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in this gone all around tin* mountain. They are never seen in great 

 abundance anywhere. The dog violet has bluish-violet Bowers and 

 o\ ate leai es \\ bile the other is \ allow \\ ith round cordate lea^ es. The 

 former is more abundant than tlu> latter. The pink famil) baa 

 ral representativee such as Suksdorf's silene (fig. 34 , t\\<> or 

 three arenariasj or sandworts. These plants, like the violets, give 

 variety l>\* their somewhat equal distribution over the grassy Blopes. 



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 Color of I'.uwer. yellow L-h white; height of plant. G to 10 inch- 

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The Baxifrage family in this zone takes to the rocks to avoid com- 

 petition. Many of these grow in large mats, and cover the bare rocks 

 and soil with a beautiful carpet of small white flowers. Saxifraga tol- 

 the most noted and the mosl common on the rocky 

 areas below timber line. Many t<>uri-t- -t«.p and pay bomage to this 

 little plant, not only on account "f it- beauty but also because <>f its 

 apparently inhospitable environment. v I iga caespitosa grows 

 more on i ind in -till denser and more globular masses than 



the former. It is also a larger and coarser plant. Saxifraga bron- 

 chial . flower -talk and grows in drier places, 



