[Clark:]
Wednesday February 12th.. 1806.
This morning we were visited by a Clatsop man who
brought with him three dogs as a remuneration for the Elk
which himself and Nation had stolen from us some little time
sence, however the dogs took the alarm and ran off; we
suffered him to remain in the fort all night.
[ILLUSTRATION] There are two species of evergreen
shrubs. This is the leaf of one.
which I first met with at the grand
rapids of the Columbia River, and
which I have sence found in this
neighbourhood also; they usually
grow in rich dry ground not far from some watercourse. the
roots of both species are creeping and celindric. the stem of
the first (as above) is from a foot to 18 inches high and as large
as a goose quil; it is simple and erect. its leaves are cauline,
and spredding. the leaf[l]its are jointed & oppositly poinnate
3 par Ind termonateing in one, cessile widest at the base and
tapering to an accuminated point, an inch and 1/4 the greatest
width, & 3 1/4 inches in length. each point of their crenate
margins armed with a thorn or spine, and are from 13 to 17 in
number. they are also veined, glossy, crinated and wrinkled;
their points obliquely pointing towards the extremity of the
common footstalk.
The stem of the 2nd. is procumbent about the size of the former,
jointed and umbracated. its leaves are cauline, compound and
oppositly pointed; the rib from 14 to 16 inches long celendric
and smooth the leaf[l]its 2 1/2 inches long and 1 inch wide. the
greatest width 1/2 inch from their base which they are regularly
rounded, and from the same point tapering to an accute apex,
which is mostly but not entirely termonated with a small subulate
thorn. they are jointed and oppositly pointed, consisting
of 6 par and termonateing in one (in this form.) sessile, ser
rate, or like the [ILLUSTRATION]
teeth of a whipsaw,
each point
terminating in a
small subulate
spine, being from 25 to 27 in numbr; veined, smoth, plane and
of a deep green, their points tending obliquely towards the
extremity of the rib or common footstalk. I do not know the
frute or flower of either. the Ist resembles a plant common to
maney parts of the United States called the Mountain Holly.
