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The other plants foiiud on these sandy stretches are Latliyrus mari- 

 timns, which is very abundant; Arahis hirsuta, sometimes eaten raw by 

 the Indians ; Arenaria lateri flora, Castilleja miniata, Jianunculus nelso)ii, 

 Lupimts nootkatensis imalaslcensis, EpiloMum latifolhon, Pneumaria 

 maritima, Phellopterns littoralis, Bhinanthns erista-gaUi, Achillea mille- 

 folium, Gentiana amarella, 8elhium gmelini, Peclicularis palustris iclas- 

 soiviana, and Jmicoides campestre sudeticum. 



Along the gravel beaches just out of reach of high tide are found 

 Glaux inaritima, Arenaria peploides^ PiiecinelUa maritima, and Poa 

 glumaris. 



The mountains of the St. Elias range in the Disenchantment Bay 

 region, as has already been stated, are clothed to an altitude of 

 about 800 feet with a dense growth of Alnus rubra. There are, how- 

 ever, in some localities extensive breaks in these thickets which are 

 well filled with other vegetation, while there is a considerable variety 

 of growth above the limit of this tree. A few of the plants in the 

 vicinity of Disenchantment Bay have already been mentioned as 

 occurring on Khantaak Island and on the mainland near the Mission, 

 but the great majority of those collected in this region were not found 

 in the low forest countiy. Beginning at about the upper limit of the 

 red alder, the mountain sides are covered with a heavy growth of 

 grass, Deschampsia ca\spitosa longiflora, to an altitude of 2,050 feet. 

 These grassy slopes are in many places given a decidedly bluish tinge 

 by the blossoms of the monkshood {Aconitum delpMnifoUum). Above 

 the grass limit the vegetation is more scattering, and consists mostly 

 of Salix arctica, a willow about 3 inches in height; Saxifraga hron- 

 ■chialis, Gerj,mum f.rianthum, Gassiope siclleriana, LuetJiea pectinata, and 

 Bryanthus glanduliflorus. The highest altitude which I reached on 

 these mountains was 4,250 feet above the sea. At this height, at the 

 time of my visit (the first two weeks of August), one reaches almost 

 continuous snow fields, the mountains being unbroken white except 

 where they are too steep for the snow to lie on, or where it has been 

 swept away in an avalanche. 



Among the plants collected in this treeless mountain region, besides 

 those already mentioned, were Tellima grandijlora, Arahis lyrata, which 

 is eaten raw by the natives; Cerastinm alpinum, Pyrola minor, Valeriana 

 siteJiensis, Potentilla procumhcns, Parnassia Jimbriata, Artemisia nor- 

 vegica, Potentilla villosa, Barbarea barbarea, Ranunculus cooleyw (very 

 rare), Antennaria atpina, Campanula rotundifolia alasl<ana, Tussilago 

 frigida, Antennaria margaritacea, Hieracium triste, Habcnaria bracteata, 

 Lycopodium alpinum, Anemone narcissifiora, PrcnantJics alata, Aquilegia 

 formosa, Arnica latifolia, Romanzoffia sitchensis, Euphrasia officinalis, 

 Geum calthifolium, Cryptogramme acrostichoides, Cystopteris fragilis, 

 Aqrostis exarata, Phleum alpinum, and Poa alpina. 



As has been stated at tlie beginning of my report, but little collecting 

 was done after my return to Khantaak Island from Disenchantment 



