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more interesting than to see these flowers of cold regions on 

 this mountain lying within the tropics. A kind of Fragaria^^ 

 with a yellow fruit and a beautiful flower^ of Caryopliylleoc 

 were seen among the rocks. 



At the heiglit of 10,500 ft., the climate was rather cold. Thv, 

 temperature fell at night to 43"^^ F. The frost was very heavy 

 at that season of the year. There a dark forest of A&^W^ 

 TsugaP, and Chamcecyparig''^ was very beautiful. 



Passing through this forest, they came to a brook on tlic 

 banks of which they found two species"' of Umbelliferse and a 

 kind of Primula'\ It was here that the beautiful flowers of 

 ThalictrunP were found. Epilohiuiiv'^ of a very small size was 

 also growing along the brook. 



Further on, the coniferous forest gradually gave way to a 

 shrubby formation of Juniper us^'^\ intermixed witli dwarf trees of 

 the Berberis^^^ famil}^ Tlie ground was all covered with debris 

 of clay slate fallen from the peak above. 



From the height of 12,000 ft. and upwards, tlie mountain sides 

 were grassy, where PotenUlla^-\ Astilbe''^\ Lgcopodium"^ and Adcno- 

 pliora^^^ were growing abundantly. A small swampy plot was 

 found, there were beautiful groups of various flowers of the 

 blue ScaUosa^^\ yellow Hypericum''^ and S('dim'^\ Oxalis'"^ of 



1) Fragaria sp. 11) Jierheris sp, 



2) Cucubaliis baccifer Lixn. 12) Potentilla <jduhi C. A. Mky., P. Imvomta 

 Z) Abies Marksii Mast. var. luncuhmnii Vos.yaT. morrisoniciiln K.k\.kt\ & Sibbiildia 



Hayata, ju'ocumbens Linn. 



4) Tsuga formosana Hayata. 13) Axtllbe chlnemls Fb. et Sav. 



5) ClMmrryixirls formosensis Matsumura. 14) LyroixHlium nltsi-uruni Linn., L. cl(U-<ittim 



6) Sfiniculaiieiagmoulef! Hayata it CnhUnm sp. Linn, .t L. nfrrnhim Thunb. 



7) Primula sp. 15) Adciwphorn jMilynmrpka Lkdkb. 



8) riinlidnim Fmirki Hayata. 1'>) .'<<-«biosa htcnfoUa Hayata. 



9) Epilobiumalpinum'Lxss.ScE.nmaia^cuiiv.^. 17) llyperU^im otknnaiiaa Cholsy. 

 10) Janiperasformnsn)mH\\KTfLA,J.nv)rrl.som- 18) Sedum j/iormo/w/we Havata. 



cola Hayata. I'J) Omlis Unffith'' KnoKw. ot H..,.k. f. 



