Patelka 1947 Oct. 12 En route to NW Nevada. steep, frugged range with extensive slide areas along its crest and several irregular, seemingly unvegetated cones formed by the slides on the highest points. There is a more or less unbroken belt of juniper on the east side, nowhere forming any dense stands. Willows occur along the lower portions of the draws. A peak, name unknown, to the northeast of the Granite Range appeared to be covered at the top with a crescent of mountain mahogany, not junipers. This was deter- mined by study through my 8x binoculars. of the range. Juniper woodland was noted to the west Granite Mtn., also at the highest elevations on the range immediately to the east a Gerlach, and on the mountains of the north end of the Lake Range. Oct. 13 Hunted this morning to the south of camp along a draw cutting into a ridge that extends more or less eastward from Granite Mountain. There were two main areas of willow, with a consider- able amount of wild rose mixed in. One proved to be Amelanchier (A. alnifolia?) shrub which appeared to be Amelanchier was noted also along the bottom of the draw.* The surrounding slopes were covered with a woodland of relatively low-growing, more and spreading, *A Prunus (P. andersonii?) also collected here.