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THE BOTANY OF THE ROUTE. 
R. bracteosum, Dougl. (G.) Dark woods, along streams, from Cascades to coast. Flowers 
yellowish green ; fruit black, as large as a pea, unpleasant; April 1. 
R. sanguineum, Pursh. (G-.) Abundant in open fir forests; March 15; very beautiful in 
flower ; fruit small and tasteless, bluish. (Steilacoom, S.) 
Sedum spathulifolium, Hook. (G.) On bare rocks about mouth of the Columbia; July; 
yellow. The S. Oregona I did not find there, but think I saw it on the top of the Cascade 
mountains, in August, 1853. 
Saxifraga integrifolia, Hook. (G.) Prairies of middle region; March 20 to June ; leaves 
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.” (G.) 
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 
Silene 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 glechojlefolium, Nutt. (G.) Rare, in wet woods about Shoalwater bay; 
June 4 ; yellowish green. 
Philadelphia 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. Leiuisii seem obscure. “Leaves used by the Indians 
instead of soap.” (G.) 
Sanicula menziesii, Hook. & Arn. (T.) Prairies, common; April 20 to June; yellow, 1£- 
feet high. 
S. bipinnatifida, Dougl. (T.) Rare on praii’ie 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-gok,” 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.) 
Conioselindm Fischeri, 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 
