species however ; their flbwer a 
cluster of leaves varyiie: from flifoei in the smaller species, 
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n the mo ge es, often lar; rrel 
There are other es in this family, the Bromeliaceae, althoug 
most of them are terr Great numbers o all 
inconspicuous pola oa, Notylia, grow i h locati 
eck 
waely to ues huge ls ad of water-soaked epiphytes, eon the 
Coroico. It wasa misty day, with 
die air so es with moisture as to precipitate freely upo 
every object. On my morning journey, I pause 
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secure some specimens of orchids fom iS Pena Just as I 
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I heard a sharp snap and saw water fly from one of its small 
e 
way. Guessing at what was about tooccur I watched intently as 
engines oe ae vine gave way cae me iuiiad studde red 
of drops. 
top of a neighbor tree snapped off. It settled farther and then 
came a series of single and combined snaps a! rashes, and the 
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other slides until within a minute there was such an avalanche 
