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trichum strictum Banks. There was on the Tableland no bare peaty ground like 

 that along the Carriage Road and about the Lakes of the Clouds. 



The party went over to the North Basin one afternoon, but penetrated only 

 as far as the pond across its mouth, as the clouds were down to the floor of the 

 Basin. It was primarily a blueberrying expedition, as we had to cross a big 

 brulee, or dri-ki, as they are called up there, which had been made since the 

 Kennedy expedition. All through this the ground was carpeted with Cepha- 

 loziella bifida (Schreb.) Schifi"n., new to Maine. The pond was very low, sur- 

 rounded by scrub and very poor hepatic pickings, only a few bits of Plagiochila, 

 Scapania, etc. So the writer had not the opportunity of examining the head- 

 wall of the Basin, which was recommended by the Kennedy party as affording 

 some of the best collecting in the region. 



One of the most attractive of the many places upon which the writer would 

 have liked to have spent more time was the long steep eastern slope of Pomola, 

 as all the plants thereon looked less stunted and more luxuriant than those upon 

 the Tableland. 



The knife-edge, from Pomola to West Monument Peak, while extremely 

 entertaining, was as dry as the brick wall it much resembles in places. The 

 upper 700 ft. of the mountain, from above the grey granite of the Tableland, are 

 of a pink granite like that of Chocorua. It is fairly covered with small crustose 

 lichens, one black, and one "greenery-yallery." This latter is Buellia geo- 

 graphica (L.) Th. Fr., a species confined to granite rocks, and equally abundant 

 upon Mt. Washington. The color effect of the rocks is consequently grey, 

 except when close to them. 



At the top of the Chimney was a little more vegetation, including some good 

 Rhytidium rugosum (Ehrh.) Kindb. 



From the summit we had observed a small pond in the South Basin, north- 

 west of Chimney Pod, and some of the men started a trail thereto. As the trail 

 reached there only eventually, it was christened Lost Pond, and proved to be a 

 most attractive little place, with a new and striking view of the great cliffs. 

 Here again the water was low, with peaty banks, with a fine mixture of L. longi- 

 flora (Nees) Schiffn., L. Kunzeana (Hiiben.) Evans, L. inflata (Huds.) Howe, 

 Mylia anomala (Hook.) S. F. C, Cephalozia hiciispidata (L.) Dum., C. Francisci 

 (Hook.) Spruce, &c. This was our last official expedition, as camp broke up 

 on August 31, and we left Staceyville on the sleeper September 2. 



Mr. Collins's sketch-map in the old Rhodora was the most accurate that we 

 had in camp. He had not, however, indicated the two great basins on the west 

 side of the mountain, known as Klondike and Northwest, owing to lack of clear 

 views while he was on Ktaadn. 



In a cold brook not far below the Pomola trail was much excellent Scapania 

 dentata var. speciosa (Nees) K. M. A little farther down, above Depot Pond, 

 was an old bog, of perhaps an acre, full of Mylia anomala, Lophozia marchica 

 (Nees) St., Lepidozia setacea (Web.) Mitt., Cephalozia macrostachya Kaal., C. 

 fluitans (Nees) Spruce, besides many attractive sedges. In the buck-board 

 road at Dacey's Dam were a few bits of Ricciella Sullivantii (Aust.) Evans, 



