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sO.) Of the year - - 80° | Palms. * 
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. 5,200 | Of the year ~ = 66°. Tree ferns cease 
9,750 | Of the year Pt See BOS «|. 
11,375 | Of the year - - 46° | Alstonias ad Befarias cease. 
13,325 ‘ 139 - Grasses ceas 
14,300 . aegere te ws Culeitium ae ceases. 
15,600 | Of the year - . + 29° | Limits of perpetual snow. 
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POPOCAYAN, (MEXICO.) 
Lat. 19° 20’ N.—-Height, 17,550 feet. 
Elevation Mean temperature. Vegetation. 
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10,400 | Of the year - = 58¢ | Oaks cease to grow. 
11,375) - si - - | Alnus Mexicana ceases. 
13,000 | Ofthe year = »+),44° | Pinus occidentalis ceases. 
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Lat. 38° 6” N.—Height, 11,360 feet. 
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