THE BOTANY OF THE ROUTE. 
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Sagina procumbens, Linn., (G.) With the two preceding; May. 
Maihringia lateriflora, Linn., (T.) Dry prairie near Steilacoom; June. 
(Arenaria tenella, Nutt., (G.) Steilacoom, S.) 
(A. macrophylla, Hook. Steilacoom, S.) 
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 aryense, Linn., (T.) Dry prairies; everywhere common; May to August.—(S.) 
Silene scouleri, Hkr. Prairie near Vancouver 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 Fuca; April 5. 
Claytonia Alsinoides, Sims, (G.) Common in shady wet grounds; May. (Steilacoom, S.) 
C. perfoliata, Donn., (G-.) In similar situations. 
(C. parviplora, Dougl., (G.) Steilacoom, S.) 
C. parvifolia, Moeh., (G.) On wet rocks, logs, &c., on coast; Shoalwater bay; July. 
C. spathulata, Dougl., (G.) Sandy soil, among logs, &c., on coast; Shoalwater hay; 
June. 
C. Chamissonis, Esch. & Ledeb. ( C. 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 Vancouver; 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 FI. of N. A.) A single specimen found at Johnson’s 
Point, Puget Sound; August 26; in flower; purple; six inches high; introduced. (?) 
Sidalcea malvaeflora, 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. oregana, Nutt., 
now merged in above. 
Acer, macrophyllum, 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.) “Vine 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 
fasccles, 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 oreganus, Nutt. Common in thickets about Vancouver, &c.; June. 
