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Show i6l) Lewis and Vlm·kc's E.xped.itiou. angular points so formed, a~·c ct~enat~, th~·cc inches injl('n~u~ and four in width: the pet10le 1s cyluulriC, smooth, and an inch aud a quarter in length, aml tho fruit is not known. 'J:'bc unde•·gr·owth consists of honrysucklcs, alder, seven bark or nine bark, huckleberry, a shrub like tho quillwootl, a plant like the mountain-holley, a gl'ccn b~·iar, the fern. 1. The honeysuckle common to the U mtcd States we found in this neighbourhood. 'Vc first discovered the ho. neysuckle on the watct·s ol' the Kooskooskcc, ncar the Chupunnisll nation, and again below the grand l'a}lids. 2. The alder which is also common to oul' country, was found in great. abundance in the woO<llands, on this side of the Rocl~y mountains. It di.flcrs in the colour of its bcl'l'y: tbis being of a pale sky blue, while that of the United States is of a deep put·ple. 3. 'fhe seven bark, ol', as it is usua1ly denominated, tl1e nino bark of the United States, is also common to lhis country. 4. 'l'hc hueldcbcrt•y. There is a spcci<>s oflmcklclJcrry, common to the highlands, from the commencement of the Columbian valley to the seacoast, rising to the hcighl. ~of six or eight feet, branching aud difru ·c: the tl·unk is (',y\intJrical, or a dad\. brown colout·; the eollatcral uranclacs arc ~r·ecn, smooth, and square, and llllt fot·th a uumbcJ' ofaHcr-o 1 . nate branches of the same coloUI·, and l'l'olll the two lOl'l· 'ZOntal sides only. 'rhc fnlit is a small dc('}l}lUI'{llC berry, held in much esteem by the natives: tlw leaf is of a 11alc green, and small, ihrec-foul'ths or au inch in length, and three-eighths iu width. oval, terminating more acutely ~t tl1c apex than at the insc1·tion of the foot stalk: the base 15 nearly entire, and but slightly serrate: the footstalks at·c short; their relative position is alteJ'nu.tc, two-ranked, and proceeding from the horizontal sides of the bougl1s only. 5. There arc two species of shrubs, iit•st seen at the grand rapids of the Columbia, and which have since IJccu ~een elsewhere; tbeygrowin rich dry grounds, \lSU&l.IJyin tile . lJp the .JJ[iSSOILJ'i. 16J ll1:t::;ldwul'lw<ul of some water· course: the roots arc creeping anti <'Jlinclt-ic·al: the stem of the first species is from a foot to •·i~htccn in<·l·(·s in h<.~i;;!Jt, and ahoutns la.rgc as au ordinary :;oosc <tuill: it is simple, tmlu·anchcd, and Cl'cct: its leaves at·c cauliur, corupot1111l and spreading: the leaflets arc ,jointr< l, aud Ojtposilt·ly pinnate, tlll'ec pail·, and tct·minating in 011c sextil\•, wiclt>~l at the base, and blpcr·iug to an acumiuate point: it is an i11c·h autl a. <tUal'tm· in its g•·ca.tcst wi<lth, nnd Uu·rc in<•hc·s ••nd a qtta&·tcr jn length: ca.ch point of t-he III<IIT;iu is ill'lllt'tl with a. snbnlate thorn, and from thirteen to sevt.~ntecn iu numhet': <li'C veined, glossy, cal'inated and \Vl'inklccl: thcit· points obliquely tcndint; towar<ls the extremity of the common footstalk: the stem of the second llecies is pt·ocmnl.JCnt, ahout the size of that ofthc fl1·st species, ,jointed and unlJI'anched: its Jcavcs a1·c cauliuc, compountl, and OilpositcJy I•inuate: tliC rib is i't'Om fourteen to sixteen inches in length, cylinddc a.nd smooth: the leaflets are two inches and a half long, aud one inch wide, and of the g•·eatest width half an inch t'orm the base: this they regulal'ly surt·ouncl, and from the same 1wint tapel'ing to an acute apex: this js usually terminated with a small subulatc tho1·n: tbey arc joiutcd and oppositely llinnatc, consisting of :-ix pail·, aml termiua( ing in one: sessile, serrate, and cmling in a small subulatc spit·c, froru twenty-five to twenty-seven in number; they arc smooth, plain, and of a deep gt·ccn, and all obliquely tending towards the cxtt·rm ily oi'tlae foots talk: they •·rtain thcit· green all winter. 'J'lw hu·~c lcalctl thot·n, has a leal' nhont two inches and a ]Jail' Joug: whi<·h is petiolate, anti coujugatr: tht.~ leaflets al' · petiolate, acutely JlOiutt'tf, l•aving I he it· maq~ins cut with unc<1ual and irregular jncissut• e-,: the shntb, which "c hnd once mistaken for the large lcaf'e1l ihor·n, t·csomhlccl the st.em of that. sJu·ub, e.xccptin ~~ the thorn: it h('at·s a la.t·go tllt·ee headed leaf: tho briat· i ~ caf Ow class polya.nclr·ia, and urclcl' JWligylllnia: the llowcrs are single: the pcduuclc loHg ancl eyliJ:ch·ical: the ealyx is a pct•ianu,, n{' one lf•af, fh (' c•ld't, autl ;H•utely pointCfl: 1he pe- Ol,. 11 . ' |