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Plant Life
1805
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Plant Life 1804

A. Maclura aurantiaca = Toxylon Pomiferum
OSAGE ORANGE

March 26, 1804

A.L.T. Psoralea esculenta
POMME BLANCHE; PRAIRIE APPLE
June 30, 1804
A.L. Psoralea lanceolata "On the banks of the Missouri."
LANCE-LEAVED PSORALFA.
July, [30, 1804?]
A.L. Grindelia squarrosa = Donia squarrosa ", at our camp near the old Maha village, and is the growth of the prairies."
BROAD-LEAVED GUM-PLANT
August 17, 1804
A. Polanisia trachysperma. Growth of the open prairies.
LARGE-FLOWERED CLAMMY-WEED
Aug. 25, 1804
A.L.T. Cleome Serrulata = C. integrifolia "Specimens from White River, Aug. 29, 1806. Growth of the open prairie."

PINK CLEOME
Aug. 25th, 1804
A.L.T. Bigelowia douglasii = Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus = Crinitaria viscidiflora "Big Bend of the Missouri "
RABBIT BRUSH
Sept. 2, 1804
A.L.T. Shepherdia argentea = Hippophae argentea "No. 39. Obtained at the mouth of the river Quicourre [Niobrara] from which place upwards it is abundant."


SILVERY BUFFALO-BERRY

No date, but Lewis and Clark reached Niobrara Sept. 4, 1804
A. Rosa woodsii "The small rose of the prairies, it rises from 12 to 14 inches high; does not vine. Rosa. Open prairies,"October 18, 1804, the small rose of the prairies."

WOODS' ROSE
Sept. 5, 1804
A.T. Amellus spinulosus, Sideranthus spinulosus
CUT-LEAVED SIDERANTHUS
Sept. 15, 1804
A. Artemisia dracunculoides "Growth of the open plains"
LINEAR-LEAVED WORMWOOD
Sept. 15, 1804
A. Astragalus missouriensis "No. 36 The growth of the high prairies."

MISSOURI MILK VETCH
18th Sept. [1804 probably]
A.T. Solidago sarothrae = Gutierrezia sarothrae "No. 32. Specimens of aromatic plants on which the antelope feeds; these were obtained 21st of Sept. 1805 [1804], at the upper part of the big bend of the Mo." "No. 59. 1804, 19th September, the growth of high and bare prairies which produced little grass, generally mineral earth."

COMMON MATCHWEED; BROOMWEED
Sept. 21, 1804
.A. Aster oblongifolius "Big Bend of the Missouri."
AROMATIC ASTER
Sept. 21, 1804
A.T. Atriplex canescens = Calligonum canescens "Big Bend of the Missouri."
BUSHY ATRIPLEX
Sept. 21, 1804
A.L. Psoralea tenuiflora "Big Bend of Missouri."
FEW-FLOWERED PSORALFA
Sept. 21, 1804
A.L.T. Artemisia cana. Another variety of wild sage growth of high and bottom prairies; "On the bluffs, Oct. 1, 1804. Oct. 2, 1804. Growth of the high bluffs."
HOARY SAGEBRUSH
Oct. 1, 1804
? Rhus trilobata = R. aromatics var. trilobata Gray. "No. 57 . First discovered in the neighbourhood of the Kancez River."
SQUAW BUSH
Oct. 1, 1804
A.T. Artemisia longifolia "Wild sage on the bluffs. Flavor like the camomile, radix perennial; growth of the high bluffs."
LONG-LEAVED MUGWORT
Oct. 1, 1804. No. 53, Oct. 3d
A.L.T. Bigelowia graveolens = Chrysocoma graveolens = Chrysothamnus graveolens. "A low shrub growing in the rocky, dry hills on the Kooskooskee, May 6, 1806." "No. 54. Oct 2. Grows from 18 inches to 2½ feet. it is the growth of the high bluffs."
FETID RAYLESS GOLDENROD
Oct. 2, 1804
A.T. Nicotiana quadrivalvis "Specimen of the Ricara's tobacco, This is the tobacco which they cultivate."
INDIAN TOBACCO
Oct. 12, 1804
A.L.T. Psoralea argophylla . "No. 48. No. 103. A decoction of this plant used by the Indians to wash their wounds."
SILVER-LEAF PSORALFA
Oct. 17, 1804