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Dryas octopetala, L., Kotzebue Sound to Port Clarence and northern shore. Dr. Rothrock 

 says he cannot do otherwise than unite D. integrifolia, Vahl., with this species ; J. D. Hooker 

 has already done so in his paper quoted above. 



Geum macrophyllum, Willde., Sitka, Unalashka. (Obtained only at Attu and Unalashka. 

 Not common at Unalashka, and but little more so at Attu. The semi-domesticated young of the 

 white-cheeked goose devour the leaves of this plant so that it is difficult to obtain good specimens 

 of it. Flowers yellow, plant attaining a height of 16 inches. T.) 



G. calthi folium, Smith. Unalashka, Sitka. (Grows among the drier crevices and clefts of 

 rocks along the beach. Usually in stools of variable size. Flowers bright yellow. June to latter 

 part of August. Some of the leaves remain green the entire year. Common throughout the entire 

 Aleutian chain. Rare at Saint Michael's, and there quite stunted. T.) 



G. glaciale, Adams. Cape Lisburne and Kotzebue Sound ; also found on northern shore, west 

 of Mackenzie River. 



G. rossii, Seringe. Unalashka. 



Sanguisorba canadensis, L., Banks of Buckland River, Unalashka, Sitka, Fort Yukon, Yukon 

 River banks. 



Sibbaldia procumbens, L., Unalashka. (All the Aleutian Islands, rarely exceeding an inch in 

 height. T.) 



Potentilla norvegica, L,, Sitka, Point Barrow to Mackenzie River. 



P. pennsylvanica, L., Kotzebue Sound. 



P. anserina, L., Sitka, Kotzebue Sound, Point Barrow, northern coast, Fort Yukon. 



P. nana, Lehm., Kotzebue Sound. 



P. emarginata, Pursh. Kotzebue Sound, between Point Barrow and Mackenzie River. 



P. nivea, L., Kotzebue Sound and coast west of Cape Bathurst, fide Botany of the Herald. 



P. villosa, Pall., Kotzebue Sound, Unalashka, Sitka. (Common throughout the coast of the 

 mainland and the Aleutian Islands, growing, on rocky places near the beach. Flowers yellow. T.) 



P. biflora, Lehm., Kotzebue Sound, Cape Lisburne. 



P.fruticosa, L., Kotzebue Sound, banks of Buckland River. 



P. palustris, Scop., Sitka, Saint Lawrence. 



Rubus spectabilis, Pursh. Sitka, Kadiak, Cape Saint Elias. 



R. arcticus, L., Kotzebue Sound, Saint Michael's. 



R. pedatus, Smith. Sitka. 



R. chamwmorus, L., Sitka, north and west coast of Alaska. (Very abundant at Saint 

 Michael's and southward along the entire coast, including Aliaska and Uniinak, Akutan, Attu, 

 and Agattu, of the Aleutian Islands. It is not found on Unalashka or any of the intermediate 

 islands to Attu. The berries are slightly acid when fully ripe, and are eagerly sought for by the 

 natives, who preserve them by putting them in water and allowing the mass to freeze. Among 

 the Eskimo of Norton Sound the berries are mixed with the back-fat of the reindeer, to form the 

 talkdsha of the Russians. The children begin to pick these berries as soon as they have formed 

 in fruit, and eat them in such quantities that scarcely anything else is consumed during the entire 

 day. T.) 



(Rubus stellatus, Smith. Not observed at Unalashka ; plentiful at Atkha, and less abundant 

 at Attu. Flowers pink ; fruit insignificant, scarcely having taste. T.) 



R. nutJcanus, Mog., Sitka. 



Rosa cinnamomea, L., Point Barrow to Mackenzie River, Fort Yukon. 



Pyrus rivularis, Dougl., Sitka. 



P. sambucifolia, Cham, and Schlecht., Sitka. (A species of " strawberry "; grows abundantly 

 on Akutan Island, the fruit being very fragrant and of excellent flavor. At Atkha Island the 

 same species is found sparingly on the path from Nazan Bay to Old Harbor. I have eaten the 

 fruit from both the localities named above, but could not obtain specimens of the plant at the 

 proper season. It is not found on any other of the islands to my knowledge. T.) 

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