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less heavily forested mountains are the Whetstone, Mule, Swiss- 

 helm, Dragoon, Galiuro, Dos Cabezas, Peloncillo and Big 

 Hatchet ranges. The highest of these mountains is the Pinaleno 

 range, which lies near the left bank of the Gila River at Safford, 

 Arizona, culminating in Mt. Graham at 10,550 feet." 



Fig. 1. Map showing the location of the Pinaleno and Santa Catalina Moun- 

 tains and adjacent ranges. 



After several season's work in the Santa Catalina Mountains 

 the writer became interested in making an examination of the 

 Pinaleno range with a view to comparing the general vegetational 

 and floristic features of the two. A comparison of these moun- 



2 This range is locally known as the Graham Mountains, through a careless 

 use of the name of the highest peak as a designation for the entire range. 



