1902 | PLANTS COLLECTED AT NOME CITY, ALASKA 127 
hundred feet in four or five miles, where it becomes broken up 
and forms the rounded slopes of the hills and small mountains, 
which in the vicinity of Anvil mountain do not reach an altitude 
of more than 400 to 1000 feet. In this particular region the 
easterly slopes of this mountain and adjoining hills form the 
divide between the tributaries of the Nome river, that flow in an 
easterly direction, and those of the Snake river, that flow south- 
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Blaisde, : “ead showing ‘region where a botanical collection was made by F. E. 
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— - Dexter creek is one of the large creeks of this vicinity 
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erly ee + Sap the Nome river, and has its origin in the east- 
“UY slopes of Anvil mountain and the neighboring hills, six 
a. Nome river. The highest peak in this region is 
4 8 Mountain(so called in the neighborhood), situated between 
] North of Nome city, and courses two and a half miles — 
ee oe southeast and Anvil creek on the west; also _ 
an fvil mountain on the south and Nome river on the ~ 
hey: ee truly a marshy plain from its commencement — 
2s or the highest mountain, although the latter by 
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