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The other plants found on these sandy stretches are Lathyrus mari- 
timus, which is very abundant; Avrabis hirsuta, sometimes eaten raw by 
the Indians; Arenaria lateriflora, Castilleja miniata, Ranunculus nelsoni, 
Lupinus nootkatensis unalaskensis, Epilobium latifolium, Pneumaria 
maritima, Phellopterus littoralis, Rhinanthus crista-qgalli, Achillea mille- 
JSolium, Gentiana amarella, Selinum gmelini, Pedicularis palustris iclas- 
sowiana, and Juncoides campestre sudeticum. 
Along the gravel beaches just out of reach of high tide are found 
Glaue maritima, Arenaria peploides, Puccinellia maritima, and Poa 
glumaris. 
The mountains of the St. Elias range in the Disenchantment Bay 
region, as has already been stated, are clothed to an altitude of 
about 800 feet with a dense growth of Alnus rubra. There are, how- 
ever, in some localities extensive breaks in these thickets which are 
well filled with other vegetation, while there is a considerable variety 
of growth above the limit of this tree. A few of the plants in the 
vicinity of Disenchantment Bay have already been mentioned as 
occurring on Khantaak Island and on the mainland near the Mission, 
but the great majority of those collected in this region were not found 
in the low forest country. Beginning at about the upper limit of the 
red alder, the mountain sides are covered with a heavy growth of 
grass, Deschampsia caspitosa longiflora, to an altitude of 2,550 feet. 
These grassy slopes are in many places given a decidedly bluish tinge 
by the blossoms of the monkshood (Aconitum delphinifolium). Above 
the grass limit the vegetation is more scattering, and consists mostly 
of Salix arctica, a willow about 3 inches in height; Sarifraga bron- 
chialis, Geranium erianthum, Cassiope stelleriana, Luetkea pectinata, and 
Bryanthus glandulifiorus. The highest altitude which I reached on 
these mountains was 4,250 feet above the sea. At this height, at the 
time of my visit (the first two weeks of August), one reaches almost 
continuous snow fields, the mountains being unbroken white except 
where they are too steep for the snow to lie on, or where it has been 
swept away in an avalanche. 
Among the plants collected in this treeless mountain region, besides 
those already mentioned, were Tellima grandiflora, Arabis lyrata, which 
is eaten raw by the natives; Cerastium alpinum, Pyrola minor, Valeriana 
sitchensis, Potentilla procumbens, Parnassia fimbriata, Artemisia nor- 
vegica, Potentilla villosa, Barbarea barbarea, Ranunculus cooleye (very 
rare), Antennaria alpina, Campanula rotundifolia alaskana, Tussilago 
Srigida, Antennaria margaritacea, Hieracium triste, Habenaria bracteata, 
Lycopodium alpinum, Anemone narcissiflora, Prenanthes alata, Aquilegia 
Jormosa, Arnica latifolia, Romanzoffia sitchensis, Euphrasia officinalis, 
Geum calthifolium, Cryptogramme acrostichoides, Cystopteris Sragilis, 
Agrostis exarata, Phleum alpinum, and Poa alpina. 
As has been stated at the beginning of my report, but little collecting 
was done after my return to Khantaak Island from Disenchantment 
