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I append the record of the thermometer from August 2<»th 

 to August 31st. giving the mean of three readings each day 

 taken at 8 a. m.. *2 p. m., and 8 p. m. The temperature of the 

 water in the upper j)art of the inlet was uniformly 40° Fahr. 



August 20. 49 -4 c Fahr. 

 August 21, 48-9 c Fahr. 

 August 22. 46-1° Fahr. 

 August 23. 446° Fahr. 



August 24, 49-8° Fahr. August 28, 50-5° Fahr. 

 August 25, 52-7° Fahr. | August 29, 45° Fahr. 

 August 26, 51-9° Fahr. I August 30, 54'8° Fahr. 

 August 27, 46-1° Fahr. I August 31, 50*5° Fahr. 



The following is the list of plants, as identified by Pro- 

 fessor Asa Gray, found in bloom about Muir Inlet during the 

 month of August. Where the altitude is not given, they were 

 found near the tide : 



Arabia ambigua, Brong August 26, 1,600 A. T. 



Arenaria peptides, L August 28. 



rtragalos alpiuus, L August 7. 



Hedysarurn boreale, Nutt August 28. 



Sanguisorba Canadensis August 6. 



Lutkea sibbaldioides. Brong August 27. 



ifraga Lyalli. Engl August. 26. 1,600 A. T. 



fraga stellaris. L August 27, 3,000 A. T. 



Parnassia fimbriata. Small August 27, 3,000 A. T. 



Parnassia palustris. L August 6. 



Epilobium latifolium. L August 6, 1,600 A. T. 



Epilobinm origanifoliuin Lam. (?) August 28. 



Solidago multiradiata. Ait August 27. 



Erigeron salsuginosus. Gray, arctic form. . August 27. 3.000 A. T. 



Antennaria margaritacea, arctic form August 27. 



Achillea millefolium, L.. arctic variety August 27. 



Arnica obtusifolia, Les August 27, 1,200 A. T, 



Campanula rotundifolia. L.. var. Alaskana. August 28. 



Gentiana platypetala (?) August 27. 



Gentiana Menziesii (': i August 2 ' . 



Ifexteusia maritima August 



Castilleja parviflora. Brong August 28, 



Salix vestita. Pursh August 6. 



Habenaria hyperborea. K. Br August 27, 2,650 A. T. 



Luzula parviflora, Meyer. 



Poa alpina, variety vivipara August 26, 1,500 A. T. 



Poa alpina, L August 26, 1,600 A. T. 



Poa laxa. Haenke August 26, 1,500 A. T. 



