. Contributions from the Botanical Laboratory, vol. 7. Botany; Botany. • Nj trmi< I. HILLY CAMPOS AliOVK 3,(M)L>7. Notk (M^ovks ok Annwaria and carpus Lambnti is tiik dkpukssiuns thk koindki) hills. LARGE AKAlCAItIA BEASILIAXA, CAMPOS DO JORDAO At 5,000 FEET ELEVATION, Bkazil, July 2'^, lOl'T. around Pinheiro Preto. Bamboos occur in the forest, a tall flexuous Cocos and bromeliaceous epii)liytes, although on the tops of the ridges Araucaria })rasiJiana is seen occasionally. The southern limit of Araucaria in this direction seems to be at nerval before crossing th
. Contributions from the Botanical Laboratory, vol. 7. Botany; Botany. • Nj trmi< I. HILLY CAMPOS AliOVK 3,(M)L>7. Notk (M^ovks ok Annwaria and carpus Lambnti is tiik dkpukssiuns thk koindki) hills. LARGE AKAlCAItIA BEASILIAXA, CAMPOS DO JORDAO At 5,000 FEET ELEVATION, Bkazil, July 2'^, lOl'T. around Pinheiro Preto. Bamboos occur in the forest, a tall flexuous Cocos and bromeliaceous epii)liytes, although on the tops of the ridges Araucaria })rasiJiana is seen occasionally. The southern limit of Araucaria in this direction seems to be at nerval before crossing the Pruguay Piver into the State of Pio (Jrande do Sul at I\larc(>llino Knmos. At Pnlnda. tlie boundless prairie |)lain. or pampas, is entered and this i)lain is broken by groves or longitudinal forests of Arau- caria, Avhich occupy the depressions. This type of vegetation can be studied by a stop at Carasinho. where there is a small hotel (Hotel Familiar), or at Sao P>ento the Hotel Pio (Jrandense. The size of the campos forest groves here is indicated by the number of Araucaria trees found in them. Porongas is the absolute southern limit of the Araucaria. South of Cruz Alta herds of rhea, or South American ostriches, are encoun- tered on entering upon the limitless ])ampas. Santa :\Iaria is i\n important inland city, and rruguayana in south- western Prazil is on the Argentine fron- tiei' on the Prugnay Piver. The ride on the railroad from Libres to Buenos Aires is comparatively unin- teresting until the Parana Kiver is reached with its extensive river marshes (t'enlandi. Here the tall clumps of |)ami)as grass i(i}inrrium ar(icntcum) with waving plumes are at their best. The trains are carried across the fen eountry on large ferry-boats with a good opportunity to s.'e the marsh vegetation. M;my of the marsh islands have been jjlanted to iM»i»l«'''^ '"'^l willows, whieh have grown up to form the alamos. The trees furnish firewood in a eonntry natn- l-illlv (lestit
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