ATRIPLEX. L.
1. A. canescens (Nutt.); dioicadiffusa argenteo-furfuracea, foliis oblongis obtusis inte-
gerrimis basi attenuatis, masc. florum glomerulis spicatis axillaribus terminalibusque,
fcem. glomerulis paucifloris axillaribus sessilibus quorum sepalis dorso spinoso-cristatis.—
Nutt. Gen. Am. 1. p. 197.—Calligonum canescens. Ph. Am. 2. p. 370.
H ab. Salt marshes of the Saskatchawan and of Slave River. Dr Richardson. Drummond.—First
detected by Lewis on saline hills of the Missouri. Goats are said to be very fond of it. It has been cultivated
in the Belfast Botanical Garden from seeds brought home by Mr Drummond.
2. A. patula. L __ E. Bot. t. 936.—var. foliis magis argenteo-furfuraceis.
H ab. Banks of the Walla-wallah, and in the valleys of the Blue Mountains, N. W. America. Douglas.
3. A. littoratts. L .—E. Bot. t. 708. Hook, et A m . in Bot. o f Beech. Voy. p. 129.
Hab. Kotzebue’s Sound. Beechey.
4. A. angustifolia. Sm. E. Bot. t. 1774. Cham, in Linnaa, v. 6. p. 569.
H ab. Bay of Escholtz. Chamisso. Saline marshes of the Saskatchawan. Drummond. Newfoundland.
Miss Brenton.—Perhaps merely a var. of the preceding, having the leaves exceedingly variable.
5. A. Gmelini (Meyer); annuum erectum viride, foliis oblongo-linearibus subirtte-
gerrimis, calycibus foemineis herbaceis bipartitis ovato-rhombeis acutis integerrimis disco
laevibus. Bong. Veg. de Sitcha. p r 42. Gmel. Sib. 3. p. 72. 1.14. ƒ. 2.
H ab. Sitcha and Kotzebue’s Sound. Bongard.— A. very dubious species, and the specimens which have
been kindly sent me by M. Bongard seem to be identical with those of Chamisso, which the latter author
describes as var. obtusa nana of A. angustifolia,' from the Bay of Escholtz.
BATIS. L.
1. B .? vermiculata; fruticosa ramosissima, foliis alternis elongatis linearibus teretibus
carnosis, amentis masculinis terminalibus, squamis cuspidatis.
Hab. Common on the barren grounds of the Columbia, and particularly near salt marshes. Douglas.
__Four, to six feet high. A very remarkable shrub, of which the male catkins alone appear to have been
found. These are rather more than half an inch long, clothed with peltate, pedicelled angular scales, of which
the upper angle is elongated into a mucro, and beneath which are 3 ? or 4 ? sessile 2-celled anthers. The
leaves are an inch to an inch and a half long, slender, fleshy and vermicular.
O rd. LX X V II. PHYTOLACCEIE. Br.
S PHYTOLACCA. L.
1. jP. decandra. L .—Bot. Mag. t. 931. Ph. Am. 1. p. 324.
H a b . Lake Huron. Dr Todd.—OS this, the Poke-weed, the young sprouts are, in the United States,
eaten like Asparagus.
Ord. LX X V III. POLYGONEAE. Jussf
1. KONIGIA. L.
1. K. Islandica. L .—FI. Dan. t. 418.
H ab. Moist mountains N. of the Smoking River. Drummond. Bay of Escholtz. Chamisso.
2. OXYRIA. Br.
1. O. reniformis. Hook.—Rumex digynus. E . Bot. t. 910. Ph. Am. 1 ,p . 248.
H ab . Common in the Rocky Mountains and on the Arctic Sea-shores. Dr Richardson. Drummond.
Capt. Sir E. Parry. Labrador. Dr Morison. Sitcha. Bongard. Unalaschka. Chamisso.
8. RUMEX. L.
1. R. Acetosa. L .—E. Bot. t. 127.
H ab . Prairies of the Rocky Mountains. Drummond. “ Assuredly wild in Canada,” Mrs Percival; and
Newfoundland. Miss Brenton. (Naturalized ?)
2. R . Acetosella. L .—E . Bot. t. 1674.
H ab. Canada. Dr Todd, Mrs Sheppard; to the Saskatchawan. Drummond. Gravelly soils, N. W.
America. Douglas. Dr Scouler. Newfoundland. Dr Morison. Mr Cormack. (Probably introduced
from Europe.)
3. R . crispus. L .—E . Bot. t. 1998.
H a b . Canada. Mrs Sheppard. Mrs Percival.
5. R . domesticus (Hartm.); foliis inferioribus e basi subcordata v. ovata oblongis,
caulinis lanceolatis undulato-crispis subtus scabridis, verticiliis subaphyllis congestis,
sepalis int. demum cordatis v. suborbiculari-cordatis obtusiusculis integerrimis crenu-
latisve omnibus nudis. Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaa, v. 3. p. 60. Reichenb. Iconogr. Bot.
t. 345 (excellent). Bong. Veg. de Sitcha, p. 43. Hook, et Am . in Bot. o f Beech. Voy. p.
129.—R. aquaticus, /3. Wahl.—(3. nanus, purpurascens.
H ab. Marshes of the Saskatchawan, to the Rocky Mountains. Drummond.—p. Arctic Sea-coast. Dr
Richardson. Unalaschka. Chamisso. Sitcha. Bongard. Kotzebue’s Sound. Beechey.—This quite
agrees with my European specimens of the species from.Podolia, with others from Greenland, and with the
figure of Reichenbach. Dr Richardson’s specimens are very dwarf, about a span high, and much tinged
with purple.
6. R. salicifolius (Weinm.); foliis caulinis lanceolatis acuminatis planiusculis, verticiliis
infimis foliolosis reliquis aphyllis approximatis, floribus diclinis monoicis, sepalis int.
demum oblongo-ovatis obtusiusculis integerrimis, 1 (vel 2) granulifero.—/3. sepalis int.
demum omnibus granuliferis. Bot. Zeit. 1821. p. 28. Cham, et Schlecht. in Linncea, 3. p.
60. Bong. Veget. de Sitcha, p. 43. Hook, et Am . in Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 157.— S. verti-
cillatus. Rich. App. 11. (vix L .)—R. pallidus. Bigel. (in Herb, nostr.)
H ab. Lake Winipeg, to Great Bear Lake and Mackenzie River. Columbia River. Dr Scouler. Sitcha.
Bongard. Newfoundland. Miss Brenton.—I believe the true iif. verticillatus to be an inhabitant only of the
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