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granite everywhere.
No. 4429l. Salix orestera Schn. [pruinose] Black tips to scales very prominent _ [and] sharply defined, especially on [male] catkin. long hairy. Stamens 2. Branchlets yellow. Bushes 2 to 6 ft. h. [high] 9800 ft.
-Silene lemmoni [lemmonii], in McClure Fork at 7:00-8:00 o'clock in the morning, the petals rotate, not reflexed; perhaps the observation as to being reflexed (see vol. 22, p. 101, supra).
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-The McClure [Maclure] Fork is a very beautiful stream. It has Mountain Hemlock, Red Fir, Juniper and Silver Pine [western white pine]. Beautiful streams [apron] over the granite walls. Fletcher Creek has something of a gorge but not Florence Creek which is a beautiful silver [apron] cascade and comes directly over the wall and spreads out in a million foaming cascadelets.
-Juniperus occidentalis. Gleason says there is a giant tree on Fletcher Creek. He left the Merced Camp and went up left hand side McClure [Maclure] Fork until coming to Fletcher Creek,
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