. The natural history of Washington territory, with much relating to Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oregon, and California, between the thirty-sixth and forty-ninth parallels of latitude, being those parts of the final reports on the survey of the Northern Pacific railroad route, containing the climate and physical geography, with full catalogues and descriptions of the plants and animals collected from 1853 to 1857 . .) Prairies of interior and dry parts of marshes near coast;June, flowers purple, very variable, 1—2 feet, (S.) T. PROCUMBENS, Linn. (G.) Cultivated ground; probably introduced; Ju
. The natural history of Washington territory, with much relating to Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oregon, and California, between the thirty-sixth and forty-ninth parallels of latitude, being those parts of the final reports on the survey of the Northern Pacific railroad route, containing the climate and physical geography, with full catalogues and descriptions of the plants and animals collected from 1853 to 1857 . .) Prairies of interior and dry parts of marshes near coast;June, flowers purple, very variable, 1—2 feet, (S.) T. PROCUMBENS, Linn. (G.) Cultivated ground; probably introduced; June. (Medicago sativa, Linn. (G.) Steilacoom, introduced, S.) M. parviflora, Desf. (G.) About houses, Shoalwater bay, introduced. HosACKiA BICOLOR, Dougl. (G.) Common on prairie near Steilacoom; June, in wet soil,flowers yellow and white. H. DECUMBENS, Benth. In dry soil with preceding; June, flowers yellow and red, (S.) H. PARVIFLORA, Benth. (G.) On sandy prairie, Steilacoom and along the coast; June, flowersvery small, red and yellow. LupiNUS MICRANTHUS, Dougl. (T. & G.) Commou in gravelly soil under shade, on prairienear Steilacoom; May 20th, flowers blue, white, or pink on diflerent i^lants, size and shape ofleaves variable. L. LEPiDUS, Dougl. (G.) Open gravelly prairies about Puget Sound. About a foot high,in flower; June 10th, violet purple. The only fragrant species I found.—(S.) ETjCTT—Pl^CZ. OROBUS LITT0PJULI3 mrimiUciUtlJ-K Pkd THE BOTANY OF THE ROUTE. 55 L. POLYPHYLLUS, LincU. (T.) Common in damp, rich woods near Steilacoom; June, often 5feet high, the raceme 1^ foot long, color light or dark purple. L. NOOTKATEXSIS, Dougl. (G.) Sandy prairie along coast north of Columbia river; May 20th,flowers blue, with white keel. Differs from the description in wanting the red and yellowveins, and the leaflets are pubescent on hoth sides. Stems procumbent, spreading, 2 feetlong. The only species I found along the coast. The L. littoralis, Dougl., somewhat resemblesthis, but
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