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Lakes are found on this side with water-plants such as Pctamo- 
geton and Najas. The general view of this grand flank is best 
obtained from the top of the Misaka pass. The colored plate annexed 
Fig. 7. Picea hondoensis Mayr, with Usnea longissima Ach., about 1650 m. 
above the sea. (Yoshida side). (From the Atlas of Japanese Vege- 
tation, by permission of Prof. M. MiyOshi.). 
showing the northern vegetation was made from a sketch by mysell. 
It is a glorious sight to see the truncated cone, late in the spring 
when the snow covers the peak above, and the prairie below, but 
leaves the green of the pine-forest doubly dark against the pure 
white ground of snow. The deciduous tree-formation is on this 
