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into it. If it is caught and held in depressions or among 

 underlying rocks, boggy areas are formed. In these places 

 elkslips, speedwell, epilobium and red orpine nourish. If the 

 seepage merely moistens the meadowland, we find onion, 

 bistort, Lloydia and oreobroma among others. In some well 



Mountain forget-me-not. 



defined areas, the soil is deeper and finer than the meadow as a 

 whole. Then avens, polemonium and mertensia crowd each 

 other for possession and exhibit a ranker, greener growth than 

 the surrounding territory is able to support. It is upon the 

 driest, most gravelly soil that the most typical matted and 

 woolly forms are to be found. 



The plants that seek the protection of the boulders and 

 the rocky ledges do not need so much protection from the 



