﻿OsTERHOUT: 
  Rocky 
  Mountain 
  botany 
  557 
  

  

  The 
  account 
  continues: 
  ''On 
  the 
  morning 
  of 
  the 
  14th, 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  

   daylight 
  appeared, 
  having 
  suspended 
  in 
  a 
  tree 
  our 
  blankets, 
  all 
  

   our 
  provisions, 
  except 
  about 
  three 
  pounds 
  of 
  bison's 
  flesh, 
  and 
  

   whatever 
  articles 
  of 
  clothing 
  could 
  be 
  dispensed 
  with, 
  we 
  con- 
  

   tinued 
  the 
  ascent, 
  hoping 
  to 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  reach 
  the 
  summit 
  of 
  the 
  

   peak, 
  and 
  return 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  camp 
  In 
  the 
  evening. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  The 
  day 
  

   was 
  bright, 
  and 
  the 
  air 
  nearly 
  calm." 
  At 
  about 
  twelve 
  o'clock 
  

   they 
  arrived 
  at 
  timberllne, 
  *'A 
  little 
  above 
  the 
  point 
  where 
  the 
  

   timber 
  disappears 
  entirely, 
  commences 
  a 
  region 
  of 
  astonishing 
  

   beauty, 
  and 
  of 
  great 
  interest 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  its 
  productions. 
  The 
  

   intervals 
  of 
  soil 
  are 
  sometimes 
  extensive 
  and 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  

   carpet 
  of 
  low 
  but 
  brilliantly-flowering 
  alpine 
  plants." 
  Here 
  was 
  a 
  

   most 
  interesting 
  moment; 
  new 
  and 
  undiscovered 
  plants 
  — 
  things 
  

   of 
  the 
  greatest 
  interest 
  to 
  the 
  botanist 
  — 
  were 
  about 
  them, 
  but 
  time 
  

   and 
  daylight 
  failed. 
  " 
  We 
  met 
  as 
  we 
  proceeded, 
  such 
  numbers 
  of 
  

   unknown 
  and 
  interesting 
  plants, 
  as 
  to 
  occasion 
  much 
  delay 
  in 
  

   collecting; 
  and 
  were 
  under 
  the 
  mortifying 
  necessity 
  of 
  passing 
  by 
  

   numbers 
  we 
  saw 
  in 
  situations 
  difficult 
  of 
  access. 
  ... 
  It 
  was 
  

   about 
  4 
  o'clock 
  p.m. 
  when 
  the 
  party 
  arrived 
  on 
  the 
  summit. 
  At 
  

   about 
  five 
  in 
  the 
  afternoon 
  the 
  party 
  began 
  to 
  descend, 
  and 
  a 
  

   little 
  before 
  sunset 
  arrived 
  at 
  the 
  commencement 
  of 
  the 
  timber." 
  

   Shortly 
  after 
  they 
  were 
  obliged 
  to 
  stop 
  for 
  the 
  night 
  without 
  

   reaching 
  the 
  camping 
  place 
  of 
  the 
  preceding 
  evening. 
  On 
  the 
  

   next 
  morning, 
  Dr. 
  James 
  continues, 
  "we 
  had 
  traveled 
  about 
  

   three 
  hours 
  when 
  we 
  discovered 
  a 
  dense 
  column 
  of 
  smoke 
  rising 
  

   from 
  a 
  deep 
  ravine 
  on 
  the 
  left 
  hand/* 
  The 
  camp-fire 
  had 
  not 
  

   been 
  extinguished, 
  and 
  it 
  started 
  a 
  fire 
  which 
  destroyed 
  nearly 
  

   all 
  the 
  provisions 
  and 
  the 
  bedding 
  and 
  clothing, 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  

  

  They 
  arrived 
  a 
  h'ttle 
  after 
  noon 
  at 
  the 
  " 
  boiling 
  

   spring 
  

  

  me 
  camp 
  

   ft 
  

  

  This 
  was 
  undoubtedly 
  the 
  most 
  notable 
  day 
  of 
  the 
  Expedition 
  

   for 
  botanical 
  collecting, 
  both 
  from 
  the 
  standpoint 
  of 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  

   new 
  species 
  discovered, 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  an 
  introduction 
  

   to 
  the 
  rich 
  and 
  beautiful 
  alpine 
  flora 
  of 
  the 
  central 
  Rocky 
  Moun- 
  

   tains. 
  The 
  new 
  plants 
  — 
  nearly 
  all 
  alpine 
  — 
  were: 
  ApintiS 
  ftexilis, 
  

   Alsinopsis 
  obtusiloba, 
  Heuchera 
  hracteata, 
  Telesonix 
  Jamesii, 
  

   Trifolhim 
  nantim, 
  T. 
  dasyphyllum, 
  Oreoxis 
  humilis. 
  Primula 
  angus- 
  

   tifolia, 
  Drosace 
  carinafa, 
  Mertensia 
  alpina, 
  Penstemon 
  alpinns, 
  

  

  