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ties of the berries for food, and in some localities are in demand for preservation by putting them 

 in pure water and kept for winter's use by the white people of Alaska. When cooked with a suf- 

 ficient quantity of sugar they make a good pie or an excellent jelly or jam. T.) 



V. myrtilloides, Hooker. Sitka. 



V. myrtillus, L., Sitka'. 



V. cliamissonis, Bong., Sitka, Uualashka. 



V. ovalifolium, Smith. Sitka. 



V. parti folium, Smith. Sitka. 



V. salicinum, Cham, and Schleoht., Unalashka. 



V. cwspitosum, Michx., Sitka. 



V. uligmosum, L., Sitka, Unalashka, Kotzebue Sound, northern coast (Plentiful at Unalashka 

 and Attu ; less common ou the intermediate islands. Berries ripen in latter part of August and 

 early September. They are gathered in great quantities by the natives. T.) 



Oxycoccus vulgaris, Pursh. Sitka, Kotzebue Sound, Unalashka. 



Arctostaphylos alpina, Spreng., Unalashka, Norton Sound to Point Barrow, Arctic coast. 



A. uva-ursi, Spreng., Unalashka, Cape Prince of Wales, Arctic coast. 



Andromeda polifolia, L., Sitka, Kotzebue Sound. (Common at Saint Michael; rarer among the 

 Aleutian Islands. Grows in little clumps. Flowers purplish. T.) 



Cassandra calyculata, Donn. Kotzebue Sound. 



Cassiope lycopodioides, Donn. Kotzebue Sound. (Plentiful throughout the Aleutian Islands. 

 Grows in large masses on the low hilltops. Flowers white. Not common at Saint Michael. T.) 



C. tetragona, Donn. Saint Lawrence, Kotzebue Sound to Point Barrow, Arctic coast. 



C. mertensiana, Donn. Sitka. 



G. stelleriana, D C, Sitka. 



Phyllodoce pallasiana, Donn. Sitka, Unalashka. 



Menziesia ferruginea, Smith. Sitka, Unalashka. 



Loiseleuria procumbens, Desv., Cape Lisburue, Unalashka, Chamisso Island. (Occurs pleuti- 

 tifully in small patches throughout the Aleutian Islands. Flowers white. T.) 



Rhododendron lapponicuvrl, Wahl., Port Clarence. 



B. Jcamtschaticum, Pall., Unalashka. (Plentiful at Unalashka and Attu; less so at Atkha. 

 Grows along the rocky edges of cliffs. Flowers reddish-purple, quite showy. T.) 



Kalmia glauca, Ait., Sitka. 



Ledum latifolium, Ait., Sitka. 



L. palustre, L., Norton Sound to Point Barrow and northern coast. This and the preceding 

 species should probably be united. (Abundant at Saint Michael's; common at Unalashka, Atkha, 

 and, Attu. A tea is made of the flowers of this plant. The infusion has a slightly terebinthine 

 taste, which becomes pleasant enough after a time. Among some of the white people it has a 

 reputed tonic effect on the system. T.) 



Cladothamnus pyrolceflorus, Bong., Sitka. 



Pyrola rotundifolia, L., Unalashka, Kotzebue Sound, and northern coast. 



Pyrola rotundifolia, L., var. bractata, Gray. (Common throughout the Aleutian Islands, 

 growing in wet places. Flowers greenish. T.) 



P. minor, L., Unalashka. 



P. secunda, L., Sitka, Kotzebue Sound. 



Moneses grandiflora, Salisb., Sitka. 



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Pinguicula vulgaris, L., Sitka. (Abundant at Uualashka, rare at Attu and Atkha, growing in 

 wet places bare of other vegetation. The leaves exude a viscid substance which causes many small 

 dipterous insects to adhere to them. Flowers blue. T.) 



P. microceras, Willd., Unalashka. 



P. macroceras, Cham., Unalashka. 



P. villosa, L., Islands of Chamisso and Unalashka, Norton Sound. 



