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Platydema oregonensis Lee. Occurs in the mountains about 

 Julian, on fungi which grow on old stumps and trees. 



Apocrypha anthicoides Esch. Rare. Occasionally taken from 

 beneath rocks or decaying melons; also, from beneath the bark of 

 trees and shrubs. An elongate, wingless species resembling an 

 anthicid. 



Apooypha dyschirioides Lee. Quite rare. Similar in habits to 

 the preceding species. 



Helops bachei Lee. Moderately rare. Occurs along the seashore 

 beneath the beach-berry and CEnothera. 



Helops blaisdelli Casey. Moderately common in some localities 

 beneath maritime plants growing on the sand dunes along the sea- 

 shore, near San Diego. 



A ROCKY MOUNTAIN BOTANICAL TRAMP. 



BY F. D. KELSEY. 



On June 27, 1892, a party of eight left Helena, Montana, for a 

 botanical trip to the top of the main range, fifteen miles away. 

 The party consisted of the writer and wife, H. M. and E. N. Bran- 

 degee, the wife and daughter of a prominent Helena capitalist, and 

 two young ladies of botanical proclivities. The journey lay along 

 a gulch for several miles where we found in bloom on this date 

 Ranunaihis Cymbalaria, abortivtis, sceleratus, affinis and Petinsyl- 

 vaniais. Delphinium Menziesii peeped out at us from beneath 

 shrubs, always tempting a botanist to get out and gather each 

 fresh specimen, though he knows he has more than he needs al- 

 I'eady. Coulter gives its range as " Wyoming, Montana and north- 

 westward." Its deep blue color is charming and attractive and holds 

 well in pressing. In this immediate region it is our only Delphin- 

 ium. 



Along the sides of the gulch now and then could be seen the 

 humble but winsome Berberis repeiis, most of the plants which grow 

 in great profusion being at this season out of bloom. Its yellow 

 roots have considerable reputation for medicinal quality under the 

 erroneous name of Oregon Grape. 



Corydalis aurea, modestly hiding its curious blossoms under a 

 bank or a profusion of leaves, nevertheless was eagerly seized by 



