176 GEOEGE B. RIGG 



Sphagnum sp., Ledum palustre, Empetrum nigrum, Drosera rotundifolia,^^ 

 Vaccinium vitis-idaea var minus, Andromeda polifolia, Eriophorum sp., Cornus 

 suedetica, Betula glandulosa, Pinguicula sp. 



Other plants also found in this bog are: Lycopodium sp., 

 Vaccinium sp., Ruhus chamaemorus, Carex sp., Equiseturn sp., 

 Arctostaphylos tomentosa, Cladonia rangiferina and a few mosses 

 other than Sphagnum. 



LAZY BAY, KODIAK ISLAND, JUNE 23 AND 24 



In the flat region lying between Lazy Bay and the ocean there 

 are numerous small sphagnum bogs, all confined to undrained 

 areas. Their characteristic flora is Eynpetrum nigrum. Ledum 

 palustre and Vaccinium vitis-idaea. All of these species were 

 also found on the very thin soil covering the rocks of the region. 

 In one place they were found on the practically bare rocky surface 

 of a cliff 60 feet above the level of the bay. All three of these 

 species were prostrate when growing on rocks. 



UZINKI, SPRUCE ISLAND, JULY 1 



What was formerly a bog of several acres in extent bordering 

 the village of Uzinki is now buried beneath a thick coat of volcanic 

 ash from the eruption of Katmai volcano in June, 1912, Near 

 the village a stream has cut through this ash deposit and sphagnum 

 is exposed. Other than this all vegetation in the bogs was covered 

 at the time that this bog was visited except a few plants at the cen- 

 ter of the bog and there the deposit was still too soft to permit an 

 inspection of these plants. 



Superintendent M. D. Snodgrass, of the U. S. Agricultural 

 Experiment Station at Kodiak told the writer that he had visited 

 this place previous to the eruption and that it was a sphagnum bog. 



^^ The writer knows of only one place where Drosera rotundifolia is found outside 

 of bogs. It was found by the members of the International Phytogeographic 

 Excursion at Lake Kapowsin, near Tacoma, Washington. It occurs abundantly 

 at the water line on the sides of floating logs used to support a foot bridge over the 

 lake. It is not associated with sphagnum on these bogs. Ledum groenlandicum 

 and Kalmia glauca also occur on top of some of these logs. The writer is now en- 

 gaged in studying the vegetation of this lake. 



