APPENDIX QQ. 1685 



(1 1 i:\oroin A('K.E. 

 (Goose foot Family.) 



Sarcobatus w rmiculatus, Toit. (Grease-Bush). — First seen, on the Yellowstone, at Custer 

 Creek; hence very common westward, on alkali, sandy bottoms andbuttes. Bare 

 below Bnford. 



Obionc confertifoJia, Torr. — Abnndanton Cedar and Sunday Creeks and most tributa- 

 ries of Yellowstone. On sandy, alkali bottoms and bad-lands. Often found in company 

 with the preceding. 



Obionc canesa us, Moq. — Sunday Creek and other tributaries of the Yellowstone, Com- 

 mon on bad-lands. 



Eurotia lanata, Moq. (White Sage). — Common all over this region, especially westward, 

 on dry. sandy soil. "Retains its foliage and fruit through winter, and valuable for 

 its fattening qualities for stock" (Sereno Watson). 



Suxxda Torreyana (Western Elite). — Small, 12 to 18 inches high, but caudex dis- 

 tinctly woody and perennial. Common on alkali hats and bad-lands. 



AXACARDIACEJE. 

 (Sumach Family.) 



Rhus toxicodendron (Poison Ivy), var. radicans. — Common. Sunday Creek, Muscle- 

 shell. 



films aromalica, var. trilobaia (Fragrant Sumach). — Small shrub with pretty foliage ; 

 found everywhere on stony, gravelly blurt's from Lincoln to Little Rocky Mountains. 



ERICACEAE. 



(Heath Family.) 



Arctostaphylos Ura-Ursi (Bearberry). — Judith Basin; bluffs of Upper Missouri, Little 

 Rocky Mountains. Snow Mountains. The dried leaves used as "kimiikinnick," either 

 alone or mixed with tobacco, by Western Indians and frontiersmen. 



CORNACE.E. 



(Dogwood Family. ) 



Cornus stolon if era (Red-Osier Dogwood). — Very common on Missouri and Yellowstone. 

 Inner bark furnishes the " kinnikinnick " of the Sioux Indians. According to Dr. 

 Matthews, U. S. A., the Cornua scricca is used for the same purpose, but was not found. 



VITACE^E. 



(Vine Family.) 



Vitis cordifolia (Winter or Frost Grape). — Missouri and Yellowstone. 



CELASTRACE.E. 



(Staff-Tree Family.) 



Celastrus scandens (Climbing Bitter-Sweet). — Shrub, with conspicuous scarlet pods. 

 Seen once between Buford and. Stevenson, and at Fort Lincoln. 



LILIACE^E. 



(Lily Family.) 



Yucca ananstifolia, Pursh (Adam's Needle). — Common on the bluffs of the Yellow- 

 stone. Opens its white, showy flowers in June. Pod ripe in August. 



CACTACE^E. 



(Cactus Family.) 



Opuniiu Mi880uriensis (Missouri Cactus). — Common on Missouri ravines above Buford, 

 rare below ; abundant on the plains of the Yellowstone: often so closely set that horses 



cannot find sufficient clear room for rolling. Disappears at high elevations. Blos- 

 soms in June, each showy, yellow flower remaining open 5 or (> days. 



Mamillaria vivipara (Tuberculated Cactus: Turk's Head). — Yellowstone plains; less, 

 common than preceding. Blossoms in June; flowers pinkish. 



