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Tinipakute Valley. — Scarce. 



Pahranagat Valley. — Abundant on the gravel slopes and on dry gravel 

 soil in the bottom of the valley and thence up to 1,645 meters (5,400 feet) 

 on the west side (east slope Pahranagat Mountains). In fruit May 

 22-26. 



Pahroc Plain. — Abundant on the gravel slopes, where it is the pre- 

 vailing bush all the way from Pahroc Spring to Pahranagat Valley. 



Desert Valley. — Abundant, in places forming large patches by itself 

 unmixed with other species, and continuous with that of Pahroc Plain. 



Meadow Creek Valley. — Common, mixed with the sage brush, and 

 ranging up to 1,920 meters (6,300 feet) on the west slope of the Juniper 

 Plateau, but this is above its usual limit. 



Charleston Mountains. — Found on the east slope below 1,200 meters 

 (4,000 feet). 



UTAH. 



Beaver dam Mountains. — Found on the east slope of the mountains 

 from 1,095 meters (3,600 feet) down into the valley. 



Santa Clara Valley. — Occurs in the lower valley, but disappears at 

 about 1,220 to 1,280 meters (4,000 to 4,200 feet) on the north side of the 

 valley (south exposure). 



Eurotia lanata. 



This well-known species, which is a valuable food plant for sheep, 

 and is also eaten by horses, is common thro ughout the sage plains of 

 Idaho and Nevada, and was found on many of the higher levels of the 

 deserts traversed by the expedition. In the north it is commonly known 

 as ' white sage,' but is a widely different plant from the so-called 

 1 white sage' of the coastal slope and coast ranges of southern Cali- 

 fornia, the latter being Audibertia alba. 



CALIFORNIA. 



Mohave Desert. — Common on the upper levels and extending up to 

 1,035 meters (3,400 feet), in the open canon leading from Mohave to 

 Tehachapi Valley. 



OwensValley. — Common among the sagebrush, and ranging up to a 

 little above 1,550 meters (5,100 feet) on the Sierra slope. 



Deej) Spring Valley. — Tolerably common, with Grayia spinosa, Meno- 

 dora spinosa, Tetradymia spinosa, Dalea fremonti, D. polyadenia, Arte- 

 misia spinescens, Lycium andersoni, and Atriplex canescens (altitude 

 about 1,680 meters or 5,500 feet). 



NEVADA. 



Fish Lake Valley. — Abundant on the east side of the valley, ranging 

 up to Pigeon Spring on the northwest slope of Mount Magruder (alti- 

 tude 2,040 meters or 6,700 feet). 



Sarcobatus Flat. — Tolerably common in places in the northern part 

 of the flat* 



