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on the south. Underwood has collected a great deal in this vicinity, 

 but most of his collecting was done up the mountain slopes above 

 Escasu at an altitude of 4,000 to 4,500 feet. These slopes are inter- 

 spersed with woodland and cultivated lands and offer a good field for 

 the collector. 



Esparta : — A town of about fifteen hundred inhabitants near the 

 Pacific coast and connected with Puntarenas by a line of railway. It 

 is situated on a plateau between the Rio Barranca and the Pacific 

 Ocean at an altitude of about 700 feet. The climate is exceedingly 

 hot, but very good collecting may be found along the slope descend- 

 ing to the Rio Barranca, which is still to a great extent forested. 



Estrella (La, de Cartago) : — A point six to eight miles from Car- 

 tago in the Candelaria mountains, at an altitude of from 6,000 to 

 7,000 feet. Underwood has collected a great deal in this region, 

 taking here many of the high mountain species, which are only taken 

 at higher altitudes on the volcanoes. It is a region of forest and 

 pasture-land. 



Faldas de Barba : — Slopes of the Volcan de Barba ; does not desig- 

 nate any particular place. 



Faldas de Irazu : — Slopes of the Volcan de Irazu ; does not desig- 

 nate any particular place. 



Faldas de Pbas : — Slopes of the Volcan de Poas ; does not desig- 

 nate any particular place. 



Florida (La) : — Station and name of a plantation on the railway 

 from Limon to San Jose, situated eight miles above La Junta, beside 

 the Rio Reventazon. Mr. Lankester reports some records from this 

 place. 



Frailes (Los) : — A point in the Las Cruces Mountains, nineteen 

 miles from San Jose, on the road to San Marcos, at an elevation of 

 about 5,100 feet. Frantzius collected specimens at this place, while 

 Zeledon also mentions it. 



Frio (Rio) : — A large river rising on the northern slopes of the main 

 continental range east of the Volcanoes Tenario and Miravalles, and 

 emptying into the San Juan River near Lake Nicaragua. Dr. Rich- 

 mond collected on the lower river in 1892. 



General (El, de Terraba) : — A small village in the upper part of 

 the Terraba valley, situated on the Rio General de Terraba at an ele- 

 vation of perhaps 2,000 feet. The trail from Buenos Aires to San Jose 

 by way of El Cerro de la Muerte passes through the place. Under- 



