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by rain and walking was s made very difficult. In order to reach 
we crossed it without a mishap, reaching the station in time to 
shake off a lot of mud and rearrange our water-logged spiney 
my specimens from the Bolivian border coupled with the wet 
weather here pings: in n spite o the facilities provided at the 
station, made f the specimens a tim 
me-consuming 
task and it was AGE until February 21 i I managed to have 
them packed and shipped to Buenos Aires and prepared to leave 
Tucuman. Aftera pas hours’ ride, on the morning of February 
22, Larrived del Estero, where I was fortunate eae 
to find a couple of peons who knew of a large Cereus which I 
reason to believe grew there. It and several other species were 
like hills : pea the flower of a Cereus which, though the plant 
had often been seen, was never found in flower. The province 
of Santa Fé happened to be the only province of Argentina not 
credited with some cacti on my list and I was able to place it 
where it belonged by finding two species of opuntias, one of which 
was new to the collection. Leaving thesame evening, I arrived 
at Buenos Aires the following afternoon. Having arranged with 
n agent of the principal express and storage comp of th 
Republic to bring my various shipments of material together in 
One chpment of seven cases was entirely unaccounted for 
fo) a 
and repacking revealed that very little loss had been sustained. 
A fe f th Idect Vecti had drie up Hil th had 
