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eae Is this a wild plantain or a cultivated plantain 
that has degenerate d? 
After crossing the deep ravine, with a beautiful little stream 
fallen dead Pine. It was too dark in the forest to attempt to 
that constantly sweep over the es sae ag this 
ich i of L The 
e arrived at the pe L Cardero 
about 4,1 t ere the woods were the wettest and conse- 
quently at this point the orchids and other epiphytes have 
ched their greatest development ve e trunk a 
stone is covered with a heav rowth of bromeliads, ferns, 
orchids and mosses, although I believe that there are more 
different kinds Ss m the main peak than here. This 
as it is here that there is the greatest profusion of epiphytes. 
After passing over the top of Loma Cardero, which is fairly 
level just on top, we went down the north slope, which was a 
relief after so ide climbing, to the ridge which connects it 
