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Three months were devoted to work in Ecuador and very large 

 collections were made, including- about 6,000 botanical specimens, 

 100 jars of fruits, seeds, and plant ])roducts preserved in formalin. 

 Several hundred packets of seeds, a number of wood specimens, 



Fig. 48. — Giant cactus plant, apparently undescrilied, which is very 

 common in the Chanchan Valley. Photograph by George Rose. 



samples of cinchona-bark and small collections of fishes, frogs, 

 shells, and other zoological material were obtained. George Rose, 

 who went as photographer, made about 260 negatives of landscapes 

 and plant subjects. 



