70 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NATURAL HISTORY OF ALASKA. 



Arnica angustifolia, Vahl. Kotzebue Sound, Fort Yukon. 



A. cliamissonis, Less., Unalashka. 



A. obtusifolia, Less., Unalashka. 



A. unalaschhensls, Less., Unalashka. (Common everywhere on the Aleutian Islands, growing 

 on the drier hillsides. T.) 



A. latifolia, Bong., Sitka. 



Senicio resedifolius, Less., Cape Lisburne, Kotzebue Sound. (Common throughout the Aleu 

 tian Islands, growing on hillsides. Flowers yellow. T.) 



S.frigidus, Less., Kotzebue Sound, Cape Lisburne, Saint Lawrence. 



8. triangularis, Hooker. Sitka. 



8. pseudo-arnica, Less., Common on western shore of Alaska; also Chamisso Island. 



8. aureus, L., Fort Yukon. 



8. lugens, Richards., Kotzebue Sound, Cape of Good Hope, Fort Yukon. 



S.palustris,T> O, Norton Sound, Kotzebue Sound, Wainwright Inlet, northern shore. (Obtained 

 only at Saint Michael's, growing on wet situations, 2 to 3 feet high high. Not common. T.) 



S. hoolceri, T. and G., Kotzebue Sound. 



Saussurea alpina, L., Kotzebue Sound. Dr. Rothrock here includes 8. monticola, which was 

 found by Pullen on the northern shore from Point Barrow to Mackenzie River. 



8. subsinuata, Ledeb., Kotzebue Sound, Bot. Herald, tab. 7. 



Taraxacum dens-leonis, Desf., Kotzebue Sound to Point Hope and northern coast. Unalashka, 

 var. ceratophorum, Norton Sound, (and all the Aleutian Islands. T.) 



T. pulustre, D O, Kotzebue Sound. (Common throughout the Aleutian Islands, growing in 

 the dry clefts of rocks on the hillsides and faces of cliffs. The flowers are rich golden-yellow and 

 form of mass of bloom. The leaves are used by the Aleuts, who steam, or wilt the leaves and apply 

 them to indolent ulcers. T.) 



T. lyratum, D O, Unalashka. 



Mulgedium pulchellum, Nutt., Point Barrow to Mackenzie River. 



Nabalus alatus, Hooker. Unalashka, Sitka. 



Apargidium boreale, T. and G., Sitka. 



Hieraceum triste, Willd., Unalashka, Norfolk Sound. (Plentiful at Atkha, Attu, and Una- 

 lashka. Grows on the wet hillsides. Flo wers % yellow. At Saint Michael's this plant is quite 

 rare. T.) 



(Cnicus kamtchaticas (cirsium, Ledeb.). This plant (for the first time detected on the North 

 American side) was obtained only at Attu, the westernmost island of the chain. It attains a 

 height of 7 feet and has a remarkably vigorous growth, the stems attaining a diameter of 3 inches 

 and developing a great amount of woody fiber. The leaves are very large, the spines long and 

 sharp, producing a very painful wound. T.) 



CAMFANULACEiE. 



Campanula dasyantha, M. and Bleb., Unalashka, Cape Prince of Wales. 



C. rotundifolia, L., G. heterodoxa, Vest., Sitka. 



C. uniflora, L., Kotzebue Sound, Cape Lisburne, Unalashka. 



C. lasiocarpa, Cham., Kotzebue Sound, Unalashka. (Common throughout the entire Aleutian 

 Islands; grows solitary on the hilltops. Rare at Saint. Michael's. T.) 



(C. pilosa, Pall., Abundant at Unalashka; grows on the lower hilltops, wdiich are barren of 

 other vegetation, usually solitary. T.) 



ERICACEiE. 



Vaccinium vitis-idcea, L., Unalashka, Saint Lawrence, Sitka, Norton Sound to Poiut Barrow, 

 and on the northern coast. (This plant is abundant throughout the coast line of the mainland 

 and on the eastern islands of the Aleutian chain. Among the western islands it is not so plenti- 

 ful and not at all common at Attu. It attains a height of several inches, growing in small 

 patches or else scattered among the other plants of the lower hills. The berries are deep red and 

 intensely acid, but of good flavor after a taste for it is acquired. The natives gather great quanta 



