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its skin, which, when young and tender, is easily accomplished. The main stalk possesses a 

 sweetish, aromatic taste ; the leaf-stalks are sweeter, but less aromatic. I have seen boys and girls 

 eat these stalks by the yard at a time. A boy at Atkha received the nick-name of Poochka, the 

 Russian name of this plant, because he devoured so much of it. On the approach of frost the 

 plant rapidly withers, and leaves the dry stalks standing until pushed out of the way for the next 

 year's growth. When these stalks are in sufficient quantity near a village the people use them as 

 fuel. The exterior bark of the dead stalk is impervious to the rain; hence when camping out a 

 fire is easily started with these stalks if they are first broken open. They produce a fierce fire. T.) 

 A. gmelini, D C, Sitka, Unalashka, Kotzebue Sound. 



ARALIACE^J. 



Panax horridum, Smith. Sitka, Kadiak. 



Adoxa moschatellina, L., Russian America, fide Ledebour ; what part? 



CORNACEiE. 



Gornus suecica, L., Common on western coast of Alaska. (Common at Saint Michael's. Flowers 

 in the latter part of June. Grows in small patches along edges of grassy bluffs. T.) 



C. unalaschkensis, Ledebour. Unalashka. 



C. canadensis, L., Sitka. (Abundant at Saint Michael's. Fruit bright red, edible, sweetish 

 taste. Plentiful among the Aleutian Islands. T.) 



G. stolonifera, Michx., Fort Yukon. 



C APRIFOLIACEiE . 



Sambucus pubens, Michx., Sitka. 



Viburnum acerifolium, L., Fort Yukon. 



V. pauciflorum, Pylaie, V. acerifolium, Bongard's Veg. Sitka. (The stipuliform appendages 

 appear to be the only constant difference between these two species in my specimens. They are 

 quite variable in length of stamens and shape of corolla. — J. T. Rothrock.) 



Linnma borealis, Gronov., Norton and Kotzebue Sounds, Sitka, Unalashka. (Abundant 

 throughout the Aleutian Islands. Grows on the cold hillsides. Flowers pink. T.) 



RUBIACEiE. 



Galium trifidum, L., Unalashka and Sitka. 



G. boreale, L., G. rubivides, Hook, and Arnott, Bot. Beechey 7> /ir7e Seemann. Kotzebue Sound, 

 Buckland River, Fort Yukon, and banks of Yukon River. 



G. triflorum, Michx., Sitka, Unalashka. 



G. aparine, L., Sitka, Unalashka. (Found only at Attu Island, growing under the eaves of an 

 old house. Flowers greenish white. The plant consisted of only a single stalk and was certainly 

 an introduced individual. T.) 



VALERIANACEiE. 



Valeriana dioica, L., Norton Sound. 



V. capitata, Willd., Kotzebue Sound to Cape Lisburne, Sitka, Point Barrow to Mackenzie 

 River, and south to Aliaska. 



Tellima grandiflora, Dougl, Sitka and islands adjacent to the coast. 

 Tiarella trifoliata, L., Sitka and Alaskan coast. 

 Heuchera glabra, Willd., H. divaricata, Fisch., Sitka. 



COMPOSITE. 



Nardosmia frigida, Hook., includes N. corymbosa, Hook.; Unalashka, Norton Souud, northern 

 coast. 



Aster multiflorus, Ait., (Perhaps we may include under this A. ramulosis, Lindl., and A. 

 falcatus, Lindl. If this be done we have one polymorphic species ranging from Georgia to Point 

 Barrow and Mackenzie River, and from Massachusetts to the Rocky Mountains.) Northern coast. 



