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ON THE GEOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY 
Indians, and used by them to mix with their tobacco, in preference to any other 
plant. The bark of Comas sericea is used as a substitute only in the absence 
of the A. uva-ursi. 
Chimaphila umbellata , Nutt. Black hills. 
Pyrola minor , Linn. Laramie mountains, August 20th. 
Pterospora Andromedea , Nutt. Laramie mountains. 
EBENACEaE. 
Diospyros Virginiana , Linn. Occurs in Kansas. 
PL ANT AGIN ACE A5. 
Plantago major , Linn. Along Missouri and Yellowstone rivers. 
Plantago eriopoda , Ton*. Saline marshes near Fort Union. 
Plantago Virginica , Linn. Fort Pierre. 
Plantago Patagonic'a , var. gnaphalioides . Very abundant in sandy soil and gravelly 
places on the Upper Missouri. 
Plantagopusilla, Nutt. On prairies near Fort Pierre; also on the river opposite St. 
Joseph, in Kansas. 
PRIMULACEiE. 
And rosace occidentalism Pursh. Bad Lands, Fort Pierre. 
LysimacMa stricta , Ait. Platte valley, and along Missouri. 
Lysimachia ciliatci, Linn. Common from Council bluffs to Bad Lands. 
Glaux maritima , Linn. Bad Lands of the Judith, Blackfoot country. 
BIGNONIACE.E. 
Martynia proboscidea, Glox. Fort Pierre. 
LENTIBULACE.E. 
JJtricularia infiata, Walt. In ponds, Council bluffs, White river valley. 
ORQBANCHACEiE. 
Phelipcea Ludovicicina, Don. Sandy prairies, Yellowstone. 
Apliyllon fascicidatum, Ton*. & Gray. Great Bend of Missouri. 
Aphyllon unifiorum, Ton*. & Gray. Council bluffs. 
SCROPHULARIACEtE. 
Scropliularia nodosa, Linn. Common in prairies throughout the Upper Missouri 
country. 
Scropliularia nodosa, var. discolor . Smaller, with firmer leaves, lower side of leaves 
pubescent and very pale; Fort Pierre. 
Chelone glabra, Linn. Along valley of Missouri to latitude 43°. 
Pentstemon grandiflorus, Fraser. A beautiful plant found along the bluffs of the Platte, 
banks and sandy bottoms of Missouri to mountains. 
Pentstemon coeruleum, Nutt. Eagle Nest hill, White river valley. 
