108 A Botanical Tramp. [ZOE 
Platydema oregonensis Lec. Occurs in the mountains about 
Julian, on fungi which grow on old stumps and trees. 
Apocrypha anthicoides Esch. Rare. Occasionally taken from 
beneath rocks or decaying melons; also, from beneath the bark of 
trees and shrubs. An elongate, wingless species resembling an 
anthicid. 
Apocrypha dyschirioides Lec. Quite rare. Similar in habits to 
the preceding species. 
_ Felops bachei Lec.. Moderately rare. Occurs along the seashore 
beneath the beach-berry and CEnothera. 
Flelops blaisdelli Casey. Moderately common in some localities 
beneath maritime plants growing on the sand dunes along the sea- 
shore, near San Diego. 
A ROCKY MOUNTAIN BOTANICAL TRAMP. 
BY F. D. KELSEY. 
On June 27, 1892, a party of eight left Helena, Montana, for a 
botanical trip to the top of the main range, fifteen miles away. — 
The party consisted of the writer and wife, H. M. and E. N. Bran- 
degee, the wife and daughter of a prominent Helena capitalist, and 
two young ladies of ‘botanical proclivities, The journey lay along 
a gulch for several miles where we found in bloom on this date 
Ranunculus Cymbalaria, abortivus, sceleratus, affints and Pennsyt- ; 
vanicus. Delphinium Menziesti peeped out at us from beneath 
shrubs, always tempting a botanist to get out and gather each 
fresh specimen, though he knows he has more than he needs al- 
ready. Coulter gives its range as ““ Wyoming, Montana and north- 
westward.” Its deep blue color is charming and attractive and holds 
well in pressing. In this immediate region it is our only Delphin- 
ium. 
Along the sides of the gulch now and then could be seen the 
humble but winsome Berberzs repens, most of the plants which grow 
in great profusion being at this season out of bloom. Its yellow 
roots have considerable reputation for medicinal quality under the 
erroneous name of Oregon Grape. 
Corydalis aurea, modestly hiding its curious blossoms under a 
bank or a profusion of leaves, nevertheless was eagerly seized by. 
