432 NOTES OF A BOTANIST 
February, and the next morning, in company with 
Custodio, visited the low cerro Tarurumari, which 
rises a little north of the village. At the base it 
slopes gradually and is well wooded ; higher up it 
is steep and the furrowed rock is bare save strips 
of peculiar dwarf vegetation in the hollows. It is 
only about 500 feet high, but a most extensive 
view is obtained, including the whole of the moun- 
tain ranges called Aracamuni, Tibiali, and Imei. 
The first of these runs up between the Siapa and 
Pacimoni, inclining more to the Siapa at its western 
end, and to the Pacimoni at its eastern. It is of 
nearly equal height throughout, and may rise 
about 4000 feet above the plain. Over the west 
shoulder of Aracamuni we could barely distinguish 
in the distance the cerros which rise from the very 
banks of the Siapa. Tibiali is situated at the back 
of Sta. Isabel, and still farther east a gradual rise 
conducts to the fine cone of Abispa, which forms 
the northern termination of the long serrated ridge 
of Imei. Abispa bore S.E. ^ S. and must be about 
6000 feet high, and there are other peaks closely 
approaching it in elevation. 
In front of these noble mountains stretched the 
forest plain, like an immense heath, its surface 
unbroken save by a slight winding depression 
nearly at our feet marking part of the course of 
the Pacimoni. I had hoped to make more extended 
observations, but when we reached Tarurumari a 
heavy shower was passing over the cerros, and 
until it should clear away I occupied myself in 
culling the interesting plants which grew around. 
Unfortunately, the shower took our mountain in 
its course and gave us a thorough wetting. Other 
