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coramon; besides, there are several species of Penisiemon 

 and Lupimis, the widely distributed Gilia aggregata and 

 Monardella odoratissimd, the peculiar Nama Lobhii and the 

 beautiful Cycladenia humilis. Lilium Washingionianum and 

 L. parvum were seen on the way up, the former quite abund- 

 ant in the areas of chapparal. Many other plants abound; 

 but these are mentioned as the most conspicuous. 



Above timber line, however, where I had expected to see 

 wonderful flower gardens full of old favorites and rare 

 species new to me, where flowers of every color, beautiful in 

 form and luxuriant in abundance would make the earth so 

 lovely that the remembrance would be a never failing delight, 

 the appearance was bleak, barren and utterly disappointing. 

 Instead of meadows full of flower-bordered rivulets there 

 were huge cliffs of volcanic rock and immense fields and 

 slopes of snow. Flowers were to be seen, but the species 

 were few, the individuals not abundant, nor with one or two 

 exceptions were they conspicuous. 



The following were in bloom above timber line: 



1. Bryanthus empetriformis Gray. 



2. Polygonum Shastense Brewer. 



3. Dicentra uniflora Kellogg. 



4. Silene Grayi Watson. 



5. Sibbaldia procumbens L. Reported by W. L. 

 Jepson, August 4, 1894. 



6. Hulsea nana Gray. 



7. Castilleia pallida Kunth. var. occidentalis Gray. 



8. Eriogonum pyrolaefolium Hook. 



9. Yiola pra3morsa Dougl. (V. aurea Kell.) 



10. Phlox Dougl asii Hook. 



11. Eriogonum marifolium T. & G. 



12. Spraguea umbellata Torr, 



13. Pentstemon Menziesii Hook. 



14. Saxifraga Tolmiei Gray. Collected by J. G. Lemmon. 



15. Saxifraga bryophora Gray. " " " " 



16. Campanula scabrella Engl. " " " " 



17. Gilia aggregata Spreng. Near timber line but not 

 above it. 



