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BORRAGINACEiE. 



Mertensia maritima, Donn. Sitka, Norton Sound to Point Barrow, and Cape Batlmrst. 



M. paniculata, Donn. M. pilosa, D C, Kotzebne Sound, Fort Yukon. 



M. sibirica, Donn. M. clenticulata, Donn, Kotzebne Sound. 



Myosotis sylvatica, Hoffm., Cape Lisburne and Arctic coast. 



EcMnospermum redowsMi, Lehm., ? Fort Yukon. 



Eritrichium villosum, Bunge., Dr. Rotbrock here includes, after J. D. Hooker, 1. c, E. areti- 

 oides, A. D C, wbicb form is found at Cape Lisburne and island of Saint Lawrence. Tab. Ill, 

 Bot. Herald. 



E. plebejum, Alph. D C, Unalashka. 



HYDROPHYLLACEiE. 



Bomanzoffia unalasclikensis, Cham., Unalashka. (Common on edges and in crevices of cliffs. 

 White flowers. T.) 



B. sitchensis, Cham., Sitka. (Abundant in the clefts on the sides of ravines and faces of bluffs 

 of all the Aleutian Islands. T.) 



SCROPHTJLARIACE^. 



Pentstemon frutescens, Lamb., Unalashka. Not found since Pallas is said to have discovered 

 it in Kamchatka and in the island of Unalashka. 



Mimulus luteus, L., M. guttatus, D C. Cape Saint Elias, Unalashka, Kadiak, Sitka. (Very 

 abundant at Unalashka, Atkha, and rare at Attn, growing in the coldest springs of water that 

 issue from the hill-sides. At Atkha this plant is wonderfully abundant, forming large patches, 

 which in the flowering season (early June to the middle of .Inly) are a mass of golden yellow. T.) 



Veronica anagallis, L., Sitka. (Common in wet places throughout the entire Aleutian chain. 

 T.) 



Veronica amerieana, Schweinitz. Sitka. 



V. beccabunga, L., Unalashka. 



V. stelleri, Pall., Unalashka. (Common among the Aleutian Islands. Flowers white. T.) 



V. alpina, L., Sitka, Unalashka. Common on the hill-sides throughout the Aleutian Islands. 

 Flowers white. T.) 



V. serpyllifolia, L., Sitka, Unalashka. (Common throughout the Aleutian Islands. T.) 



Gastilleja pallida, Kunth., Sitka, Kotzebue Sound, Chamisso Island, Arctic coast, Fort Yukon. 

 Dr. Rotbrock thinks that J. D. Hooker has justly included with this species C. septentrionalis, 

 Lindl. Professor Gray has also united them in the last edition of his Manual of Botany ; also, in 

 his revision of the genus (see Am. Jour. Sci., second series, vol. xxxiv, p. 44). 



C. parviflora, Bong., Sitka. This is apparently the commonest species and of widest range 

 west of the Rocky Mouutains, extending from Russian America to Southern California, Gray, I. c. 



{Euphrasia officinalis, L., common throughout the Aleutian Islands, growing in wet places. 

 Flowers white or yellow. T.) 



Bhinanthns cristi-galii, L., Unalashka. (Throughout the Aleutian Islands, most abundant at 

 Atkha. Growing in wet places. Flowers yellow. Attains a height of 9 inches. T.) 



Pedkularis verUcillata, L., Sitka and the islands generally; also, Kotzebue Sound. (Common 

 at Saint Michael. Growing in solitary stalks on wet places. Flowers pink to red. T.) 



P. chamissonis, Stev., Unalashka. (Common throughout Alaska. Grows in isolated stalks 

 in wet places. The flowers are reddish, and at Saint Michael's is among the first plants to bloom, 

 the flowers appearing before the leaves have grown half an inch in length. T.) 



P. pedicillata, Bunge, P. nasuta, Bong., in Veg., Sitka, non — M. A. Bieb., fide Ledeb. Fl. 

 Rossica. Sitka. 



P. subnuda, Benth., Sitka. 



P. palustris, L., Arctic America. At Bay of Good Hope, fide Ledebour in Fl. Ross. 



P. euphrasioides, Steph., Norton Sound, Kotzebue Sound, islands of Chamisso and Kadiak. 



P. sudetica, L., Cape Lisburne, Kotzebue Sound, Arctic coast, island of Saint Lawrence. J, 

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