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PLATE 25 



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A. View down course of Travertine Wash across Emersions of 1911 and 1912. The steep banks of the shallow wash were 



obliterated during submergence. Dense formation of Distichlis, with scattered plants of Spirostachys, Atriplex, and 

 Heliotropium. Numbers of Prosopis pubescens killed by water are seen in various stages of emersion. October 1912. 



B. Cut Bank marking the mid-winter of 1911-12, Travertine Terraces. Salix, Populus. Atriplex lentiformis. Heliotropium, 



Pluchea camphorata, and Prosopis pubescens in rank at foot of bank on emersion of 1912. Sesuvium is also included 

 and its rounded clumps are seen on the strand of 191 I above. 



