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Since there were no blossoms or fruits, I could not decide this 
leave scars. Eventually i ecome thirty or forty feet high 
: have ‘hotographs of al aes sped. ne or more s ecies of 
ipsalis which 
festoons the large trees in ae river bottom very densely. The 
stems hang vertically and sometimes attain a length of ten feet. 
Also a Pereskia with pink flowers often lines the a its 
Except for a narrow fringe along the stream, ae vegetation 
in this locality was absolutely sere at the ae e of our stay there, 
and most o: ees bare of leaves. 5 f the ferns 
n 
cordate, the ag lanceolate. ness were Os that wi ithin a 
few pecan ther wher getation 
was always nae and fertile, but circumstances ieevented me 
from pars g them 
In spite of ee unfavorable conditions, we secured a rather 
large collection before leaving Espia, which I am inclined to 
think will be unusually interesting. 
ur next stop was at Huachi, just below = junction . 
Bopi and Cochabamba Rivers, which together form the 
This journey, of about 4 days, was made by callapo, song 
one o 
the most difficult and perilous raft journeys in South America, 
large amounts of property, and occasionally lives, being lost in the 
rapids. One of our own callapos was there smashed, and consid- 
