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APPENDIX. 



[No. VII. 



119. R. verticillatus : Willd. ii. p. 250. Pursh. % p. 248. (W.) 



120. Triglochin maritimura : Willd. ii. p. 265. Pursh. i. p. 247. (H. A.) 



121. T. palustre: Willd. ii. p. 264. Pursh. i. p. 247. (W. B.) 



122. Tofielda borealis : Wahlenberg. FL Lapp. p. 89. (W. B.) 



Scapus nudus, involucris (calyculis, Wahl.) albis dimidiatis trifidis pedicellum fulcrantibus ut recte monet 

 clariss. Wahlenberg-. Herba eleg*ans. 



123. T. coccinea: spica capitata bracteata, involucro trifido regulari. (A.) 



Herha eleg-antia T. borealis tota carens. Folia basi spathacea, equitantia, compressa, linearia superne 

 lanceolata acuminata plana. Caulis palmaris erubescens firmus duriusculus plerumque flexuosus, folio uno 

 alterove radicalibus simili instructus. Spathm folior. caulinor. ventricosse, rubescentes. Flores fere sessiles 

 in capitulo terminali cong-esti, interdum proliferi. Calyx trifidus, corolla? approximatus, nec dimidiatus, 

 laciniis rubescentibus, brevibus, ovatis, acutis. Petala sex viridia, dorso coccineo rubro, interdum tota sordide 

 coccinea, lineari obovata, calyce triplo long-iora. Capsules tres ovatse, basi connatse, petalis altiores poly- 

 spermy. Floret Augusto ad oras maris hyperborei. 



Our specimens of this plant were lost in crossing- the Barren Grounds ; but the above description, which 

 was taken from the live plant, agrees with specimens in the Banksian Herbarium, broug-ht from Unalaska, by 

 Mr. Nelson. 



124. Zigadenus chloranthus : scapo sub-nudo, petalis obovatis obtusis. (W.) 

 Herba g-lauGa glaberrima. Radix bulbosa tunicata. Folia radicalia, scapo dimidio breviora, erecto- 



patentia, linearia, acuta, canaliculata, basi vag-inantia, nervis parallelis. Scapus cubitalis lsevis inferne 

 obsolete triqueter, superne teretiusculus vix flexuosus, foliis duobus bracteiformibus plerumque instructus. 

 Racemus fterminalis multiflorus ssepius basi ramosus ; pedicellis pollicaribus, apicibus incrassatisj 

 bracteis membranaceis lanceolatis concavis acutis pedicellis dimidio brevioribus. Flores viriclescenti-albi, 

 masculini hermaphroclitis immixti. Corolla laciniis sex patentibus, obovatis basi attenuatis infra medium 

 glandula, viridi obcordata. profundeque emarg-inata munitis. Filamenta corollam subgequantia. Capsula 

 membranacea tricocca, trilocularis ovata, acuminata, corolla emarcida obtecta. Semina plurima angnlata in 

 loculamentis duplici ordini infarcta. 



HEPTANDRIA. 



125. Trientalis Europsea (3 Americana : Nuttall. Am. i. p. 228. (W.) 



OCTANDRIA. 



126. Epilobium angustifolium : Willd. ii. p. 313. Pursh. ii. p. 259. (W. B.) 



The young- leaves, under the name of L'Herbe Fret, are used, by the Canadian voyagers, as a pot-herb. 



127. E. latifolium : Willd. ii. p. 314. Pursh. i. p. 259. (A.) 



128. E. palustre : Willd. ii. p. 317. Pursh. ii. p. 260. (W. B.) 



129. E. tetragonum : Willd. ii. p. 317. Pursh. i. p. 259. (W.) 



130. Vaccinium Canadense : foliis lanceolatis utrinque pubescentibus integerrimis, 

 corollis fasciculato-racemosis ovatis : stylo incluso. (W.) 



Frutex pedalis ramosissimus. Ramuli teretes, flavescenti-virides, verruculosi et pube brevi densa, canes- 

 centi vestiti. Folia pollicaria, lat^ lanceolata utrinque acuta, integ-errima, ubique praecipue ad nerv os 

 villosiuscula : stipulis minutis setaceis trifidis. Racemus plerumque terminalis, bracteis obtusis. Calyx 

 acanthino-viridis, nutans, laciniis ovatis. Corolla pallide viridescens, g-lobosa inferne obsolete pentag-ona, 

 ore patulo, laciniis ovatis reflexis. Stamina inclusa, hlamentis planis villosis, cornubus binis deorsum 

 spectantibus. Fructus maturus mihi non visus. Ramuli floriferi foliosi. Interdum planta tota fuscescit. 



