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named 'Juniper Canyon.' Intermingled with Cupresses are Quercus grisea, Q. undulata, and Q. canbyi var. chisosensis. Acer grandidentatum and Pseudotsuga mucronata are added as the slope face swings to the northwest.

"In another high canyon there is a west slope bearing a heavy growth of western yellow pine (Pinus brachyptera) with which are found western redbud (Cercis reniformis) and the aforemen- tioned oaks and junipers."

Flowering shrubs and herbs are seasonally showy and abundant. Red, deep orange, blues and purples are, in the aggregate, dominant over yellows. Prominently represented are the following families: spiderwort, rush, lily, Yucca, Amarylis, orchid, buckwheat, goosefoot, pigweed, four o'clock, pokeweed, purslane, chickweed, dewberry, poppy, mustard, Sedum, hydrangea, rose, mimosa, senna, pea, geranium, Oxalis, flax, caltrop, rue, milkwort, spurge, soap- berry, mallow, coachwhip, cactus, evening primrose, heath, primrose, dogbane, milkweed, morning-glory, Phlox, waterleaf, borage, Verbena, mint, nightshade, figwort, trumpet-creeper, unicorn, broom-rape, acanthus, madder, honeysuckle, Lobelia, ragweed and sunflower-the latter by a multitude of sorts.

Grasses, in addition to the dominants listed in the above quotation are abundant in kind and growth. Mueller lists 67 species as occurring at various localities in the Chisos. Several are common in adjacent Mexico but not known from other mountains in Texas. Of ferns and their allies, he lists 19 species, including the famous resurrection plant.

The mountainous regions, particularly the Chisos, Davis, and Guadalupe, have now been made easily accessible to motorists, with camping and hotel facilities. Texans particularly-especially those to whom this region is unfamiliar-should place it among the first in importance to be visited on the next vacation trip.