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capsules are usually elongate-oblong, but vary to 

 roundish oblong. Trees of the Pata de gallinazo 

 were scarce, and I did not see any in flower or 

 fruit. Both sorts have the leaves broadly oval, 

 with or without a slight apiculus, and pubescent 

 beneath ; but in the Cuchicara the petiole and 

 midrib are red, which is not the case with those of 

 the Pata de gallinazo, nor do the leaves of the 

 latter turn so red with age. . . . 



Of the trees growing along with the Cascarillas 

 in Llalla the Motilon was the most frequent and 

 the largest, attaining sometimes 60 feet in height. 

 This is the second species I have gathered under 

 this name ; the fruit is an edible drupe, but I 

 hesitate to refer the genus to Amygdalese until I 

 see the flower. With the Motilon grew, however, 

 a true Cerasus, with very large leaves ; it had 

 flowers and young fruit. Other trees in the same 

 forest were the Hualla, the Ignia, a Berberis, a 

 Khamnus, a Nonatelia, two Myrtacese, and especi- 

 ally an arborescent Loranthus, with dense spikes 

 of fragrant yellow flowers the leaves on some 

 ramuli alternate, on others opposite, and on others 

 three together. . . . The shrubs included a Barna- 

 desia, two Salvise, a sarmentose Fuchsia, and most 

 abundant and ornamental, an aphyllous Fuchsia, 

 epiphytal and climbing high up the trees, which it 

 adorned with its large vermilion flowers. 



Patches of verdant pasture were scattered in the 

 forests, and in these I gathered a stoloniferous 

 Ranunculus new to me, a small Juncus, a curious 

 Rubiacea allied to Richardsonia, two lonidia, the 

 one with red the other with scarlet flowers, and 

 some other herbs. In the woods there was also a 



