January 25, 191 2 i 25 



THE FLORA OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS— HI 

 By a. a. Heller 



Havino- eno^ac^ed Mr. David Ogilve, with his wagon and 

 team for the month of Ano;nst, we left Mr. vSmiley's ranch on 

 August 3d for Lamoille, some twenty-five or thirty miles farther 

 south. The road in most places lies several miles from the ff)ot- 

 hills, and is mostly through a dry, sage brush country, with but 

 few plants of interest at this time of the year. 



Toward evening we reached the ruins of Fort Halleck, and 

 camped for the night at Mclntyre's ranch, about two miles west 

 of the site of the fort. Here a stream comes down from the 

 mountains, and on and near its banks several species were found. 



Carex rostraia Stokes, a large species with handsome long 

 and thick yellowish spikes was fairly plentiful in a roadside 

 ditch. Watson reports this with some doubt from Huntington 

 valley, under the name of C. ainpullacea Good. Huntington 

 valley is in this region, but farther south. 



Limno7'chis ensifolia R\db. was also collected with the 

 carex The type of this came from Mt. Humphrey, x\rizona, 

 and apparently has never been reported from Nevada, but sev- 

 eral collections ha\-e been made in Utah. 



Ranunculus eremogenes Greene, was plentiful in wet places 

 along the road. Watson lists this from Ruby valley as R. scel- 

 eratus. 



Ribes aureum Pursh, and Grossularia inermis (Rydb.) Co- 

 ville and Britton, were both rather abundant along the stream. 

 The former was noted at different places during the day, and 

 was also seen between Deeth and Wells. The fruit is either red 

 or yellow. One specimen of the gooseberry shows a decidedly 

 bristly stem, but it is one in which the seasonal growth was con- 

 siderable. Another one, perfectly smooth, produced only short 

 annual growths. 



Parnassia parvijlora DC, was also found in fair quantity, 

 its roots in the water. Watson records it from Huntington and 

 Rubv vallevs. 



