December ^f) , T907 339 



II. — Pi.uMAS County and Nkvada 



Throucrh the kindiiess of Professor P. R. Kennedy, of the 

 University of Nevada, it was made possible for me to spend three 

 weeks along- the eastern base of the vSicrra Nevada, ehiefly in 

 Phi mas count)-. 



Two collections were made in the vicinity of Reno, Nevada, 

 one on the hills about a mile north of the city, the other .some 

 seven or eight miles east at Truckee Pa.ss, where the 'iVuckee 

 river cuts through the Virginia mountains. At the latter place- 

 some very interesting plants were found, such as Lupinits brevi- 

 caulis^ Eschscholtzia miniitiflora^ and Sphaerostignia torliiosiini, 

 all from type locality. My Eriogonnm maadatum, described 

 from .specimens collected many miles to the south in Inyo county 

 California, was also found here, as well as a shrubby species of 

 the same genus, as yet undetermined. In a meadow near Sparks 

 was found Bolelia laeta^ hitherto known only from the type lo- 

 ca[iey, in eastern Nevada. 



Early in the mcrningof July ist we started from Reno with 

 a stout team and wagon loaded with the necessary camp outfit 

 and material for drying plants. The road leads north for about 

 ten miles, then turns northwestward past Anderson's ranch at 

 the foot of Peavine mountain. This northwesterly course was 

 kept for the balance of the day, and for the whole trip, for that 

 matter. 



California was entered about noon near Purdy, Sierra 

 cunty, a station on the Nevada, California and Oregon railroad. 

 During the afternoon we passed through a corner of Lassen 

 county, and late in the day crossed Beckwith Pass, the lowest 

 pass in the Sierras, the elevation only 5300 feet, into Sierra val- 

 ley in Plumas county, and the remainder of the distance trav- 

 eled on the outward trip, nearly 100 miles, was entirely within 

 the borders of this county. 



Sierra valley is quite flat, the average elevation being 4900 

 feett. Its breadth from east to west is about fifteen miles, and 

 its length about twentv. Much of its surface is made np of na- 



