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the hills. This very interesting plant gave me at first great pleasure 

 when it struck my eye ; in an imperfect state, being neither in flower 

 nor seed. I looked on it as certain to obtain either, but after a search 

 of three days I had the mortification to be content with strong 

 plants of this year's growth, and decayed stalks and capsules of last 

 year's growth. No seeds could be found. Probably only flowers every 

 other year. Is not eaten by any animals ; its beautiful green verdure 

 bids defiance to the intense cold of its high habitation. My thermometer 

 stood at 4-3° in the shade at noon 8th September ; at Fort Vancouver on 

 the same day 85°. The natives at the Rapids call it ' Quip Quip.' Pursh 

 is correct as to their making water-tight baskets of its leaves. Last 

 night my Indian friend Cockqua arrived here from his tribe on the coast, 

 and brought me three of the hats made on the English fashion, which I 

 ordered when there in July ; the fourth, which will have some initials 

 wrought in it, is not finished, but will be sent by the other ship. I think 

 them a good specimen of the ingenuity of the natives and particularly 

 also being made by the little girl, twelve years old, spoken of when at the 

 village. I paid one blanket (value 7s.) for them, the fourth included. 

 We smoked ; I gave him a dram and a few needles, beads, pins, and rings 

 as a present for the little girl. Faithful to his proposition he brought me 

 a large paper of seeds of Vaccinium ovatum in a perfect state, which 

 I showed him when there, then in an unripe state. I have circulated 

 notices among my Indian acquaintances to obtain it for me. 



(466) Monoecia, annual ; curious plant ; stamens short ; anthers 

 superior yellow ; near Indian lodges abundant. 



(467) Poa sp. ; annual ; small, creeping ; on the sandy banks of 

 rivers, plentiful. 



(468) Cyferus sp. ; annual ; very small fine plant ; this and the 

 former grow together in abundance. 



(469) Euphorbia or Polygonum sp. ; annual : small creeper ; in the 

 same place as the two preceding ; also abundant. 



(470) Diadelfhia, perennial ; leaves alternate, lanceolate, compoundly 

 serrate ; flower white, tinged at the tips of its wings with rose. 



(471) Arbutus tomentosa i ; a shrub 2 to 14 feet high ; abundant on 

 the mountains in rocky places, in light soils ; fruit perfect, brownish- 

 yellow ; this is a plant which, if the seeds rise, wUl be a valuable 

 addition ; it will stand the English climate, being from a high 

 altitude. 



(472) Bidens (?) sp. ; annual ; flowers yellow ; abundant on the sides 

 of springs and rivulets in the mountains. 



(473) Polypodium sp. ; wet places on the mountains. 



(474) Oxalis sp. ; perennial ; leaves large ; flowers white ; near 

 mountain springs, abundant. 



(475) Monoecia, (?) Umbelliferae ; berry, 1, 2, 3, 5-seeded; seeds red, 

 flat, oval ; leaves lobed, serrated ; stem prickly ; bark white ; on moist 

 ■ground, in the shade of pines ; 6 to 10 feet high ; this I take to be what 

 Dr. Fischer of Petersburg mentioned to Mr. Lindley, who spoke to me 



' Arctostaphylos tomentosa, A. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Am. ii. i. p. 28. 



