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var. /3 rufnervis, and the remainder root-shoots of C. Cali- 

 saya : seedlings of the latter species are exceedingly rare. 

 We returned to our camp dead beat, and drenched to the 

 skin, only to iind that my Indians were mutinous, declaring 

 that they had been away long enough, that they had no 

 maize or coca left, and that they must return to their homes 

 at once. Our only hope rested upon them, and, if they had 

 deserted, all our plans would have been entirely frustrated. 

 It, however, required no little persuasion and eloquence to 

 induce them to change their minds, and, as they had nothing 

 left to eat, I sent Andres Vilca back to Gironda, to entreat 

 him to supply us with a few chuiius and a little coca. I then 

 told the others, in their own expressive language, that if they 

 deserted me they were liars, thieves, traitors, and children of 

 the Devil, whose punishment would soon overtake them ; 

 while if they were true to me they would be well rewarded, 

 and would enjoy the friendship of a Viracocha. After this 

 great effort in Quichua, the evening ended pleasantly. The 

 Indians had built themselves a little shed of palm-leaves near 

 the tent door, a bright fire was lighted, and its cheery reflec- 

 tion danced on the waves of the noisy flood. 



It rained heavily through the night, and in the morning, 

 hearing from Martinez that the varieties of C. ovata, the 

 collection of which had been recommended to me by Dr. 

 Weddell, were only found in a zone at a much greater eleva- 

 tion than that of the C. Calisayas, I devoted the day to a 

 search in an almost vertical direction, on the north-east side 

 of the Yana-mayu, towards some heights called Pacchani. 



Ascending the steep sides of the ravine of Yana-mayu for 

 about two hundred feet, we reached a narrow level shelf 

 covered with ferns and the huge leaves of the sayal palm. 

 The locality was very damp and shady, and the C. micrantJia, 

 Huihapu, and Cascarilla Carua were in great abundance. We 

 continued to ascend through the forest which covered the 



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