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lepis) is often a marked exception. Single trees of this species are 

 often found which, in size of trunk, in wide expanse and symmetry 

 of growth, vie with the noblest oaks of the coast, while, in the beauty 

 of the foliage and of their golden-velvety fruit, they surpass all 

 our other species. The golden cup of the coast, indeed, is com- 

 monly but a scraggly, ungainly tree compared with the same species 

 in our coniferous belt. The black oak ( Quercus KeUoggii) is fre- 

 quent in the woods, while along the streams the flowering dogwood 

 ( Cernus Niittallii), the alder ( Alnus rhombifolia) and a few wil- 

 lows represent nearly the whole of our deciduous trees in this belt. 



In the following list of species, in addition to the letters and 

 marks previously used, Ct. indicates that the plant is also found on 

 the coast, while Y shows that the plant is a portion of the peculiar 

 flora of the Yosemite Valley: 



Ranunculus hystriculus Gray. Wet cliffs, Merced River, Devil's 



Gulch, etc. Y. 

 Actaea spicata L. var. arguta Torr. Scarce. Ct. 

 Dicentra formosa DC. Rocky beds of streams. S. Ct. 

 Dentaria tenella Pursh. Frequent. 

 Strep tanthus tortuosus Kell. Rocky hills. S. 

 Viola lobata Benth. Frequent above 4,500 feet. S. 

 Silene Lemmoni Wats. Occasional above 4,500 feet. S. 

 incompta Gray. Common. S. 

 Bridgesii Rohrbach. Mostly above 5,000 feet. Perhaps 



identical with the last. S. Y. 

 Sagina Linnaei Presl. Banks of streams. Occasional above 4.500 



feet. S. A. 

 Claytonia linearis Dougl. Darrah. Local. 

 Limnanthes Douglasii R. Br. Wet rocks. C. S. 

 Ceanothus integerrimus. H. & A. Frequent. 



decumbens Wats. Frequent above 4,500 feet. S. 

 Staphylea Bolanderi Gray. Snow Creek, Devil's Gulch, etc. 

 Lupinus albicaulis Dougl. vars. Various peculiar forms credited to 



this polymorphus species are abundant and also subalpine. 

 Lupinus Grayi Wats. A beautiful species frequent below 4,500 



feet. 

 Trifolium Breweri Wats. Occasional in the woods, forming mats, 



more abundant above. S. 



