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THE BOTANY OF THE EOUTE. 
Specularia perfoliata, a. DC. (G.) Prairies; common; June. (Steilacoom, S.) 
Heterocodon rariflorum, Nutt. (T.) Prairie near Steilacoom; rare; growing in cultivated 
grounds in spreading tufts a foot wide. Flowers either purple or white; June. 
GiTHOPSis SPECULARioiDES, Nutt. (T.) (Trans. of Amer. Phil. Soc, new series, p. 225.) 
With the preceding, and similar in growth, but smaller; June 20; purple. 
Vaccinium macrocarpon, Alton. (G.) Swamps near coast; abundant; June. 
V. PARViFOLiUM, Smith. (G.) Forests; common; flowers greenish purple; April; fruit red; 
July. 
V. CAESPiTOSUM, Mich. Prairies of interior; abundant; April; 6 inches high. 
V. OVALIFOLIUM, Smith. Dark forests; not abundant; flowers greenish, rich; fruit blue, 
sour; August. 
V. MYRTILLOIDES, Mich. Cascade mountains over 4,000 feet high; fruit good; ripe in 
August; brownish purple. 
V. OVATUM, Pursh. (G.) Forests; evergreen; flowers pink; February to May; fruit black, 
sweet; September to December. 
Arbutus menziesii, Pursh. (G.) Gravelly shores and banks, in fir forests; April; white. 
Arctostaphylos tomentosa, Pursh. Rare in fir forests; Vancouver to Cascade mountains; 
fruit unripe in July. 
A. UVA URSi, Linn. (C.) Abundant on sandy prairie, fi'om sea-shore eastward; May. 
Menziesia ferruglnea. Smith. (G.) Along coast; not [abundant; 10 feet high; flowers in 
May; purplish. 
M. EMPETRiPORMis ? Gm. Seen on Cascade mountains, at 4,000 feet elevation, flowering in 
August; rare. 
Gaultheria shallon, Pursh. (G.) Abounds west of Cascade range; flowers in May; fruit 
resembles the harvest apple in flavor. 
Rhododendron maximum? Linn. Common only in woods on Whidby's island, but said to 
extend along Cascade range southward. In dry gravelly soil 12 feet high. Flowers in April, 
(Port Townsend, S.) 
Kalmia angustifolia. Linn. (G.) Common in sphaguous swamps; June. A variety approach- 
ing K. glauca, var. ovata. 
Pyrola rotundifolia, var. hradeata, Linn. (G.) "Woods; June; common. (Steilacoom, S.) 
"This with F. asarifolia, 3fx.; P. uliginosa, Torr.; P. occidentalism B. Br., and P. picta, 
Hook., I take to be but one species." — Gray. 
P. ELLIPTICA, Nutt. In similar situations less common; June. "A poultice made of the 
leaves raises blisters." (G.) 
MoNESES UNIFLORA, Linn. (G.) Woods, on logs, &c., along coast; rare; June. 
Chimaphila umbellata, Pursh., (G.) Dry woods; common; June. (Steilacoom, S.) 
Pterospora andromedea, Nuttal. Woods; Steilacoom; June; Cascade mountains at 4,000 
feet; in August; not common. 
MoNOTROPA UNIFLORA, Linn. (G.) Forests; rare; July; near Chehalis river. 
Plantago major. Linn. A very large variety in an opening of the forest; Chehalis river; 
July; apparently indigenous. 
P. maritima. Linn. (G.) Sea-shore; common; June 20. 
P. Patagonica, Jacq. (T.) var. Gnaphalioides. Prairie, head of Chehalis; July 4; rare. 
