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rivulet on the high cote. Blepharipappus ? (346), Bartonia 

 (663), Biscutella (343), and Hydrophyllum ? (613), grow scat- 

 tered amongst Allium (226), Euphorbia (345 and 509), Astra- 

 galus (378). Composite (552), again clothed the precipices 

 on the sunny sides, showing myriads of golden flowers out of 

 its silvery-white foliage. At the foot of the c6tes, in the 

 valley, on sunny open belts, is the habitat of Swertia (352), 

 Erigeron (392), and Stenactis speciosa, the Calycadanim, Lu- 

 pinus (390), with racemes more than a foot long, and the 

 showy Pentstemon (362), from 2 to 6 feet high. The steep 

 lower parts of the cotes bear Mahonia, Amelanchier, a pur- 

 ple variety of Peucedanum (328), Sedum (3J\3 and 504) ; 

 and diverse transient Boraginece abound, as the orange- 

 coloured Rochelia (339 and 344, 348, 349). In a hot, sunny, 

 stony plain, near the river, I saw the beautiful Phlox 

 (340), with Labiata (468), Caryophyllea (466), Cyperus (510), 

 Pancium (495), Ferula} (410), Anthemidea (350), Scutellaria 

 381, and Nasturtium (383). The thickets are composed of 

 the common Amentacea, Populus, Salix, and Alnus ; the 

 Crataegus and Cornus, the large Ribes, Roses, and Rhamnus, 

 with Rhus, cover densely a narrow valley close to the 

 Koos-Kooskee. This thicket is interwoven with Clematis, 

 Vicia (338), and abounds with flowers. Here, in the moist 

 recesses, grow the tall Sida (4 10), Hydrophyllum (401), Ranun- 

 culus (400), Turritis ? (353), Scrophularia (539), Osmorrhiza 

 (367) ; and around the same, on the springy meadows, were 

 collected Compos. (473), Geum (251), the Graminea, etc. (490, 

 497, 493, 494), Geum (251), and Geranium (402) in the bor- 

 ders of dry woods. Mimulus (474) I found in a muddy 

 horder of the rivulet. 



Subalpine ravines harbor Saxifraga (363 and 966), Collin- 

 *ia (354), Saxifraga (566), and Cruciferce (564 and 565) ; the 

 Dodecatkeon and common spring flowers are likewise seen 

 here. 



The weeds in the fields are Digitaria sanguinolenta and 

 filiformis, introduced from the Mississippi valley : Erodium 

 cicutarium and Anthemidea (SB6), brought probably from 



