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but they grow now in large bunches, forming a loose tangle one 

 to two feet thick. Also, even in the dry season, they retain their 

 green color. Secondary species are no commoner and no more 

 conspicuous than in the dry grassland, but they are greener 

 and in every way more mesophytic. Lycopodium caroliniamim 

 is especially common, and Ranunculus sagittijolius is frequent. 

 The third association is very limited in size, and occurs only 

 on muddy spots on the hillsides where subterranean drainage 



Fig. 36. A residence in tlie mountain garden; Hakgala Peak rises abruptly at the 



rear of the garden. 



comes to the surface. The dominant grass here is Arundinaria 

 densifolia, two to three feet high, with erect crowded leaves. On 

 the mud beneath it are mats of Lycopodium carolinianum., a 

 blue-flowered bladderwort, Utricularia coerulea, a sundew, 

 Drosera Burmanni, Juncus prismatocarpus, Eriocaulon, and 

 various other species. 



The Rhododendron trees demand close attention. They may 

 be found in a number of stages, from little ones a foot or so high 

 up to mature trees of twenty feet. The young trees are not safe 

 from fires until they reach a height of five or six feet. Below that 

 size the stems are easily killed, and numerous sprouts appear 

 from the base, and grow up to meet the same fate a year or two 



