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from Webber Lake, and on Mr. Van Buren's Mount Lola range, 

 where we saw the sheep eating it greedily. In some places the 

 bushes had grown dwarfed and distorted and nearly destroyed by 

 continuous feeding on it yea: after year. It is considered by 

 sheepmen a valuable shru:j as forage for sheep. The bush grows 

 from three to eight feet high, with oval leaves half an inch long 

 and toothed at the margins. 



FIVE FINGERS. 



(Potentilla graciliS) Dougl; var. rigida, Watson.) 



PL. XIV. 



(Potentilla glandulosa, Lindl; var. nevadensis, Watson) 

 These plants w r ere found on hillsides around Webber Lake, 

 Lincoln Valley and Talbot's home camp. On the hillside mead- 

 ows at the last mentioned place it formed a considerable portion 

 of the forage. The sheep eat the leaves and flowers of five 

 fingers with considerable relish. 



THIMBLE-BERRY. 



1 Rubus nutkanus, Mocino.) 



This thimble-berry was found frequently throughout the 

 summer, but in great abundance on Talbot's range covering the 

 hillsides with patches fifty yards long. It was nibbled by the 

 sheep, but they did not seem to care for it very much. 



BUTTERCUP FAMILY. 



{Ranunculaceae. ) 



The members of this family are chiefly herbs with watery 

 juices. Many of them contain active properties, such as larkspur, 

 aconite and hellebore, which are used as medicine, while others 

 are common ornamental plants in cultivation, such as columbine, 

 clematis and paeon y. The family is universally distributed and 

 contains about i ,050 species. Insofar as the production of forage 

 for sheep is concerned, it is of little value, giving us only two 

 species, neither of which could be considered especially important 

 forage plants^. Some of its members, however, are particularly 



