Botanical He suit 
oince the Gray Herbarimn of Harvard Uiiiver:^^ty and the lew Yotk 
Botanical Garden contributed funds for the v^ork in xncuailor, the oollec- 
tions here included all kinds of flowering plants, l^hese were inade in 
triplicate, seta going to the institutions mentioned and to the i^^ational 
Herpariura* 
The' total number collected in c^cuaaor was 2136 119914 to EE050). In 
Peru and. iiolivia collections were confined to the grasses, as follows: Peru, 
507 numbers; Bolivia, 364 nutiibers. In addition 20 numbers were obtained 
at La ^uiaoa, Argentina, and 9 numbers at Antofagasta, Chile. 
The Grass Herbarium is fortunate in possessing already a good collection 
of trasses from Bolivia obtained by Dr. Otto Buchtien. Also we have the 
we obtained the grasses collected by McBride and his assistants in Peru. 
AltO£?ether "^.e have material for a satisfactory account of the grasses of the 
central Andean region. . ^ ■ > 
t 
ypes of sp 
ecies described by Ho.ckel ana by Pilger from these .regions. E.ecently 
