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cedar woods among moss ; I liave not yet seen it nearer the ocean than 

 forty miles. I am unable to find its fruit. 



May 22nd. — (229) Brodiaea grandiflora ^ ; Pursh is correct as to it being 

 hexandrous ; anthers united in pairs ; one of the finest and earliest 

 flowering plants ; will the bulbs keep to England ? (try). This splendid 

 bulbous plant is plentiful in all dry elevated light soils on the banks of 

 rivers, rarely to be found in seed ; 18 inches to 2 feet high. Seeds are 

 sent with a quantity of bulbs in a jar among dry sand. I hope they 

 may reach England in a good state ; May. 



(230) Gramineae, perennial ; plentiful on the dry plains. 



(231) Probably Lychnis ; annual ; calyx five-toothed ; three-celled ; 

 seeds flat ; on the plains. S. 



(232) Eriogonum sp. ; suflruticose ; leaves partly cordate, long, ovate ; 

 petioles very downy, particularly the under side ; stem smooth, green, 

 red where exposed to the sun, hollow ; calyx none ; corolla five petals 

 obtuse ; stamens eight to nine, mostly nine, nearly as long as the corolla, 

 green colour ; flowers white, stamens and ovary pubescent ; this curious 

 plant I cannot refer to its proper species ; whether included in the American 

 flora, I am unable to say ; a splendid plant with large flowers, 2 to 3 

 feet high ; plentiful on the southern declivities of the hills, in dry soil. 



(233) Viburnum sp., may turn out V. fubescens, a strong shrub which 

 generally inhabits margins of rivers, marshes, moist woods, &c. ; abundant. 



May 23rd. — (234) Lupinus, perennial ; var. aJha of what I suppose 

 L. nootJcatensis. 



(235) Lupinus sp. ; perennial ; difierent from 49 ; flowers very 

 bright light blue and white, the other puiple-rose : lip of the present 

 more acute ; leaves 5 to 7 digitate, lanceolate, silky underneath ; a small 

 beautiful species which I cannot refer to any yet described ; spike 8 inches 

 to 14 high, not more than one cauline leaf on a stem ; in light gravelly 

 soils, on elevated ground, near the Grand Eapids. S. 



(236) Symphoria sp. 2 (?) ; flowers pink ; berry white, in clusters ; 

 plentiful on the high banks of rivers, plains, and edges of woods ; May. S. 



(237) Dracocephalum sp. (?), perennial ; flowers blue, pubescent 

 within ; a smaU plant, plentiful in the plains, in dry open soils. 



(238) Erigeron sp. (?), perennial ; flowers large, light blue and purple ; 

 in the plains, very abundant. 



(239) Mimulus sp. , perennial ; roots creeping ; stem spreading ; 

 leaves opposite, nearly sessile, ovate-lanceolate, somewhat dentate, five- 

 nerved ; flowers large, in pairs at the foot of each leaf ; peduncle double 

 the length of calyx and coroUa ; flowers bright yellow, brown streaks 

 in the inside ; a very beautiful plant ; whole plant very woolly, from 

 which I call it M. lanatus. In moist rocks on the Multnomah and the 

 Columbia at the falls of both, with M. luteus and M. Scouleri ; wiU be a 

 great addition to the garden ; May. S. 



(240) Circaea sp. ? perennial ; in dark, shady woods, plentiful. 



(241) Cyperus sp., perennial ; a strong species, in marshes. 



' Brodiaea lactea, Ind. Kew. fasc. i. p. 340. 



' Symphoricarpos, Benth. and Hook, f , Gen. PL ii. p. 4. 



