1 70 NOTES OF A BOTANIST CHAP.XVUI 



deal of a slender inclined Chouta (Euterpe), rarely 

 exceeding 15 feet, which affords a delicious palmito. 

 On the opposite side of the Pastasa, in this part, 

 rise steep hills clad to the very summit with Iriartea 

 ventricosa. I have nowhere seen so dense a palm- 

 vegetation, save in the Mauritia swamps of the 

 Amazon. 



Among inundated rocks at the Topo, Puyu, etc., 

 I noticed the same small bushy Cupheae as on 

 Bombonasa. 



