﻿Smithsonian 
  Report. 
  1943. 
  -Walker 
  

  

  Plate 
  5 
  

  

  High 
  Alpine 
  Plants 
  in 
  the 
  likiang 
  Snow 
  Range. 
  Western 
  Szechwan. 
  

  

  These 
  medusa-headed 
  composites 
  (Saussurea 
  leucoma) 
  were 
  found 
  at 
  16,500 
  feet 
  altitude, 
  about 
  the 
  upper 
  

   limit 
  of 
  plant 
  growth. 
  Sueh 
  alpine 
  treasures 
  are 
  among 
  the 
  goals 
  of 
  plant 
  explorers. 
  (Photograph 
  by 
  

   J. 
  F. 
  Rock, 
  © 
  National 
  Geographic 
  Society.) 
  

  

  2. 
  A 
  Banyan 
  Tree 
  (Ficus 
  lacor) 
  in 
  szechwan 
  Province. 
  

  

  These 
  venerable 
  trees 
  spread 
  wide 
  their 
  huge 
  branches 
  from 
  short, 
  gnarled 
  trunks. 
  Among 
  the 
  twisted 
  

   roots 
  one 
  may 
  find 
  a 
  simple 
  shrine 
  with 
  glowing 
  incense 
  sticks. 
  (Photograpli 
  by 
  E. 
  H.Wilson, 
  courtesy 
  

   Arnold 
  Arboretum.) 
  

  

  