74 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NATURAL 111 STORY OF ALASKA. 



D. Hooker suggests uniting tliis with P. langsdorffii, and Dr. Roth rock, on his authority, admits the 

 redaction. (Common at Atkha, Attn, and Unalashka. At Saint Michael's this plant attains a 

 height of only a few inches. Flowers pink to red. T.) 



P. hirsuta, L., including here P. lanata, Willd., as done by Bentham, fide J. D. Hooker. 

 Islands of Saint George, Saint Lawrence, Kotzebue Sound, and Arctic coast. 



P. versicolor, TVahlenb., Kotzebue Sound, island of Saint Lawrence. 



P. capitata, Adams., Kotzebue Sound, Arctic coast, Unalashka. 



OROB ANCH ACEiE . 



Boschniakia glabra, C. A. Meyer., Sitka and Kotzebue Sound. 



SELAGINACEiE. 



Gymnandra gmelini, Cham, et Schlecht., Unalashka, Saint Lawrence Island. 

 G. stellcri, Cham, et Schlecht., Kotzebue Sound, island of Saint Lawrence. 



LABIATiE. 



Dracocephalum parvijiorum, L., Fort Yukon. 

 Brunclla vulgaris, L., Sitka, Unalashka. 

 Galeopsis tetrahit., Sitka. Probably introduced. 



PLUMBAGINACE.2EJ. 



Statice armeria, L., Unalashka, Kotzebue Sound, and northern coast. 



FLANTAGINACEiE. 



Plantago major, L., Sitka, banks of Yukon River. 



P. macrocarpa, Cham, et Schlecht., Sitka, Unalashka. (Common among the Aleutian 

 Islands ; growing in wet situations. Flowers white. T.) 

 P. maritima, L., Sitka, Unalashka. 

 P. media, L., Russian America, fide J. G. Gmelin. 



POLYGONACEiE. 



Oxyria reniformis, Hook., Sitka, Unalashka, Saint Lawrence, Kotzebue Sound, Cape Lis- 

 burne, Arctic coast. 



Bumex salicifolius, Weinm., Sitka. 



B. aceiosa, L., Kotzebue Sound. 



B. domesticus, Haetm., Sitka, Unalashka, Kotzebue Sound to Wainwright Inlet. 



Polygonum bistorta, L., Kotzebue Sound to Point Barrow and northern coast. 



P. viviparum, L., Sitka, Unalashka, along the coast generally. 



P. polymorphum, Ledeb., var. lapathifolium, Ledeb., Kotzebue Sound. P.alpinum, Hook, et 

 Arnott, in Beechey's voyage, fide Ledebour. Kotzebue Sound. 



P. tripterocarpum, Gray. This species is not fully proved to be distinct from P. polymor- 

 phum var. lapathifolium, but an additional series of specimens may prove it to be. Coal Bay. 



P. aviculare, L., Sitka. 



EMPETRACEiE. 



Empetrum nigrum, L., Sitka, Saint Lawrence, Unalashka, Norton Sound, Point Barrow, 

 Arctic coast. (This heather is found abundantly throughout all the treeless portions of Alaska. 

 On the Aleutian Islands it obtains its maximum growth. The lower hills are covered with large 

 patches of many rods in area with this species. The berries are black in color, have a slightly 

 a?id taste when ripe, being produced in profusion on the stems, so much so that nearly a handful 

 may be gathered at a time. Great quantities are gathered by the natives, who use them either raw 

 or else cooked, though rarely in the latter manner. These berries form the food of several species 

 of birds, such as geese, ptarmigans, and plovers. The natives of Aliaska and some of the eastern 



