474 

 Farther down along Squaw Creek occurred : 



(Jiieniiii mitcrocarpa, liur oak. Vlmua amiricnna, white elm. 



Among shrubby phints may be meiitioued: 



Cornii.f tiloloni/ira, doj^wood. AmehiiHliicr alniMut, JiiiU'lu'iry. 



liibis actosum. j^oosclifiiy. Cori/lits ronltata, hazel. 



liihi's oxijcaniho'tdi'ti, {joo.sebeiTy. OpuUistcr ojiulifoliun, nine-bark. 



Jiihcs ccrcinn, squaw currant. Oj) id a a lev monoijynus, niue-'iark. 

 lUbcs lariislrc, swaiu]) <nrrant. 

 Slu'p]i(r<Ha caiKtdcnxis, Canadian 

 Slu'pherdia. 



The known range of the following Rocky Mountain plants is extended 



by tlicir discovery in the Black Hills on this trip: 



Acioa spkalu urgutu. Aster sibiricits. 



Viola vauiiia (((hnica. Arnica alpiiia. 



Epilohium panicnlatum. I'l/rola rotundi/oUa bracteaia. 



EpiJobium drummoml'ii. MtjoHolis sjilratica. 



Dodi'catheon paHciJiornin. Widfenia rubra. 



Aconitinn fischcri. Astragalus aboriyiiiuin (/labriusiulus. 



Lcucocrinum montanum. Helianthemum majus. 



Arcnaria verna liirta. 



Of eastern or northeastern plants collected in this region may be 

 mentioned: 



Viola palustris. Jli/pericuiit cauadensc. 



Viola blanda. Tetrai/otianthus dejlcxus. 



Lobelia spicata liirlella. Frar/aria vir(iinia7ia. 



Stachi/s aspera. Solidago crecta? 



The most remarkable "find," however, was that of the true AquUegia 

 hreristyla in the United States. The Kocky Mountain plant, so named, 

 proves to be a distinct species and has received tlio name .1. sa.rinion- 

 tana. 



As I have said before, the valleys are rich grass land. Even the 

 dryer ones furnish a good i)asture and along the water courses are 

 excellent luiy lands. One of the men acc(>m})anying the geological sur- 

 vey under Jenney, named "California Joe," expressed himself, "There's 

 gold from tlie grass roots down but there's more gold from the grass 

 roots up." Around Custer, the place to which the first great rush of 

 gold liunters was directed, stock raising or farming seems to be more 

 })rolilable than gold digging. 



In a meadow near French Creek the glass stood ! meter high. The 

 most common grasses were: 



J'aniciilarid iifrrata. Calamagrosiis canadensis. 



At/roslis alba. Calamagrosiis dnbia. 



I'fxi nemoralis. Agropfirun rcpens glancnm. 

 .Ilojiecnriix genicnlaliiH I'ulvnx. 



In a slougli 1 found Spartina ci/nn.siiroifJes, licckmannia eruca'/ormis, 

 and ri(nk'uli(ria <iincrk'<u\a. In a glen below Svlviin Lake were found 



