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tain blueberry, Vaccinium cespitosum, the mountain cran- 
berry, V. Vitis-Jd@a, and the heathlike crowberry, Empetrum 
nigrum, plants that abound in Greenland and furnish berries 
that form the only vegetable diet of the dwellers in that arc- 
tic country. 
The only species peculiar to Mt. Kataadn is Saxifraga 
stellaris, var. comosa. The other forms, so far as noted, are 
identical with those upon the White Mountains and other 
high altitudes in the United States. The upper limit of erect 
shrubs is between three and four thousand feet. 
Below is a list of those plants observed upon the mountain 
or in its vicinity. 
1. Clematis verticillaris DC. Abundant along the banks 
of the East Branch, in fruit. This vine grows in profusion at 
Orono, Maine, where it blooms about the 25th of May. 
2. Cardamine bellidifolia L. In the ‘Long Crooked Slide’ 
which runs down from near the highest peak of the mountain. 
3. Arenaria Grenlandica Spreng. Common on the rocks of 
the Eastern Ridge, or ‘*Saddleback’’. Although perfectly at 
ome upon the bleak mountain tops of New England, it is 
sometimes found in Maine upon the rocky river banks near 
4. Saxifraga stellaris L. var. comosa Willd. Found only 
under the shade of rocks on the ridge north of the summit of 
the mountain. The flowers of all the specimens I saw were 
changed into little tufts of green leaves. 
. 5: Epilobium alpinum L. Only one or two specimens seen 
in the ‘‘Basin’’ of the mountain. 
, - Linnea borealis Gronov. Common in damp woods 
proughout the State, blossoming about the middle of June. 
Co) i : 
Points of the mountain in bloom at the time of my visit 
(Aug. 15). 
7. Nardosmia palmata Hook. Noticed in swamps near the 
Mountain. It grows in great abundance at Orono, Maine. 
Bra ae Sraminifolius Pursh. On dry rocks of the East 
nch. 
Solidago Virga-aurea L. var. alpina Bigel. In several 
