly near the ocean 

 than elsewhere ; the further removed from it, it gradually becomes less 

 vigorous. 



Gnafhalium sp., perennial ; abundant on dry sterile plains. 



(134) Pentandria, Monogynia ; flowers blue, calyx five-partite ; corolla 

 monopetalous, five-lobed ; stigma globose ; a single specimen of this 

 plant I found near the ocean on the south side of the river in an unex- 

 panded state ; the tree 17 to 20 feet high ; since found abundantly on 

 dry soils. Scabiosa (?) S. 



(135) Vicia sp. ; tall luxuriant plant, found near woods in rich soil ; 

 flowers blue and purple ; perennial ; probably different from any gathered 

 before. 



(136) Populus, female, same as before. 



(137) Cerastium sp., annual ; flowers white ; may be the same as 

 collected before. 



(138) Glaytonia perfoliata (?) ; near Indian houses ; plentiful. 



(139) and (140) omitted. 



May 2nd. — ^Made a visit to Menzies Island, in the Columbia river, 

 opposite the Hudson Bay Company's establishment at Point Vancouver, 

 seventy-five miles from Cape Disappointment. The island is low, sandy 

 shores, rich vegetable soil in the middle, frequently inundated when the 

 river is much swollen. Collected the following plants : 



' Camassia esculenta. Baker, in Journ. Linn. Soo. xiii. p. 257. 



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