BOTANY. 
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NAIDACEiE. 
Potamogeton natans, Linn. Klamath lake. 
ALISMACEfE. 
Triglochin maritimum, Linn. Bartee’s valley, northern California, August 1. 
Alisma plantago, Linn. In marshes throughout northern California and Oregon. Apparently 
entirely identical with the eastern plant. 
Sagittaria variabilis, Engelm. ; Gray, Bot. N. U. S. p. 461. Pit river, Klamath lakes, and 
Columbia river ; J uly to November. The bulb of this plant is an important article of food among 
the Oregon Indians, by whom it is called Wapatoo. 
MELANTHACEiE. 
Anticlea Douglasii, Torr. in Whipple s Report. Petaluma, California; February. 
Xerophyllum tenax, Pursh. FI. 1, p. 243, t. 9. Cascade mountains, Oregon Territory. 
Tofieldia glutinosa, Pursh. FI. 1, p. 246. Crater pass, Cascade mountains. 
Veratrum viride, Ait. Kew. ( ed. 1,) 3, p. 896. Meadows, McCumber’s ; August. 
LILIACEyE. 
Dichelostemma congesta, Kth. Enum. 4, p. 410. Brodima congesta, Smith, in Linn. Trans. 
10, p. 3, t. 1. Fort Reading, California, March 18. Flowers slightly fragrant. 
Calochortus uniflorus, Hook. & Am. Bot. Beecliey, p. 398, t. 94. Petaluma, California; 
April. 
Calochortus macrocarpus, Dougl. in Eort. Trans. 7, p. 276, t. 8. Banks of Canoe creek, 
California, August. 
Brodlea grandiflora, Smith, in Linn. Trans. 10, p. 2. McCumber’s ; August 29. Var. 
brachypoda, Torr. in Whipple’s Report. 
Hesperoscordon lacteum, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1639. McCumber’s ; July 29. 
Fritillaria lanceolata, Pursh.; Hook. FI. Bor.-Anxer. 2, p. 181, t. 193. Pine Wood pass? 
In fruit. Flowering specimen. 
Chlorogalum pomeridianum, Kuntli. Enum. 4, p. 682. McCumber’s. This is the celebrated 
Soap plant. 
Smilacina stellata, Desf. Head of Des Chutes river ; September ; in fruit. 
Clintonia uniflora, Torr. Smilacina uniflora, Hook. FI. Bor.-Am. 2, p. 175, t. 190. Upper 
Des Chutes river. The fruit is a large, solitary, blue berry. 
SMILACEA3. 
Trillium ovatum, Pursh, FI. 1, p. 249. Petaluma, California; February. 
ORCHIDACEiE. 
Epipactis gigantea, Hook. Flor. Bor.-Amer. 2, p. 202, t. 202. McCumber’s and Mpto-ly-as 
river. 
Spiranthes decipiens, Hook. Flor. Bor.-Amer. 2, p. 203, t. 204. Spruce forests, Cascade 
mountains ; September. 
