Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean: Vol. 6, Pt. 3

No. 2.
GENERAL CATALOGUE OF THE PLANTS COLLECTED ON
THE EXPEDITION.
BY J. S. NEWBERRY,
ASSISTED BY ASA GRAY AND JOHN TORREY, AS SPECIFIED IN THE PROPER PLACES.
I. EXOGENOUS PLANTS.
RANUNCULACEZE.
CLEMATIS LIGUSTICIFoLIA, Nutt.; Torr. & Gray, Flor. N. Amer. 1, p. 9. Banks of Sacramento
river, Cal.; July, in flower. Klamath Basin, Pit river; August, in fruit. Dalles of the
Columbia.
RANUNCULUS AQUATILIS, Linn.; Pursh. Fl. 2, p. 395; DC. Prod. 1, p. 26. McCutmber's Flat
July, in flower. Pit river; July, in fruit. Common in N. Cal. and Oregon. Wherever
observed, this plant had large flowers, and no emerged leaves.
RANUNCULUS OCCIDENTALIS, Nutt.; Torr. & Gray, Flor. W. Amer. 1. p. 22. McCumber's Flat,
N. Cal.
RANUNCULUS PURSHII. (?) Rich7ardson, Hook. Flor. Bor.-Amer. 1, p. 15. Upper Klamath lake,
O. T. Plant very small, and may be distinct from B. Purshii.
RANUNCULUS CALIFORNICUS, Benth. Plant. Hartwteg, 1628. R. dissectus, Hook7c. Bot. Beech. p.
316. R. delphinifolius, Torr. & Gray, Flor. Suppl. p. 659. Petaluma, Cal.; common in the
Sacramento valley.
ACONITUM NAPELLUS, Linn. var. DELPHINIFOLIUS, Seringe; Torr. & Gray, Flor. 1, p. 34. Head
of Des Chutes river. Cascade mountains, O. T.; September, in flower.
THALICTRUM DIOICUM, Linn.; DC. Prodr. 1, p. 12; Hook. Flor. Bor.-Amer. 1,p. 3; Torr. &
Gray, Flor. I, p. 38. Sacramento valley, Cal.
AQUILEGIA CANADENSIS, Linn.; Torr. & Gray, Flor. N. Amer. 1,p. 29. A. formosa, Fisc7. in DC.
Prodr. 1, p. 20. Shingletown and McCumber's Flat, N. Cal.; large, showy, grows in moist
places.
DELPHINIUM DECORUM, Fi8ch. & Meyer, Hort. Petrop., p. 32. Fort Reading, Cal.
DELPHINIUM PATENS, Benth. Plant, Hartweg, 1632. Crater pass, Cascade mountains, Oregon;
September 1.
DELPHINIUM AZUREUM, Mlichx. Flor. 1, p. 314. Shores of San Pablo bay; July.
DELPHINIUM MENZIESII, DC. Hook. Flor. Bor.-4mer. 1, p. 25. Hat creek, Cal.; July.
DELPHINIUM NUDICAULE, Yorr. & Gray, Flor. N. 4mer. 1, pp. 33 & 661. D. sarcophyllum,
Hook7. & A4rn. Bot. Beechey, p. 317. Sonoma, Cat.; flowers red.
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