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BOTANY OF THE ROUTE. 
much thinner and more entire than in S, Virginiensis; scape fewer flowered and more racemose; 
flower smaller. (Steilacoom. S.) 
Heuchera micrantha, Dougl. Common in moist woods; May; flowers white. 
H. cylindrica, Dougl. (T.) Not very common in dark woods near Steilacoom; June 11; 
flowers greenish yellow; scape three feet high. (S.) “Leaves bruised and applied to boils by 
the Nisquallies.” (GL) 
Tolmiea Menziesii, Torr. & Gray. Common in wet, shady woods, along rocky streams; 
June and July; flowers purple. 
Tellima grandiflora, Dougl. (G.) Not rare on damp clay banks, &c., at Puget Sound and 
along the coast; May 1; flowers cream color , handsome, very similar in appearance to those of 
Silena stellata. 
Lithophragma parviflora, Nutt. Abundant on prairies of Whidby’s island, &c. ; March 25. 
Tiarella trifoliata, Linn. (G.) Common in dark, damp woods, especially near the coast; 
May to July. 
Chrysosplenium glechomjefolium, Nutt. (G.) Rare, in wet woods about Shoalwater bay; 
June 4; yellowish green. 
Philadelphus Gordonianus, Lindl. Very common in dry, open grounds about Vancouver; 
rare about Puget Sound; six feet high; July. As strongly scented as the garden “mock 
orange.” The distinctions of this and P. Lewisii seem obscure. “Leaves Used by the Indians 
instead of soap.” (G.) 
Sanicula menziesii, Hook. & Ark. (T.) Prairies, common; April 20 to June; yellow, 1^ 
feet high. 
S. bipinnatifida, Dougl. (T.) Rare on prairies at Penn’s Cove, Whitby’s island; April 20; 
purple flowers. 
S. bipinnata, Hook. & Arn. var. (T.) Prairie near Steilacoom; June; flowers yellow, two 
feet high. 
Edosmia Gairdneri, Hook. & Arn. (G.) Common on prairies near Puget Sound. (Steila¬ 
coom, “root eaten by the Nisqually Indians, and called S’hah’got,” S.) 
Oenanthe sarmentosa, Nutt. (G.) Common in wet*grounds along coast; rarer at Steilacoom. 
July to September; flowers white. 
Ligusticum Scoticum, Linn. (G.) Not rare along coast at Shoalwater bay; July. “Green 
stems peeled and eaten by the Indians.” (G.) 
Conioselinum Pischeri, Weim. & Grab. (G.) Common in moist sandy prairies, both on coast 
and interior; July to September; flowers white. Plant with the odor of anise when in dry soil, 
but disagreeable in moist ground. (Steilacoom, S.) 
Archangelica peregrina, Nutt. (G.) Wet alder groves at Shoalwater Bay; rare; 6 feet 
high; July to September. “Apparently not the same as the plant of the coast of New England, 
referred to this species, though nearly allied to it. Both exhibit a more or less manifest 
involucre. ’ ’ —Gray. 
Cymopterus ? littoralis, (n. sp.:) ‘ ‘ Low, subcaulescent; petioles elongate, dilated, and 
sheathing at the base, above with the peduncles and rays tomentose-villous ; leaves coriaceous, 
deeply 3-lobed or more commonly trisected; the divisions roundish, callose-serrulate, often 
3-lobed or 3-parted, densely tomentose beneath, glabrous and finely reticulated above, the 
veinlets impressed; umbels shorter than the leaves ; leaflets of the involucre and involucel 
subulate, the latter equalling the glomerate (whitish) flowers ; calyx-teeth short and subulate ; 
