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that have attended the quest of the Quito Cinnamon. 
I know nearly all the people whose names are men- 
tioned, and I have no doubt his relation is exact, 
for I know well the simple and truthful character 
of the man. ... 
"After all the time, etc., Santander has lost, I do 
not think we can ask him any more." 
Thus ends the quest for botanical specimens of 
one long-known tree whose scented bark is still an 
object of commerce, but which grows only in a 
limited district of the great forests at the foot of the 
Andes of Ecuador. 
The following interesting paper was sent to 
the Linnean Society in 1867, and published in 
the Society's Journal, vol. ix. (pp. 346-367), under 
the following title : " Notes on some Insect and 
other Migrations observed in Equatorial America. 
By Richard Spruce, Esq. Communicated by the 
President." 
This title, however, does not convey an idea of 
its whole subject, which is almost as much botanical 
as zoological, the first portion of it containing an 
admirable sketch of the broader aspects of the 
vegetation of the Great Amazon Valley and adjacent 
regions. I have therefore subdivided the paper 
under separate headings, and have omitted a few 
of the less interesting details.] 
The Broader Characteristics of Amazonian 
Vegetation 
In endeavouring to trace the distribution of 
plants in the Amazon valley, and to connect it with 
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