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similar plants. In a moist shade a new species of phlox with 

 large bright pink flowers was found. 



Endische Springs 

 On the southwestern flank oi the mountain, at a spot known 

 as Endische, a number of springs burst from a talus slope 

 and supply an abundance of pure cold water — just how cold 

 and pure can be appreaciated only by those who have previous- 

 ly been obliged to depend upon alkali water or the tepid fluid 

 dipped up from hollows in the rocks, the common drinkiiig 

 place of sheep, cattle, horses and Navajos. With the excep- 

 tion of certain "tanks" or pools located at "Yellow House" 

 about two miles south of Endische and apparently constructed 

 by people antedating the Navajos, there is no other water on 

 the south side of the mountain, though numerous deep ra- 

 vines and canyons into which the immediate region is dis- 

 sected delude the tenderfoot into thinking that there must 

 be water just around the next turn. The transition from the 

 desert to mesophytic and hydrophytic vegetation at Endische 

 is so sudden as to be startling. One may sit here in the shade 

 of cottonwoods, willows, amelanchiers, and aspens and see 

 close at hand the junipers, ephedras, yuccas, and cacti of the 

 desert crowding in. Over perhaps an acre, roses, violets, 

 columbines, epilobiums, evening primroses, and geraniums 

 make a friendly oasis beyond which the desert stretches away 

 to the mesas on the horizon. We collected an unknown 

 columbine at this place. 



Red Rock Spring 



The customary route from Endische to the summit of 

 Navajo is over a trail leading around to the east and ending 

 at War God Spring on the shoulder of the mountain at an 

 elevation of about 8,000 feet. Good walkers and climbers, 

 however, will find the route up the southern side of the moun- 



