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Stellaria nitens, Nutt. (T.) Dry prairies; June; 6 inches; white. 
Stellaria borealis, Bigelow, ( crispa. Cham . & Schlecht ,) (G.) Damp grounds near coast; 
March 1; common. (Steilacoom, S.) 
Cerastium arvense, Linn. (T.) Dry prairies; everywhere common; May to August.—(S.) 
SiLENE SCOULERI, Hkr. Prairie near Yancouver and on mountains; July; common. 
Calandrinia Menziesii, Hkr. (T.) Wet ground prairies near Steilacoom; not common; May. 
Also a dwarf hirsute variety in dry sandy soil, Str. De Puca; April 5. 
Claytonia Alsinoides, Sims. (G-.) Common in shady wet grounds; May. (Steilacoom, S.) 
C. perfoliata, Donn. (G.) In similar situations. 
(C. parviplora, Dough (G.) Steilacoom, S.) 
C. parvifolia, Moeh. (G-.) On wet rocks, logs, &c., on coast; Shoalwater bay; July. 
C. spathulata, Dough (Gr.) Sandy soil, among logs, &c., on coast; Shoalwater bay; June. 
C. Chamissqnis, Esch. & Ledeb. ((7. aquatica , Nutt.,) (T.) Wet ground near Steilacoom; 
rare; May 20; creeping. 
C. dichotoma, Nutt. Wet prairie, Whidby’s island; May 23; rare; two inches high. 
Geranium Carolinianum, Linn. (T.) Abundant on prairies; June to December. 
G. albiflorum, Hooker. Common in woods near Yancouver; June. 
Impatiens fulva, Nutt. (T.) Mouth of Columbia river; July; seen nowhere else. 
Oxalis oregona, Nutt. Shady woods along Columbia river, &c.; June; common. 
Malva borealis, Linn. (T.) (Not in PL of N. A.) A single specimen found at Johnson’s 
Point, Puget Sound; August 26; in flower; purple; six inches high; introduced. (?) 
Sidalcea malvaeflqra, Gray. (G.) Along edges of brackish marshes, near coast; six feet 
high; flowers one and a half inch in breadth; an elegant plant. The specimens collected on 
Cascade mountains, in 1853, are only about one-third these dimensions; the S. oregona, Nutt., 
now merged in above. 
Acermacrophyllum, Pursh. (G.) “White maple;” common in the forests, from Cascade 
mountains to coast; flowers May 15; leaves just expanding; forty to ninety feet high. (Steila¬ 
coom, S.) 
A. circinatum, Pursh. (G.) “Yine maple.” Wet woods from mountains to coast: flower, 
reddish purple, April 20; leaves turn scarlet in autumn. 
A. glabrum, Torr. (T.) Smooth maple. Found west of Cascade mountains, only on 
Whidby’s island; rare; flowering March 27; male flowers only found; greenish, in axillary 
fascicles, with very short pedicels; there only a shrub, but collected in 1853, east of the moun¬ 
tains, in fruit, growing thirty feet high. 
Oreophila myrtifolia, Nutt. Rare in woods near Fort Steilacoom; flowering in May; strag¬ 
glers from the eastern mountains. 
Frangula Purshiana, DC. (G.) Common on borders of forests; called “bearwood;” berries 
eaten by bears, but not by the Indians. “Rhamnus purshianus, DC., Hkr., &c. A genuine 
Frangula. ’ ’ — Gray. 
Ceanothus oregonus, Nutt. Common in thickets about Yancouver, &c. ; June. 
C. thyrsiflorus, (?) Esch. (T.) Found by me only on gravelly banks near Steilacoom; differs 
from the California plant in size, (only four feet;) round branches and white flowers; May 15. 
Yicia gigantea, Hooker. Common along coasts and at Steilacoom in sand, climbing for 20 
feet over bushes, &c.; May 10; seeds eatable. 
Y. oregona, Nutt. (T.) “Small form.” A variety of V. americana , according to Dr. Gray. 
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