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although in different fenera, will exhibit almost no specific dif- 
erficially 
Mention must not be omitted ic some e of the plants ee: 
ferns, mosses an patics. e Siparunas and Hinedias 
are peculiar shrubby plants, not distantly related to the nutmeg, 
a ike it, aromatic 0: ow offer a sort of suggestion 
of being out of place in thé world’s present flor; eS- 
e 0) 
coat colors and MELVELY, surface of their flowers that 
they f cultivation. Colwm- 
nea is the prevailing tn ao there are many species of 
es Gesneria, Seemannia, saeseea Isoloma and 
Besleria. T ae | in q Ily are found 
singly or a few together. ostly they are more or less concealed 
in thickets and ana among peualy decayed vegetable mat- 
ter. also f Siparuna and Nol- 
the smaller and softer shrubs, members of the 
ul 
favor the lower elevations. Ruellia is the predominant genus, 
but Beloperone, Aphelandra and Justicia are freely repre- 
sented. 
Reference to the parasitic and epiphytic flora must not be 
omitted. parasites, in the mistletoe family, are numerous 
and abundant, although here ney ay if ever CemuDy the 
great part of a tree-crown with the that 
one sees in the valleys of northern Mexico. _Exiohytes agers 
hich they he ep’ 
long to widely different families. Tillendsia probably predomi- 
nates. The common Florida-moss is abundant. Most of the 
