No. VII.] 



LIST OF THE PLANTS. 



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Diffusa. Folia elliptico-obovata integerrima pilis sericeis vestita mox glabra subtusque glauca venosa. 

 Anthera purpurea : Germina sessilia elongata sensim acuminata griseo-tomentosa : stylo gracili. Squama 

 germinibus 5-tuplo breviores obovatse rotundatseve nigrescentes pilis sericeis vestitse. 



397. S. desertorum : foliis ovalibus integerrimis: subtus glaucis deciduo ?-villosis 

 venosis, germinibus sessilibus longitudine squamorum tomentosis, stigmatibus sessi- 

 libtis bifidis. (B.) 



Frutex erectus sesquipedalis, cortice flavescenti-bruno, nitido. Folia exstipulata exacte elliptica obtusa 

 supra opaca glabra, subtus pube laxa molli decidua ? vestita. Amenta serotina : masculina diandra pollicaria 

 cylindrical : fceminea pedicellata foliisque fulcrata ; squamis fuscis ellipticis obtusis ; germinibus sesquilineis 

 ovatis acuminatis squamis vix altioribus, stigmatibus bifidis, segmentis filiformibus divaricatis ; nectario 

 interno filiformi. 



398. S. vestita: Pursh. ii. p. 610. (H. W.) 



399. S. glauca, at Wahl. Fl. Lapp. p. 264. t. xvi. f. 3 ? (B.) 



400. S. arenaria, macrostachys : Schleicher. S. limosa: Wahl. Lapp. p. 265 ? (B.) 



401. S. Candida: Pursh. ii. p. 608. (W.) 



/3? rugosa foliis nudiusculis exstipulatis reticulato-rugosis subtus glaucis, 

 amentis omnino varietatis a. (W.) 



402. S. rostrata : foliis ellipticis acutis integerrimis pubescentibus subtus 

 glaucescentibus, germinibus longe pedicellatis ovato-subulatis tomentosis, stigmate 

 sessili quadrifido. S. phylicifolia ? Smith. Comp. Fl. Br. p. 146 ? Eng. Bot. t. 1958 ? 



Folia sesquipollicaria, exstipulata, pube sericea caduca? vestita, subtus grisea sub-glauca. Amenta 

 fceminea ssepe fere palmaria pedunculata foliis tribus quatuorve fulcrata. Squamce elliptice pallide brunnese 

 pilosse. Pedicelli primo squamas vix superantes mox ad longitudinem unguicularum elongati et squamis triplo 

 quadruplove longiores. Germina e basi ovata in rostrum fere cylindricum producta, semper pedicellis longiora. 



403. Empetrum nigrum: Willd. iv. p. 713. Pursh. i. p. 93. (W. B.) 



In high northern latitudes its berries, after the first frosts, are very juicy and pleasant. They are 

 hoarded up by the different species of marmots, and form the autumnal food of the Anas hyperborea. 



404. Myrica gale: Willd, iv. p. 745. Pursh. ii. p. 618. (W.) 

 The Indian women use the buds of this plant to dye their porcupine quills with. 



405. Populus trepida: Willd. iv. p. 803. Pursh. ii. p. 618. (W.) 



Hab. From Hudson's Bay to the northward of Great Slave Lake, as far as lat. 64°. It is denominated 

 by the Crees, metoos, and is esteemed to burn better in a green state than any other tree in the country. 



406. P. balsamifera : Willd. iv. p. 805. Pursh. ii. p. 618. 



The trunk of this tree attains a greater circumference than that of any other in the northern parts of 

 America. It burns badly, and gives little heat when green, but its ashes yield a large quantity of potash. 

 We traced it as far to the north as Great Slave Lake, and the south branch of Mackenzie's River has 

 been named Riviere aux Liards, from its abundance in that quarter. It constituted the greatest part of the 

 drift timber that we observed on the shores of the Arctic Sea. Its Cree name is Matheh-metoos, 

 (ugly poplar.) 



407. Juniperus communis: Willd. iv. p. 853. Pursh. ii. p. 647. (W.) 



Its fruit is termed Caw-caw-quew-meena, (crow-berry), by the Crees. 



408. J. prostata: Pers. enchir. ii. p. 632. (W.) 



It is nearly as common as the other species, grows close to the ground, and sends out flagelliform branches 

 two yards long. 



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