Patelka 1948 Sept. 4 5 1/2 mi. W Stanton Ranch Rdgtro, 1400 ft., Santa Cruz l. was also present. Scattered, but regularly occurring young coast oaks (a small-leaved species also present on more exposed sites within the forest area), also stump- sprouting Adenostoma along the ridges and above the upper limits of the forest seemed to indicate that there had been some major disturbance on the area, presumably a fire, as some evidence of burning was found in the forest. The trees of the forest were rather openly spaced on some slopes, with quite an admixture of various shrub species, rather dense in other areas, where the trees were chiefly young ones. Everywhere there was fallen, old timber, and the ground was covered with a good layer of litter. Lichen growth covered most branches. The weather struck us as somewhat odd and attested to the rather complex picture of local climate to be found on this island. In the evening and late into the night, a strong dry wind blew over the ridge. But one needed to drop into one of the small side draws of the W-facing canyon only a few feet to meet a cool wind, and farther down the air was quiet. Sometime well after midnight, the wind died down, and a dew began to settle. In the morning, the W-facing canyon was filled with dense fog to a short distance below the main ridge, over which the fog spilled occa- sionally into the canyon to the east. Fog was present also along the west-facing slopes to the SW of us. It would appear that the pine occurs on N-facing slopes as far