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Juniperus communis, var. alp'uia. — Rare; Shoshonee Mountains and hills of Judith 

 Basin. 



Pinus ponderosa (Yellow Pine; Bluff Pino). — The characteristic pine of this region. 

 First seen in our march up the Sfellowsl >on the bluffs of Porcupine Creek, al an alti- 

 tude est i ma ted at 3,000 feet. Hence common westward. On the Missouri it Is first mel 

 between Fori Peck and the Muscleshell. There is none at Fori Peck, but at the mouth 

 of the Muscleshell pine groves cover the bluffs, and the upper half of the slope. At 

 Oat rull they reach the valley bottom. By reference to the map it Avill thus be 

 thai the eastern line of the pine region in .Mont ana is about the 107° of longitude. This 

 pine extends to the base of the Rocky Mountains and some distance up their side, but is 

 replaced on the summit of the Shoshonee and Snow -Mountains by the Pinus flexilis. 

 Itreonstitutes the timber of the hills of Judith Basin and of the Little Rocky Mount- 

 ains. The Pinus ponderosa of this region is usually a tree 15 to 3d, seldom 50, feet high, 

 with short crooked trunk and close-grained, heavy wood. Leaves rarely more than 

 '3 inches long, and cones correspondingly small. 



Pinus flexilis, James (Flexible Pine). — Tree of good size, lto2 feet in diameter, with 

 Very elastic and resinous limbs, smooth ash-eolored hark, found only in the Bhoshonee 

 and Snow Mountains, where, togetherwith the Abies Douglasii, it forms dense groves. 



Abies Douglasii, Lind. (Douglas* Fir). — Tall, handsome/tree, with horizontal drooping 

 branehes; found in company with the preceding and on the bluffs of Missouri. Wood 

 coarse-grained, but tough and hard. 



BETULACELdE. 



(Birch Family.) 



Alnus incana, var. glauca (Western Alder). — Only found on Big Rosebud. Shrub, 5 to 

 15 feet high, with stems '2 to 5 inches in diameter. 



Betula occidentalis, Hook. (Western Birch). — Shrub, 5 to 20 feet high, 1 to 4 inches in 



diameter, with straight elastic shoots, making good fishing-rods. Headwaters of 

 Clark's Fork. Big Rosebud, Judith Basin. 



SAXIFRAGACEJ3. 



(Saxifrage Family.) 



Ribes aureum (Buffalo or Missouri Currant). — Conspicuous by its early yellow blos- 

 soms and yellow palatable berries ripe in August. Common on Missouri, Yellowstone, 

 Cedar Creek, Muscleshell. 



Ribes cynosbati. — Bed, prickly berries, scarcely edible, ripening- in August. Cedar 

 Creek and Muscleshell. 



Ribes floridum (Wild Black Currant). — Cedar Creek, Crow Agency. Edible berries, 

 ripening in September on Big Rosebud. 



Ribes cereum | Resinous Currant). — Small, hairy, unpalatable berry. Snow and Little 

 Rocky Mountains. 



Kibe* irrigwim,Do\ig. (Mountain Stream Gooseberry). — Prickly shrub, hearing abun- 

 dant large, black berries, very pleasantly flavored. Canons of shoshonee and Snow 

 Mountains. 



Ribes lacusire (Marsh 1 Gooseberry). — Small, unpleasant fruit, ripening in August. 

 ( filar Creek". 



ROSACEA. 



(Bose Family.) 



Rosa blanda (Early White Rose). — Variable in size and appearance. Stem often 

 large enough to make walking-sticks. Abundant in Missouri, Yellowstone, and most 

 \ alleys. The only rose found. 



< 'rata <ins tomentosa, var. mollis (Black or Bear Thorn). — A tall shruh, blossoming in 

 May. Missouri Valley. Not common. 



Crataegus Douglasii, Lehm. (Brook Thorn). — Tall, thorny shrub, with large, blackish, 

 edible, punctated berries, ripe in September. Cedar Creek, .Judith Basin. 



Amelanchier Canadensis (June Berry : Peinmican Berry ). — shruh. with purplish, sweet, 

 edible berries, ripe in .July. Often one of the ingredients of pemmican. Cedar ( reck. 

 Nol common. 



Primus Virginiana (Choke Cherry). — A very common shrub in all the valleys of this 

 region. Blossoms in May. Berries ripe in August, bul improving in taste until Octo- 

 ber. Eaten in considerable quantities bj the command, without any unpleasant 

 effects. 



Potentilla fruticosa (Shrubby Cinque-Foil). — Low. ornamental shruh. Snow Mount- 

 ains and .Judith Basin. Common. 



