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[[blank page]] [[end page]] [[start page]] where it gives way to Ephedra nevadensis. Bigelovias and Tetradymias were common from [[strikethrough]] Ren [[/strikethrough]] Truckee down but I could not tell the species. Arctostophylos nevadensis is common at Truckee & below but did not notice how far. At Verdi we left Pine timber and entered valley & hills covered with Artemisia. Saw no[[strikethrough]]] t [[/strikethrough]] Pinus monophylla. At Reno the valley is broader and there is lots of grass and alkalie. A little below we strike Atriplex confertifolia, Sarcobatus vermiculatus, Salt grass, and Shepherdia argentia. Near Vista Atriplex canescens, Euratia lanata, Grayia pollygaloides, Orozopsis [[blank space]], Ephedra navadensis, and (Salizaria (?) begin. After passing Wadsworth there is a big dry valley with scanty vegetation, sandy soil, and lots of alkalie and a soda flat in low part. Low lava mts. all around. 6 lake shores to be seen up the side of the hills to some 500 feet above bottom of valley. No water in it. Cross a divide and down to sink of the Humboldt and lake. It is a great soda valley. Vegetation mostly Sarcobatus & Suaeda & Sphyrostachis & Distichlis. A lot of our view Sarcobatus on dry side of valley just before we strike the sink. It is common along R.R. & unmistakable.