IV PLANTS BAK BRIANS. 



While the localities given are not many in number, still, 

 around them and between them a good deal of ground was 

 covered. Tramps were made around each point for a radius 

 of several miles and most places were visited more than 

 once during the three months. Walks were also made be- 

 tween Ruby and Keblar Pass, between Keblar Pass and 

 Crested Butte (seven miles), between Crested Butte and 

 Jack's Cabin (fifteen miles), between Marshall Pass (alt. 

 10,800 ft.) arid the top of Mount Ouray (14,000 ft.), and to 

 the top of Little Ouray, between Lake City (8,000 ft.) and 

 Carson (11,500 ft.) and return (thirty-two miles), between 

 Cimarron and top of Poverty Ridge and return (ten miles) 

 three times, between Cimarron and the Black Mesa and re- 

 turn (sixteen miles), four times between Cimarron and Cerro 

 Summit (five miles), through the fifteen miles of the Black 

 Canon three times, from Cerro Summit to Cedar Creek 

 (seven miles) from Grand Mesa Lakes to Cedar Edge (seven 

 miles), from Telluride to Ouray (twenty miles, over a divide 

 rising to 13,500 ft.), and between Deer Run and Kanah 

 Creek (seven miles) three times. This is over and above 

 the local work around all the points mentioned. So the 

 plants obtained will represent the phanerogamic flora fairly 

 well. Getting into the field so late and doing all the work 

 alone made it impossible to give the necessary attention to 

 the collection of the cryptogams. But the region is rich in 

 them. The fleshy forms were noted especially in the Elk 

 Mountains, where they were abundant even up into the 

 highest timber. Such fungi and mosses as intruded them- 

 selves on the attention were collected. 



Two points in the subalpine country should be especially 

 noted the Grand Mesa and Van Boxle's Ranch. The 

 Grand Mesa is a high elongated plateau extending north- 

 westerly from the West Elk Mountains to the Gunnison 



