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Erysimum lanceolatum, R. Br., Arctic coast, Pullen. 



JEutrema edwardsii, R. Br., Saint Lawrence. 



Aphragmus eschscholtzianus, Andrz., Unalashka. 



HutcMnsia calycina, Desv., Kotzebue Sound and Cape Kruzenstern. 



VIOLACEiE. 



Viola biflora, L., var. sitchensis, REGEL. Sitka. 



V. blanda{%), Kotzebue Sound (Botany of Beechey's Voyage). 



V. Langsdorffii, Fisch., Kodiak and Unalashka. (This species is quite plentiful on all the 

 Aleutian Islands. The plants found on certaiu areas of the lower grounds attain a vigorous 

 growth. Those which occur on the island of Attu are quite small and of lighter blue color. T.) 



DROSERACEiE. 



Drosera rotund if olia, L., Sitka. (This plaut is not common at Saint Michael's, there growing 

 in very small patches. The flowers are white; attains there a height of 2 inches. Amoug all the 

 Aleutian Islands it occurs plentifully, here attaiuing a greater size and large patches which remain 

 in color (deep reddish-brown) throughout the entire wiuter. The leaves exude a viscid substance 

 which allures small dipterous insects, and these are finally absorbed. T.) 



Parnassia palustris, L., Norton Sound, Fort Yukon. (Common at bases of ravine sides and 

 hills among the western islands of the Aleutian chain. T.) 



P. Tcotzebuei, Cham., Port Clarence to Cape Lisburne, Bot. Herald. (Common on the western 

 islands of the Aleutian chain, less so on the eastern islauds, growing at the bases of hills. Flowers 

 white. T.) 



CARYOPHYLLACEiE. 



Dianthus repens, Willd., Norton Sound, Kotzebue Sound, Cape Lisburne, and Yukon River 

 banks. 



Silene acaulis, L., Kotzebue Sound, Cape Lisburne, and between Point Barrow and Macken- 

 zie River. 



Melandryum apetahcm, Fenzl., Kotzebue Sound and northern coasts. 



Spergula saginoides, L., Sitka, Unalashka, and Kotzebue Sound. 



8. "rubra, T. and C, Sitka. 



8. arvensis, L., Sitka. 



Arenaria vema, L., (var. hirta). Western shore of Northern Alaska. 



A. arctica, Fenzl., Kotzebue Sound to Cape Lisburne. (This plant was obtained only at 

 Sannak Island, growing in large stools; the heads were of a delicate pink color. Not observed 

 elsewhere on the islands to tbe westward. T.) 



A. macrocarpa, Fenzl., Saint Lawrence Island and northwest coast. 



Honlceneya peploides, Ehr., Northern shores. (Obtained at Atkha Island; not common; 

 grows on the drier hill sides. T.) 



H. peploides, var. oblongifolia, Ehr., Sitka and Kotzebue Sound. 



Merlcia physodes, Ftsch., Norton Sound to Point Barrow. 



Moehringia lateriflora, Fenzl., Sitka to Unalashka, Fort Yukon. 



Stellaria media, Smith. Sitka and Unalashka. 



S. borealis, Bigelow. Sitka and Unalashka. 



8. borealis, var. crispa. Sitka and .Unalashka. 



8. crassifolia, Ehr., Sitka. 



8. humifusa, Rottbl., Sitka, Norton Souud, Kotzebue Sound. 



8. longifolia, Muhl., Sitka and Kotzebue Sound. 



8. longipes, Goldie. Kotzebue Sound, Yukon River. 



S. uliginosa, L. (Obtained only at Attu and Atkha Islands, growing under the eaves or in the 

 crevices of the oldest wooden houses. It is quite rare at either place. T.) 



Cerastium vulgatum, L., C. alpinum, in Bongard's Vegetation of Sitka. (Obtained at Atkha 

 Island among the wet localities on sides of hills. Flowers in early July. T.) 



