CHAP. X. FLORA OF ANTISANA. 199 



greater heights than thirteen thousand feet. The flora here, 

 whilst interesting from its characteristic Andean species, had few 

 other attractions, — yet the flowers of Gentiana foliosa, H.B.K., 

 were somew^hat showy ; the downy heads of Culcitiiim were not 

 without a certain grace ; and not far from the Hacienda, at about 

 14,000 feet, we found the elegant fern Polypodium heteromorphum, 

 Hook. & Grev. This was, Avith one exception, the highest 

 position at Avhich we obtained ferns in Ecuador. The examples 

 of the Orders which are mentioned in the footnote,^ marked by 

 asterisks, were found on the western slopes of Antisana at greater 

 elevations than the same species were noticed elsewhere. '^ 



^ The following- is a list of oui- gatherings upon Antisana. Lichens : — Lecidea 

 sp., Autisanilla (12,342); Neuropogon meldxantlius, Nyl., at our camp (16,000); 

 Stereocaulon sp., Autisanilla (12,342) ; Stereocaulon sp. at our camp (16,000) ; Usnea 

 Jlorida, Fries, Autisanilla (12,342). Fungi : — Omphalia umbelUfera, Fr. (13,000) ; 

 Biilocyhe sp. (13,000), both from the slopes below the Hacienda of Antisana. 

 Lycopodiaceae : — Lycopodium jSaururus, L. (15-16,000). Filices : — Polypodium 

 vidgare, L., Autisanilla (12,342), and P. rigidum, Hook. & Grev., Autisanilla 

 (12,342), both growing among hollows on the luargin of the lava-stream close to 

 the Hacienda ; P. heteromorphum, Hook. & Grev., on the slopes above the 

 Hacienda of Antisana (14,000). Gramineae : — Beyeuxia recta, Bonpl. (13,300- 

 15,000) ; Deyeiixia sp. (14,000) ; Luzida alopectirus, Desv. (14,000) ; Poa sp. 

 (14,000); Festuca mollis, Kth. (14,000). Gentianaceae : — Oentiana foliosa, H.B.K. 

 (14-15,000); G. rupicola, H.B.K. (14-15,000); G. sedifolia, H.B.K. (14,500). 

 Ericaceae: — Pernettia PeyitlandU, DC. (14-14,500); ^Vaccinium x^enceoides, H.B.K. 

 (15-16,000). Compositae : — '* Achyrophorus, near setoaus, Wedd., at our camp 

 (16,000); Baccharis alplua, H.B.K. (14-14,500); Oulcitmm adscendens, Kth. 

 04-15,000); a nivale, Kth. (14-15,000); * (7. refiexum, Kth. (15-16,000); * Lori- 

 caria ferruginea, Pers. (15-16,000) ; Perezia pungens, Less. (14,500) ; Werneria sp. 

 (14,500); Werneria de7isa, Benth. (1.5-16,000). Leguminosae : — Astragalus gemini- 

 florus, H.B.K. (14-15,000) ; * Lupinus microphyllus, Desv. (14,500) ; Lupinus sp. 

 (14-15,000); *i. mtbigemis, H. & B. (15,000). Geraniaceae : — (^emmMm sp. 

 (14,500). Malvaceae : — Malvastrum phyllanthos, Asa Gray (15-15,500) ; * J/. P- 

 chinchense, Asa Gray (15-16,000); Malvastrum sp. (15,000). Carophyllaceae : — 

 * Cerastiimi sp. (14-15,000). Cruciferae : — Z>m6a obovata, Benth. (14-15,000); * 2>. 

 arctioides, H.B.K. (15-16,000); Braba sp. (15-16,000); B. imbricata, C A. Mey. 

 (15-16,000). Ranunculaceae : — Ranuncidus Peruvianus, Pers. (14-15,000). 



2 For fuel at our camp on Antisana (and at the higher ones generally) we 

 depended principally upon Lycopodium Saururus, L., aud Loricaria ferruginea, 



