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on the slopes of the Oriental, are species, but usually differing, 
of Bomarea, Thibaudia, Fuchsia, Begonia, Viola, Mutisi slacee 
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these branches laden with moss and ferns, the bark lichen-gray— 
all features recalling the high forest seen on E] Chuscal. Like 
that, this belongs to the so-called Temperate zone. Cold are 
the nights; I recall one morning of hoar-frost when there was ice 
nearly 2 mm. thick. To me it was a surprise to find after this 
the it hurt. Much was then in blossom. 
Few: ciimibeve can ke more brilliant than a species of Berberis, 
its branches loaded with large golden-yellow flowers. Mutisia 
other species of Thibaudia, Fuchsia, Fagelia, and Castilleja are 
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less and less species the same as those of corresponding altitudes 
on the Cordillera Oriental 
So when we stand upon the open paramo we see little that we 
have seen above Bogoté. Yet the general effect is almost pre- 
cisely the same. The same great stretches of open thin grass, in 
the sphagnum swales the same gnarled growth of Composite 
shrubs, and over large areas similar groves of massive frailejones. 
Many of the same genera meet us, but as in Espeletia with 
different species. In the Scrophulariaceae Bartsta boasts several 
sorts, but these all new to us. ere is a certain small number 
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identities to be actually allied forms. Many genera were seen 
or the first time on this paramo. A most abundant plant is a 
little spreading Menthacea, ee nea also, rivaling 
the paleed! in impressiveness, isa as cou Lupinus, its 
leaves and i ar the summi 
of the white-wooly plant eolatan, 
But only on the Paramo de Ruiz did I reach snow, and thi 
brings us to the floral belt which might be termed the ‘ ae. 
