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387; Rosacea, No. 392; and Taxus, No< 401 — the latter, judg- 

 ing from the few specimens I saw, attaining only the i-ize of a 

 shrub or small tree. 



"On the fourth day we reached Bear Valley, a beautiful lit- 

 tle..valley surrounded by a lofty ridge of mountains, which is 

 "well?wpraded with Pin us Benthamiana. The north side of the 

 valleyswas still covered with snow. On the south side, how- 

 ever, a few spring flowers had made their appearance, among 

 which I observed Paeonia californica, with brown petals edged 

 with orange; Compositae, No. 398; No. 395; Ranunculus, No. 

 363; Corydafe, No. 362; and Nicotiana, No. 367. A new spe- 

 cies of Pine,^ P. No. 413, occurred in the valley, of which I only 

 saw two trees of dwarf growth, probably stragglers from a more 

 northern latitude. The leaves stand in pairs, and are three 

 inches long; cones two inches long, by one broad. In general 

 appearance the tree is not unlike a young Scotch fir. The cones 

 at the time of my first visit were open, and the seeds had fallen 

 out. 



"Tlje upper f nd of the valley is bounded by a mass of gran- 

 ite, terminating in a precipice 800 feet in depth, below which 

 the Chuba river is winding its way, appearing like a sheet of 

 foam. In warm and sheltered situations, where the snow had 

 melted, I observed an x^Ilinm; Pentstemon, No. 368; Statice, 

 No. 369; Phlox, No. 380; and a Calochortus^ — the latter not yet 

 in flower. The more elevated parts above Bear Valley, from 

 the severity of last winter, were still several feet deep, covered 

 with snow, for which reason we returned hence by the same 

 road we came. 



392 Chamaebatia foliolosa Benth. 



395 Trientalis latifolia Hook. 



363 Ranunculus Hartwegi Greene 



362 BicucuLLA FORMOSA (Audr.) Coville 



367 Capnorea californica (Benth.) Greene 



413 Pinus Murrayana Balfour 



368J Pentstemon Newberrvi Gray ■ '', 



380 Phlox diffusa Benth. 



