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Melica stricta Boland. Yosemite Cliffs. 
fugax Boland. Frequent above 6,000 feet. 
Glyceria fluitans. R.Br. Y. 
nervata Trin. Frequent above 4,000 feet. 
pauciflora Pres]. W., etc. 
Agropyrum violaceum Lange. Upper slopes of the mountains. 
Cheilanthes Californica Mett. Y. 
Pellza Breweri Eaton. Yosemite Cliffs. 
densa Hook. Yosemite Cliffs. 
Bridgesii Hook. Yosemite Cliffs. 
Cryptogramme acrostichoides. R.Br. Yosemite Cliffs. Moun- 
tain slopes. 
Aspidium Nevadense Eaton. 
These species, 295 in number, of which only 21 are certainly 
known to extend above to the proper alpine heights, taken with the 
39 species in common with the plains and lower foothills, and the 75 
species which reach here from the coniferous belt, make a total of 
409 native species, which constitute the entire proper flora of the 
district.. Scarcely a trace of the naturalized plants of the lower re- 
gions here appears except in the cultivated grounds at Wawona and 
in the Yosemite, and no attempt is here made to take any account of 
them nor of some common plants that are limited to the cultivated 
fields and meadows in both valleys, and are as much introduced plants 
where they are found as the recognized weeds that grow with them. 
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NOTES ON OTTERS. 
BY SAM HUBBARD, JR. 
SEA OTTER (Linhydris lutris). 
The coast of Washington from Gray’s Harbor north to Cape Flat- 
tery is the only part of the United States in which the sea otter is 
now hunted outside of Alaska. This interesting and valuable fur 
bearer, unlike its cousin, the land otter, lives in the ocean, and is 
rarely known to come ashore. A full-grown sea otter is about as 
large as a setter dog, with a thick, chunky head, and a mouth full 
of formidable looking teeth. It has short fore legs, not over six or 
