Smithsonian Report, 1961. — Carter 



Plate 1 



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1. View of the Cliaco swaiiips truiii the uutcr edge. 



2. The floating blanket of the outer part of the Chaco swamps. The larger plants are 

 Pistia, and the smaller frons between them Salvinia and Azolla. 



