PART IIL-PLANTS. 



Note. — The matter inclosed by parentheses, and including the initial T, has been added to 

 the list of plants given by Dr. J. T. Rothrock.* 



RANUNCULACBai . 



Thalictrum alpinum, L., Kotzebue Sound and Port Clarence. 



Anemone alpina, L., Kotzebue Sound. 



Anemone patens, L., Fort Yukon. 



Anemone parviflora, Michx., Kotzebue Sound. 



Anemone richardsoni, Hook., Unalashka, Kotzebue Sound, Yukon River. 



Anemone narcissiflora, L., (=A. multifida of Hooker). "Kotzebue Sound, Point Barrow to 

 Mackenzie River, Unalashka Island. (This species is abundant throughout the Aleutian Islands, 

 attaining a height of 1 foot. The early spring growth on the upper end of the root is eaten by the 

 natives of those islands. It has a waxy, farinaceous taste which is not disagreeable. T.) 



Hepatica triloba, Ohaix., Sitka. 



Ranunculus pallasii, Schlecht., Kotzebue Sound. 



Ranunculus hyperboreus, Rottb., Norton Sound to Wainwright Inlet. 



R. purshii, Richards., Kotzebue Sound. 



R. lapponicus, L., Kotzebue Sound. 



R. pygmanis, Wahl., Kotzebue Sound. 



R. nivalis, R. Br., Kotzebue Sound. 



R. eschscholtzii, Schlecht., Kotzebue Sound to Cape Lisburne. 



R. occidentalis, Nutt., (R. recurvatus, Bongard in Vegetation of Sitka, but not of Poir), Sitka. 



(R. fluviatilis, L., Atkha and Attu Islands. Quite common in the. running streams of water, 

 and occasionally in the upland pools. T.) 



(R. nelsoni, D C. Abundant throughout the Aleutian Islands. Attains a height of 15 inches. 

 T.) 



Caltha palustris, L., var. asarifolia, Unalashka, Rothrock. (All Aleutian Islands, quite com- 

 the lower hill- slopes. T.) 



C. leptosepala, D C. Sitka. 



G. arctica, R. Br., This species doubtless occurs in the extreme northeast part of the territory. 



Coptis infolia, Salisb., Sitka. 



C. asplenifolia, Salisb., Sitka. 



(G. trifolia, Salisb., Common throughout the Aleutian Islands and mainland coast, growing 

 solitary, 2 to 3 inches high. This species was collected also at an elevation of 1,300 feet at Atkha 

 Island. T.) 



Aquilegia formosa, Fisch., (= A. canadensis, Bong). Sitka. 



Delphinium menziesii, D C. Kotzebue Sound to Cape Lisburne. 



Aconitum napellus, L., var. delphinifolium, Smith. Sitka, Kotzebue Sound, Chamisso Island, 

 Norton Sound, and between Point Barrow and Mackenzie River. (Quite common through the 

 entire Aleutian chain. T.) 



NYMPHiEACEiE. 



Nupliar luteum, Smith. Sitka. (This species grows vigorously in a shallow lake on the south- 

 west side of Attu Island. T.) 



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* Sketch of the Flora of Alaska, by J. T. Rothrock, M. D. (Smithsonian Report for 1867, pp. 433-463.) 



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