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which I found it impossible to estimate. Naturally the vegeta- 
tion was more profuse iu wet places, and hence we found there a 
greater abundance of animal life. 
The flora of the mountain top is of such interest in connection 
with the other life of the region that I give here a list of the 
plants that we observed above 5,000 feet.^ 
Isoetes lacustris 
Lycopodium annotinura pungens 
" selago 
Aspidium sp. 
Poa laxa 
Trisetum subspicatum molle 
Calamagrostis langsdorffi 
Phleum alphuiin 
Hierocliloe alpina 
Carex atrata ovata 
rigida bigelovii 
" cauesceus alpicola 
Eriophorou vagiuatum 
Scirpus caespitosus 
Luzula spicata 
spadicea melanocarpa 
Veratrura viride 
Clintonia borealis 
Streptopus roseus 
" amplexifolius 
Maianthemum canadeuse 
Habenaria dilatata 
Picea nigra (dwarf) 
Abies balsamea (dwarf) 
Empetrum nigrum 
Salix herbacea 
" uva-ursi 
" phylicifolia 
" argyrocarpa 
Betula glandnlosa 
" papyrifera minor 
Polygonum viviparum 
Rliinanthus crista-galli 
Euplirasia officinalis tatarica 
Castilleia pallida septentrionalis 
Veronica alpina 
Trientalis americaua 
Diapensia lapponica 
Loiseleuria procnmbens 
Ledum latifolium 
Rhododendron lapponicura 
Kalmia glauca 
Bryanthus taxifolius 
Cassiope hypnoides 
Chiogenes serpyllifolia 
Vaccinium vitis-idaea 
" caespitosum 
uliginosum 
" peunsylvanicura angus- 
tifolium 
Prenanthes boottii 
" serpentaria nana 
Arnica chamissonis 
Solidago macrophylla 
" virgaurea alpiua 
Houstonia caerulea* 
Lonicera caerulea 
Linnaea borealis 
Viburnum pauciflorum 
Coi'nus canadensis 
Heracleum lanatum 
Epilobium hornemanni 
" angnstifolium 
Ribes lacustre 
Amelanchier oligocarpa 
Pyrus americana 
Potentilla frigida 
" tridentata 
Fragaria virginiana 
Geuni radiatum peckii 
1 For aid in determining many of these plants I am indebted to Mr. Edwin Faxon, 
whom we had the good fortune to meet at the Summit House. 
2 A very large, pale form, apparently distinct from the lowland plant. 
