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Farther down along Squaw Creek occurred : 
Quercus macrocarpa, bur oak. Ulmus americana, white elm. 
Among shrubby plants may be mentioned: 
Cornus stolonifera, dogwood. Amelanchier alnifolia, juneberry. 
Ribes setosum, gooseberry. Corylus rostrata, hazel, 
Ribes oxycanthoides, gooseberry. Opulaster opulifolius, nine-bark 
Ribes cereum, squaw currant. Opulaster monogynus, nine-bark, 
Ribes lacustre, swamp currant, 
Shepherdia canadensis, Canadian 
Shepherdia, 
The known range of the following Rocky Mountain plants is extended 
by their discovery*in the Black Hills on this trip: 
Actewa spicata arguta. Aster sibiricus. 
Viola canina adunca. Arnica alpina, 
Epilobium paniculatum. Pyrola rotundifolia bracteata. 
Epilobium drummondii. Myosotis sylvatica, 
Dodecatheon pauciflorum. Walfenia rubra. 
Aconitum fischeri. Astragalus aboriginum glabriuseulus, 
Leucocrinum montanum. TTelianthemum majus. 
Arenaria verna hirta. 
Of eastern or northeastern plants colleeted in this region may be 
mentioned : 
Viola palustris. Hypericum canadense. 
Viola blanda, Telragonanthus deflexus. 
Lobelia spicata hirtella, Fragaria virginiana. 
Stachys aspera. Solidago erecta? 
The most remarkable “find,” however, was that of the true Aquilegia 
brevistyla in the United States. The Rocky Mountain plant, so named, 
proves to be a distinct species and has received the name A. savimon- 
tana. 
As I have said before, the valleys are rich grass land. Even the 
dryer ones furnish a good pasture and along the water courses are 
excellent hay lands. One of the men accompanying the geological sur- 
vey under Jenney, named “California Joe,” expressed himself, “There’s 
gold from the grass roots down but there’s more gold from the grass 
roots up.” Around Custer, the place to which the first great rush of 
gold hunters was directed, stock raising or farming seems to be more 
profitable than gold digging. 
In a meadow near French Creek the grass stood 1 meter high, The 
most common grasses were: 
Panicularia nervata, Calamagrostis canadensis. 
Agrostis alba. Calamagrostis dubia. 
Poa nemoralis, Agropyron repens glaucum., 
Alopecurus geniculatus fulvus. 
In a slough I found Spartina cynosuroides, Beckmannia eruceformis, 
and Panicularia americana. Ina glen below Sylvan Lake were found 
