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30 feet high, but more often as dense thickets of shrubs, the 

 stems decumbent at base on account of the weight of snow, and 

 so crowded that it is ahuost impossible to force a passage among 

 them. Other ridges, notably those about the "Hole in the 

 Mountain," show large unbroken areas of this tree, and there 

 are ridges densely covered with it near Lamoille, providing an 

 excellent cover for the starting of a coniferous forest. 



At 6600 feet Symphoricarpos vaccinoides begins to appear 

 on the north slope near the crest, and is frequent up to at least 

 8000 feet. It is a common shrub on the range. 



Amelaiichier iitahensis and Sericotheca microphylla were 

 found about an outcrop of rocks at 7300 feet, and the former at 

 least is found at considerably higher elevations. 



At the bottom of the basin at the head of the ridge, on the 

 edge of a small lake fed by late-lying snow masses was a clump 

 of Sambiiciis microbotrys. 



On the steep east slope overlooking the lake, among scat- 

 tered trees of Piinis flexilis, were chimps of Ribes inontigenii^n^ 

 and on more rocky places directly over the lake, Acer diffusum 

 had a precarious foothold. On the steep north slope above the 

 lake and below snow banks fringing the inner rim of the basin, 

 were tangled masses of Dasiophora finiticosa, while a short dis- 

 tance above among the rocks which fringe the edge of the rim 

 were clumps of Ribes inebrians^ a species common on the range 

 from 6000 up to nearly loooo feet. 



The entire Rnb}' range has been inchided in a forest reser\-e 

 for the past five or six years, and no sheep had been allowed on 

 the Clover mountains for three years prev'ons to my visit. As 

 a conseqence vegetation was in fine condition. Some few cat- 

 tle and horses are allowed on the reserve, but no damage is done 

 by them. 



Below 6600 feet Hoinalobiis campestris and Enogonum pro- 

 liferimi were about the only species to be fonnd at this time, the 

 dry slopes presenting little but sage brnsh. But above this 

 point, on the ^^^^ of the north slope, an abundance of species 

 may be found. Cnlochortiis A-iittallii is one of them. This 

 species had been a source of perplexitv to me for several vears. 



