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and resemble in all save color the Tillandsia or long-moss of the 
‘south, when seen at a distance. This moss, commonly collected 
for “ stuffing,” grows in such abundance there that were it nearer a 
market it would give quite an income to its gatherers. In these rich, 
warm bottoms, amongst the gigantic firs and cedars, the greenness 
of the plants and the size of the more perishable species are remark- 
able. The size of the moon-wort has recently been mentioned. 
The enchanter’s nightshade here grew two’and one-half feet high, 
while the leaves of Tolmiea were found over six inches in diameter. 
On my return to camp, I found the delicate Saxifragaceous plant 
( Boykinia occidentalis), a sedge ( Carex Jestiva), the hedge nettle 
(Stachys ciliata), and the beautiful pink monkey-flower (A/imulus 
Lewisii), evidently a ‘‘ waif’’ from the regions of the moraine and 
glacier. 
The following day, armed with a rake, I proceeded to the lake. I 
paddled about tor some time looking for aquatic plants, but met with 
poor success. A Potamogeton (P. Robbinsii), covered the bottom 
of the lake in places’ where a depth of water from two to six feet 
obtained. In the shallower parts of the lake were growing abun- 
dantly mare’s-tail ( Hippuris vulgaris), mud-rush ( Eguisetum limo- 
sum), two sedges (Carex utriculata, and C. aquatilis?), the latter 
two young for accurate determination, and the long, ribbon-like 
leaves of the bur-reed ( Sparganium simplex, var. augustifolium iF 
floated upon the waters. The shores were lined with the trees pre- 
vailing on the lake-borders of this country. These were the cotton- 
wood (Populus trichocarpa), marsh willow (Salix lasiandra), long- 
leaved willow (S. longifolia), Oregon crab (Pirus rivularis), tall 
bush-honeysuckle (Lonicera involucrata ), besides the firs, hemlock, 
arbor-vita, maples, buckthorn and alder, which here grow right 
down to the water’s edge. Seeing an abrupt dyke of basalt rising 
almost directly out of the lake to the south ? IT rowed to it, landed 
and climbed up its steep face. Besides many mosses and lichens, I 
found the smooth maple (Acer glabrum), Merten’s saxifrage (Sax-_ 
ifraga Mertensiana), and the gray fescue-grass (Festuca rubra ae 
On the morning of July 7th, the necessary part of the baggage 
having arrived, we struck camp, and taking to the trail, soon left 
behind us the last vestiges of civilization. | found but few plants — 
along the trail not previously discovered. In moist, sandy places 
under the willows and poplars, appeared the little grove-lover (Ne- 
