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(258) Gramineae, perennial ; belongs to the same genus as the former 

 plant ; found together in the same situation. 



(259) Gramineae, Arundo (?), perennial ; the strongest grass which has 

 yet come under my notice ; 6 to 10 feet ; in all alluvial grounds ; very 

 luxuriant near springs and on the shores of rivers. 



(260) Gramineae, perennial ; a handsome, slender grass, with fine 

 leaves ; plentiful near rivers in sand. 



(261) Sisymbrium (?) annual ; pod short, curved ; in sands plentiful ; 

 probably collected before. 



(262) Lupinus sp.^ ; annual ; leaves small, hairy, digitate, leaflets 

 five to seven, vOlous on both sides, oblong ; calyx halt the length of the 

 coroUa, with small linear bractea ; upper lip bidentate ; flowers alternate, 

 lower lip lanceolate, blue, upper obtuse, white, with two rows of black 

 dots in the centre ; bright purple after a few days' expansion ; legume 

 very villous, six-seeded ; seeds small, grey colour, with a longitudinal 

 black streak on each side ; stem branching, with dense long hairs ; 6 inches 

 to a foot high ; on gravelly, dry grounds ; rather rare ; this fine 

 little plant has some resemblance to L. pusillus of Nuttall, but that is 

 only two-seeded ; coroUa bright blue ; both sides pubescent alike ; 

 this, glabrous on the upper side ; near the Grand Eapids, Columbia 

 Eiver. S. 



(263) Lufinus sp.* ; perennial ; leaves digitate, leaflets seven to nine, 

 lanceolate, obtuse ; flowers faint blue and purple, striated, with blue of 

 a deep hue ; whole plant glabrous, branching ; the flowers are rarely to 

 be seen in a perfect state, being attacked by insects which devour them in 

 the bud ' ; a strong plant ; in the same place a variety (alba, 264) 

 frequently to be foimd equal in size, and agreeing in every other respect 

 with this specimen, except its white flowers ; both abundant on elevated 

 grounds in dry soU, banks of rivers, in sand. Grand Rapids, Columbia 

 Eiver. S. 



Tuesday, May 31sJ. — ^Made a journey of three days on the north 

 banks of the river towards the Eapids, accompanied by one Indian 

 belonging to a tribe called Kyuse; his name was 'Yes,' I mean his 

 Indian name ; he had no good qualification except being a good 

 huntsman. Collected the following plants, a few miles below the Grand 

 Eapids : — 



(264) Antirrhinum sp., annual or biennial ; leaves glabrous, alternate, 

 linear, obtuse ; flowers bluish-purple, flower-stems erect, 18 inches high, 

 others creeping ; abundant on dry ground in light soil. S. 



(265) Pentstemon sp., perennial ; radical leaves glabrous ovate- 

 lanceolate, caulkie partly amplexicaule, all entire ; flowers numerous, 

 verticillate ; purplish-blue ; sterile filament bearded ; a handsome tall 

 plant, 2| to 3 feet high ; on rising blufis, in marshy grounds ; plentiful 

 (diSerent from 247). S. 



' In the MS. at the side of 262 L. bicolor is written. This is L. micranthus var. 

 hicolor according to S. Wats. Bibl. Ind. N. Am. Bot. p. 238. 



* In the MS. at the top of 263 L. alhicaulis is written. 



^ In another MS. : — ' being destroyed by a species of aphis which confines 

 itself to this plant.' 



