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Fig. 4. A. — Small tree and snow. Alps above Murren, May 19, 1906. B. — Wind cripple 

 (Abies laHocarpa), Selkirks, from interior of a dense clump at about ! *2,2()0"'meters. C. — 

 A snow cripple (Abies*lasiocarpa), the upper branches in good condition, the lower dying, 

 wrapped in mycelia. D — -Branch of Abies lasiocarpa with fungus. The_portion of 

 the^shoot projecting above the snow is flourishing. 



