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Sliiista A'alley. When visited about the end of September, the trees 

 were full of tlieir large berries, and many birds, including- evening- 

 grosbeaks and Towuseud solitaires, \Yere there in numbers feeding 

 on them. The zone position of this tree, which appears to be the 

 type form, is high Ujjper Sonoran and low Transition. The boreal 

 form common in the Sierra, but not found on Shasta, should be 

 different. 



Sitanion cinereum fl. (r. Smith. Alpine Grass. 



The (common grass of the glacial meadows, but nowhere sufficiently 

 abundant to form anything like a sod. It is closely related to >S'. ely- 

 moidcs Ivaf., from which it has been recently sei^aiated by Mr. Jared G. 

 Smith. 



Carex breweri Boott. Alpine Carex. 



Common in the glacial meadows and scattered sparingly over the 

 moist slopes. (Identified by F. V. Coville.) 



Juncus parryi l]ngelm. Parry Juncus. 



Common in the heather patches and other moist places from slightly 

 below timberline up tliiough the Alpine zone. Xoted by Vernon Bailey 

 as high as 11,300 feet. (Identified by F. V. Coville.) 



Allium validum Watson. Large Wild Onion. 



Abundant in the Canadian zone along the streams of the Shasta fir 

 belt, and often growing in the lower heather beds along the lower 

 border of the Hudsonian zone. (Identified by Professor Greene.) 



Allium sp. — ? 



A very small species is common in the glacial meadows at the head 

 of Squaw Creek, but matures so early that we were unable to obtain 

 anything but the bulbs. 



Calochortus nudus Watson. 



Fairly common along the lower edge of the Canadian zone neaj- 

 Wagon Camp, flowering late in July. (Identified by Miss Eastwood 

 and Professor Greene.) 



Calochortis maweanus Leichtlin. 



i^ot rare at Wagon Camp, but not seen elsewhere. An elegant little 

 species with white hairy flowers. (Identified by Professor Greene.) 

 Fritillaria atropurpurea Nutt. 



Common in the chaparral of the Transition zone basal slopes from 

 Sisson up to Wagon Cam]). (Identified by Miss Eastwood.) 

 Hastingsia alba (Durand) Wats. 



Common near Wagon Camp, where its long and slender cylindrical 

 spikes were in flower the latter i)art of July. (Identified by Miss East- 

 wood and Professor Greene.) 

 Lilium parvum Kellogg. Tiger Lily. 



Common in marshy places in the lower part of the Shasta fir belt, 

 l)articularly at Wagon Cam]), where it was flowering abundantly about 



