1826, APRIL. PLANTS COLLECTED 163 



(10) Cruciferae, Alyssum (?) sp. ; perennial ; a low reclining plant ; 

 found on gravelly and sandy soils ; very plentiful around tte establish- 

 ment at WaUawaUah, 450 miles from th.e ocean. 



(11) Banunculus sp. ; perennial ; a fine low plant, scarcely exceeding 

 2 to 3 inches high, on the mountains near springs ; in the valleys and low 

 grounds, under the shade of pines, 6 to 8 inches ; plentiful at the junction 

 of the Spokane River with the Columbia. 



(12) , annual ; abundant near villages ; a low stinking plant ; 



flowers white. 



(13) Vmbelliferae, perennial ; flowers yellow ; a low plant, 6 inches to 

 a foot high, on all gravelly soils. 



(14) Vmbelliferae; a small plant, about the same size as the preced- 

 ing ; flowers white, has no smell ; the former like that of caraways ; 

 plentiful. 



(15) Vmbelliferae, perennial ; a low spreading plant ; petioles and 

 peduncle white and rough ; also plentiful ; flowers white ; anthers purple ; 

 a fine small plant. 



(16) Vmbelliferae, perennial ; flowers yellow ; 8 inches to a foot high ; 

 growing near rivulets among stones ; this may later in the season 

 grow to a much larger size, as it seems a strong plant. 



(17) Vmbelliferae, perennial ; has some resemblance to No. 14 ; found 

 in the same places ; flowers white ; anthers bright purple. 



(18) DiadelpJiia ? a small creeping plant, found only on the grounds 

 around the Great Falls, where last year, in the end of June, I found it in 

 seed. Cheiranthus, annual ; found last year in seed ; now in blossom 

 on all sandy light soils. 



(19) Syngenesia, annual ; flowers white ; leaves sessile, alternate, some- 

 what dentate ; stem hirsute ; a low plant, not more than 6 to 10 inches 

 high ; on rocky and gravelly hiUs ; plentiful. Arhutus Menziesii in 

 blossom ; took from the same plants specimens in flower where I gathered 

 perfect berries last September ; a splendid shrub. 



(20) Ribes sp. ; in blossom ; the same as R. 217 collected 1825 ; flowers 

 faint white, fragrant; on all rocky soils, from the Great Falls to the junction 

 of the Spokane River. 



(21) Lilium sp. ; L. pudicum ^ of Pursh ; I find that No. 25 of 1825, 

 which I mistook for it, will prove a still more interesting plant, per- 

 fectly distinct from the genus Lilium, the style being invariably three- 

 cleft ; the present, which agrees perfectly with his description, is found 

 in great abundance from the Falls upwards, on all dry high soils ; this 

 highly ornamental plant I must try to preserve roots to send home ; roots 

 eaten, both raw and roasted on the embers, by the natives and are collected 

 in July and dried in the sun for winter store. 



(22) Syngenesia, perennial ; not far removed from Bellis ; a low plant ; 

 in all dry gravelly soils. 



(23) Diandria, perennial ; leaves orbicular-reniform, partially lobed, 

 smooth on the under side, upper and peduncle minutely pubescent ; 

 flowers blue ; a low plant, in shady woods among moss, in rich decayed 



1 Fritillaria pudica. Baker, in Joum. Linn. Soc. xiv. p. 267. 



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