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plants new to Nebraska among others Mentzelia dispersa Watson or near to it a Lygodesmia with runcinata leaves, a Concifer with didymous pod and the radical leaves clustered as in the Live-for-ever or the cabbage two Bigelovia [e.c.] From Gering we went in to the Kiwa valley. The field was not so good, but we added two Eriogonums. From Kiwa we entered the Pleasent Valley, a continuation of the Pumpkin Seed, went up to the Wyoming line, followed it within a mile or to till the mouth of Horse Creek, tributary to North Platte. Between Horse Creek and North Platte there was a good field for botanizing. We then followed the river down to Gering, and crossed it there. On the north Side of the river the field was very poor, only Sunflowers and Chenopodium lepto phyllum for miles. The only good find was Petalostemum macrostachyus. But we saw fine grain fields under the Irrigation.
On the return we passed through Gering and Asford up to the divide between Pumpkin Seed and Lawrence Fork Valleys, where we passed last sunday among friends. Last Monday we started again, crossed over to the stage road to Kimball.