No. VII.] 



LIST OF THE PLANTS. 



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DODECANDRIA. 



175. Hudsonia ericoides : Wittd. ii. p. 858. Pursh. ii. p. 364. (W.) 



ICOSANDRIA. 



176. Primus Virginiana : Wittd. ii. p. 985: Pursh. i. p. 329. (W.) 



The tawquoy-meen-ahtick of the Crees is a handsome small tree, rising; on the sandy plains of the Saskat- 

 chewan to the height of twenty feet, hut extending- as far north as Great Slave Lake, where it attains the 

 heig-ht of five feet only. Its fruit, termed Tawquoymeena, or Choke-cherry, is not very edible in a recent state, 

 but when dried and bruised, forms an esteemed addition to pemmican. 



177. P. Pensylvanica : Wittd. ii. p. 992. Pursh. i. p. 331. Passeeawey-meenan, 

 Cree Lang. (W.) 



178. Sorbus Americana: Pursh. i. p. 341. (W.) 



179. Aronia ovalis : Pers. Ench. ii. p. 40. Pyrus ovalis, Pursh. i. p. 340. (W.) 

 This shrub is common as far north as lat. 62°. It abounds on the sandy plains of the Saskatchawan. Tts 



wood, named by the Crees meesassquat-ahtick, is prized for making - arrows and pipe stems, and is thence 

 termed by the Canadian voyagers hois cle fieche. Its berries, about the size of a pea, are the finest fruit in the 

 country, and are used by the Crees under the name of Meesasscootoom-meena, both in a fresh and dried state. 

 They form a pleasant addition to pemmican, and make excellent puddings, very little inferior to plum- 

 puddings. 



180. Spirasa salicifolia: Wittd. ii. p. 1055. Pursh. i. p. 341. (W.) 



181. Rosa blanda: Wittd. ii. p. 1065. Pursh. i. p. 344. Ogganee-ahtick, Cree 

 Lang. (W.) 



182. Rubus idaaus /S. Canadensis: Willd. ii. p. 1081. Pursh. i. p. 346. (W.) 



183. R. saxatilis /3. Canadensis: Mich. Am. i. p. 298. (W.) 

 The fruit of this and the preceding species is termed by the Crees, Athouscan. 



184. R. pistillatus: Smith, Exot. Bot. ii. p. 53, t. 86. Pursh. i. p. 349. (W.) 



185. R. Chamsemorus: Willd. ii. p. 1090. Pursh. i. p. 349. (W. B.) 



186. Fragaria Canadensis : Mich. Am. i. p. 299. Otei-meena (Heartberry), Cree 

 Lang. (W.) 



187. Potentilla frulicosa: Willd. ii. p. 1094. Pursh. i. p. 355. (W. B.) 



188. P. Pensylvanica: Willd. ii. p. 1099. Pursh. i. p. 356. (W.) 



189. P. arguta : Pursh. ii. p. 736. Lehm. Monogr. p. 62. (W.) 



Viscido-villosa, flore albo, unguibus citrinis. Planta olirn in horto Kewensi culta et ut videtur teste Herb • 

 Banks, cum P. Pensylvanica confusa. 



190. P. Norwegica: Willd. ii. p. 1109. Pursh. i. p. 354. (W.) 



191. P. anserina: Willd. ii. p. 1095. Pursh. i. p. 356. (W.) 



192. P. concinna: foliis septenatis quinatisque ; foliolis ovali-obovatis subtus 

 niveo-tomentosis : apicibus serratis, caule abbreviate (C.) 



Caules plures bi-pollicares diffusi, uti et petioli et pedunculi sericeo-argentei. Folia radicalia 

 7-vel quinata, petiolis sericeis ex basibus brunneis membranaceis 5-nervosis orientibus : stipulse adnata?, 

 membranacese lanceolatae acuminata integerrimse, dorso et apice pilosis. Foliola sessilia ovali-obovata 



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