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Carex gynocrates Wormsk. This peculiar species was found in a 

 bog, growing in a bed of moss among low willows. No. 5259. 



Carex illota Bailey. In dense bunches on the gravelly shore of 

 an alpine lake. No. 5189. 



Carex physocarpa Presl. On the shore of a lake. No. 5199. 



Scirpus Nevadensis Wats. Collected in wet alkaline soil in central 

 Wyoming. This extends the range of this species considerably 

 eastward. Sweetwater River, July 27, No. 4987. 



Chenopodium leptophyllum oblungifolium Wats. Not reported 

 from this state before. On a roadside. Mill Creek, Converse Co., 

 Aug. 12, No. 5048. 



Suckleya petiolaris A. Gray. A rare and seldom collected plant ; 

 found on an alkali flat along Poison Spider Creek, Aug. 11, No. 

 5018. 



Glaytonia viegarrhiza Parry. This has not been reported north 

 of Colorado before. The large fleshy root is perfectly white in the 

 interior when fresh, but in drying it becomes purple. La Plata 

 Mines, Aug. 29, No. 5240. 



Seduvi roseum (L.) Scop. Although this plant has a very 

 extended range, it seems to be exceedingly rare nnd scattering, at 

 least in Wyoming. Only one specimen secured; La Plata Mines, 

 Aug. 28, No. 5203. 



Saxifraga fiagellaris Willd. A tiny little plant, growing in 

 shaded nooks between boulders or on an abrupt slope. La Plata 

 Mines, Aug. 29, No. 5237. 



Astragalus hyalmus Jones. Very abundant on the sandy plains 

 at the foot of the Seminole and Ferris Mountains in central Wyo- 

 ming. As seen in the field it is very different from A. triphyllns. 

 Its flowers are much less conspicuous, and would hardly be noticed 

 except by an expert eye. The standard is very narrow, while in 

 A. triphylhis it is broad and showy. Hitherto only one specimen of 

 this species has been known, that in the herbarium of Dr. Rydberg, 

 collected by him in the sand-hill region of Nebraska. An abundance 

 of material was secured on Bear Creek, July 23, No. 4949. 



Gaultheria. Myrsinites Hook. From La Plata Mines, Aug. 23, 

 No. 5088. 



Chionophila Jamesii Benth. On the bare summits of the range. 



