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Silene Douglasti, Hook. Rocky Mountains (1500 feet), Aug. 18, ’74, in flower. 
Stellaria longifolia, Muhl. Dufferin (damp thicket), June 12,’73, in flower. 
MALVACE. 
Malvastrum coccineum, Gray. Long River (open prairie), June 25, 73, in flower. 
Near Wood End (dry open prairie), June 12, first blossoms. Wood End, June 
18, (open prairie), in flower. Long River is about the eastern limit of this 
plant, on lat. 49°. It is common westward, especially on dry plains, 
Spheralcea acerifolia, Nutt. Foot Hills of Rocky Mts., (thicket) Aug. 8, ’74, in 
flower. , 
LINACEX. 
_ Linum perenne, L. Common from the Red R. prairie westward, growing on the 
open plains, but especially in sheltered hollows and along river banks, flower- 
ing in June. 
Linum rigidum, Pursh. Milk River (sheltered valley), July 21, ‘74. First branch 
Milk River (bottom land), Aug. 5,’74,5 to 6 inches high. Both in flower. This 
plant also noticed on dry upland prairie, near Wood Mt. but very rarely. It 
there only attained a height of 1 to 2 inches, and sometimes showed but a 
single terminal flower. 
OXALIDACEX. 
Oxalis stricta, L. Dufferin, June 10, 73, in flower. 
GERANIACEH. 
Geranium Richardsonii, Fisch & Meyer, (G. albiflorum, Hook.) Foot hills of Rocky 
Mts. Aug. 7, ’74, in flower, but with ripe seed also. White variety. 
_ Geranium Fremontii, Torr. Wood Mt. :in sheltered valleys), June 23, in flower. 
Abundant. Also growing with the last in great abundance on the Foot 
hills ; the greater part of the flowers had fallen in the first week of Aug. 
The roots of this plant, or the last, or both, are used by me Indians as a 
remedy for diarrhea. ; 
Geranium carolineanum, L. Winnipeg and N. W. Angle Rd. July 3, 73 ; in flower. 
Geranium, Sp. I. thicket, Turtle Mountain. July 25, 73; in flower. 
BALSAMINACE. 
Impatiens fulva, Nutt. Lake of the Woods. (Swamp.) August 2, ’73 ; in flower. 
ANACARDIACE. 
Rhus glabra, L. Lake of the Woods. July 6, ’73. 
Rhus trilobata, Nutt. (Rhus aromatica, Gray). Bad Lands south of Wood Moun- 
tain. June 29,’74. Berries nearly ripe. Also observed as far east as Pyra- 
mid Creek. Grows only on dry barren hill-sides. Few specimens of this 
plant were seen; and latitude 49° is probably about its northern limit. 
Rhus tozicodendron, L. Dufferin, (Thicket). June 21, ’73—in flower. 
VITACEA. 
Ampelopsis quinguefolia, Mx. Lake of the Woods. July 19, ’73—just flowering. 
Vitis cordifolia, Mx. Dufferin, June 18, ’73, in flower. 
RHAMNACE. 
Ceanothus velutinus, Dougl. (Var. levigatus, F. & G.= C. levigatus, Hook.) 
Kootanie Pass, a shrub about 3 feet high. 
Rhamnus alnifolius, L'Her. Lake of the Woods, Aug. 7,°73. Kootanie Pass, Aug. 
14, ’74. Both in fruit. 
