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same lack of care is evidenced in at least one other instance. On 
page 223 we find “ Rosa sp.,” followed by a short description. In, 
the index of species, page 281, this plant, No. 572, bears the 
name of Rosa Sandbergi Holzinger.’’ If this can be considered as 
publication, Rosa MacDougali Holzinger, published in the Febru- 
ary Botanical Gazette becomes a synonym. 
Whoever is responsible for the notes concerning habitat, etc., 
of the species collected, often shows complete ignorance of the 
subject. The expression ‘“‘ Valley of Lake Waha” is frequently 
used. Lake Waha, situated well up among the Craig Mountains, 
is not provided with a valley. It is simply a depression sur- 
rounded by steep slopes. It is fed by a mountain stream, and has 
a subterranean outlet. The following are a few instances of er- 
roneous data: 
Ranunculus glaberrimus is credited as “common on moist 
ground, island in Clearwater river near Upper Ferry, above Lewis- 
ton.” The plant to which the above name is applied does not 
occur on the low, sandy islands, but is occasionally met with in the 
pasture land near the summit of the plateau, and on the grassy 
slopes, growing in stiff black soil. 
Actaea spicata rubra is stated to be “ common in woods at 900 
meters altitude, Craig mountains, valley of Lake Waha.” It is by 
no means common, and was found in the canon of the Sweetwater, - 
beyond Lake Waha. 
Trifolium longipes latifolium was not at all “frequent on grassy 
slopes, Craig mountains.” It was collected in an open place on 
the west side of the lake, and only a few plants were found in a 
very circumscribed area. 
Under Spiraea betulifolia Pall. it is said that « No. 539 is not 
typical. It has the corymb somewhat elongated, as in P. salici- 
folia, and may be a hybrid.” It most certainly is an entirely dif- 
ferent plant from No. 299, and in the living state has nothing in 
common with that plant. If it is a hybrid it is a rather one-sided 
one, for Spiraea Douglasi Menziest was the only other one col- 
lected at that point. 
Crataegus tomentosa is reported as growing in “copses, fre- 
quent, Craig mountains.” A single tree was found in a little - 
meadow below the outlet of the lake. It grew along a fence, and. 
was not in a copse. 
