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in full bloom, stretching in all directions to the limit of wood- 

 land vision, well interspersed with thrifty clumps of Aspidium 

 spinulosum, var. dilatatum, well up to the belt of ledges and 

 dwarfing spruces. The narrow peaks are thrust well above 

 the zone of scrub spruce and are given up to deep beds of 

 fruiticose lichens, alpine heaths and lesser plants, a veritable 

 ' 'Alpine Fell Field." (See 1919, Harshberger, Geog. Bull., 

 VII, 233, 255.) 



On this peak were found Lycopodium Selago, rare, Hiero- 

 chloe alpina and Deschampsia flexuosa, both abundant; Carex 

 deflexa and Carex brunnescens, both common ; Juncus trifidus, 

 abundant ; Arenaria groenlandica and Potentilla tride?itata> 

 both common; Empetrum nigrum, var. andiiium, frequent; 

 Ledum groeyilandicum , common and dwarfed; Vaccinium 

 uliginosum, in great abundance and very variable; Vaccinium 

 pennsylvajiicum, var. angustifolium, not very common. In the 

 deeper soil, in the shelter of ledges, were Betula alba, var. 

 cordifolia, and Pyrus americana, growing in dwarfed masses. 



In a sag between the eastern peak and the next toward 

 the west, within the scrub spruce zone, w r ere Lycopodium 

 annoiinum, var. pungens, Luzula parviflora, and in the debris 

 around an old camp Poa anntia (a foreign waif) and Solidago 

 macrophylla, the latter also far down the mountain side. 



It seemed noteworthy that within this scrub zone were 

 several common woodland species, Clintonia borealis, Maian- 

 themum canadense, Trientalis americana, Cornus canadensis 

 and Linnaea borea/is, var. americana, in full flower, though 

 on the lower levels some had passed well toward mature seed 

 time. 



It may also be noteworthy that throughout the region 

 under observation Juniperus communis, var. depressa, and 

 Myrica asplenifolia were not observed. 



