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8. davuricctr, Pall., (Seemann has united with this species 8. flabellifolia, and apparently on 

 good grounds.) Cape Lisburne, Kotzebue Sound, Unalasbka. 



8. nivalis, L., Unalashka, Cape Lisburne, and other stations on the coast. 



8. cemua, L.,- Poiut Barrow to Mackenzie River. 



S. hieracifolia, W. and K., Saint Lawrence, Kotzebue Sound. 



S. nelsoniana, Donn (Not of Hooker and Arnott, in Botany of Beechey's Voyage). Norton 

 Sound. 



8. spicata, Donn. Sledge Island, Cape Prince of Wales. 



8. punctata, L., 8. cestivalis, Fischer, Sitka, Unalashka, Kotzebue Sound, (all the Aleutian 

 Islands. T.) 



8. argnta, Donn. Northwest coast. Where ? 



8. nudicaulis, Donn. between Norton and Kotzebue Sound, fide Ledebour, Flora Rossica. 



8. heteranthera, Hooker. 8. mertensiana, Bong., Veg. Sitka, fide Ledebour, 8. cestivalis, var. 

 T. and G. Sitka. 



8. exilis, Steph., Schischmareff and Eschscholtz Bays. Most likely as suggested by J. D. 

 Hooker, only a weedy state of 8. cemua. 



8. sibirica, L., Kotzebue Sound. 



8. rivularis, L., Kotzebue Sound. 



8. ccespitosa, L., Kotzebue Sound. 



8. exarata, Vill., Unalashka, Kotzebue Sound. 



if?, sileniflora, Sternb., Kotzebue Sound, Unalashka. (Common on all the Aleutian Islands. T.) 



8. androsacea, L., Is hardly likely to be identical with the plant said by Pursh to inhabit the 

 northwest coast; Dr. Rothrock does not include it in his list. 



Boykinia richardsonii, Saxifraga richardsonii, Hook., 8. nelsoniana, Hook, and Arnott, in 

 Botany of Beechey's Voyage, tab. 29. 



Leptarrhena pyrifolia, R. Br., Unalashka and Cape Prince of Wales? (All the Aleutian Islands, 

 growing to a height of 1 foot. Flowers in early July. T.) 



Chrysosplenium alternifolium, L., Kotzebue Sound to Cape Lisburne. (Found only on tops of 

 hills in areas bare of other vegetation. Atkha, Attu, Unalashka Islands. T.) 



UMBELLIFER^!. 



Bupleurum raxmnculoides, L., Port Clarence to Cape Lisburne, Norton Sound. (Obtained only 

 at Saint Michael's. Grows in single stalks on the drier spots of marshy tracts. Flowers bright 

 yellow. Not common. T.) 



Ligusticum scoticum, L., Sitka, Kadiak, Kotzebue Souud, and Norton Sound. 



Conioselinum fischeri, Wimm, and Grab., Sitka, Unalashka, Kotzebue Souud, and Arctic coast. 

 (This species occurs throughout the Aleutian Islands, growing on the lowlands. It is regarded as 

 highly poisonous by the natives. T.) 



Heracleum lanatum, Michx. Sitka. 



Osmorrhiza nuda, Torr., 0. brevistylus, Bongard, Vegetation of Sitka, Unalashka, Sitka. 



Archangelica officinalis, Hofem., Unalashka, Kotzebue, Sound, Sitka. (This species occurs 

 sparingly in the vicinity of Saint Michael's, rarely attaining a height of more than 2 feet, and 

 having a stalk scarcely more than half an inch in diameter. Among the Aleutian Islands it is 

 very abundant, especially on the outskirts of the sites of ancient villages and in the excavations 

 which formed the dwellings in those villages. It attains, in such localities, a height of several 

 feet, 4 to 6 feet being common sizes, and of very thick stalks. This species is one of the earliest 

 plants to appear in spring. The leaf-stalks become very long. At Attu I have seen them 4 feet 

 long, bearing a leaf as large as a palm-leaf fan. The tender leaf-stalks and the main stalk are 

 eaten by the Aleuts. During the mouths of May and June the womeu go and gather great bundles 

 of these stalks and bring them to the village. The first finger is inserted into the hollow stalk and 

 rapidly split open; the teeth are then used to assist the fingers to separate the tender parts from 

 the exterior skin and strings of the stalk. It is an operation which requires much dexterity and 

 practice to enable one to prevent the tender parts from breaking. The main stalk is stripped of 



