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REGIONS OF VEGETATION 



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larger ; for instance, on the Central European mountains this is so in Soli- 

 dago Virgaurea, Betonica officinalis, and Helianthemum vulgare ; also, 



Fig. 409. Alpine flora of the paramos and punas of the Andes. Cushion-plants. 1. Erigeron 

 pulvinatus. Puna-formation, Bolivia. 2. Maja compacta (Compositae). New Grenada. 3. 

 Oriastrum pusillum (Compositae-Mutisieae). Chili, on perpetual snow. 4. Verbena minima, Meyen. 

 Peru and Bolivia. 5. Lysipomia muscoides (Lobeliaceae). New Grenada, on perpetual snow. 

 6. Merope aretioides (Compositae), on perpetual snow. Peru. All after Weddell. Natural size. 



according to Lindman, on the mountains of Norway, in Campanula rotundi- 

 folia, Melandryum sylvestre, and Taraxacum officinale. On the other 



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