. Contributions from the Botanical Laboratory, vol. 7. Botany; Botany. G tied, but tlio wrstcni ])ai-t bci'oi-c rcae-li- u\*x the viii('-<jrn)\viii<»* districts fiboiit Mcndoza remains wild, open country with flocks of riica encountered as one l)r()ceeds. After leavin<»' Meudoza by the Trans- andine Jiaili'oad the c(ninti'v l)ecoines more i-ollinj^' and more (h'cply dissected, resemblijij^' the western phnns or the steppes of the eastern foothills of tlie Jvocky .Mountains in its topoj^raphic con- figuration. The ve«i'etation, however. r<'- sembles the desei-f ])Iains or mesas of t
. Contributions from the Botanical Laboratory, vol. 7. Botany; Botany. G tied, but tlio wrstcni ])ai-t bci'oi-c rcae-li- u\*x the viii('-<jrn)\viii<»* districts fiboiit Mcndoza remains wild, open country with flocks of riica encountered as one l)r()ceeds. After leavin<»' Meudoza by the Trans- andine Jiaili'oad the c(ninti'v l)ecoines more i-ollinj^' and more (h'cply dissected, resemblijij^' the western phnns or the steppes of the eastern foothills of tlie Jvocky .Mountains in its topoj^raphic con- figuration. The ve«i'etation, however. r<'- sembles the desei-f ])Iains or mesas of the Colorado and Mohave desei-ts owiie-' to the presence of a desert shrul) Cori/- Iva {Larrca) dirnricata, i-clated <i'eneric- ally to (Utrilhd (rlfhvtdhi var. (/lutiiiosd of the noi'thern |)lains. An intei-estiu"' l)hyto«i-eo<ira|)hical pi-oblem is presented in the distribution of the species of Cori/hd and other associated |)hnits in North and South Amei*ica separated by tropical vejretation. Mendoza mijrht be made the center for such botanical in- vest i«»at ion. Reachin«i- the westei'u slopes of the Andes, the distribution of plants on Mount Ac()nca«iua, the hi<'hest mountain in North and South America, mi«»'ht be studied, especially the altitudinal ar- i-an«i-ement of the plants of the sevei'al belts. The presence of many species of the subantarctic fcn-est on the Pacific slo|)es of the Andes :' the Trans- andine Jiailroad would yield a rich botanical hai-vest. X'alparaiso and Puei'to Alontt mi«iht be used as cen- ters foi- the study in detail of the veji'eta- tion of southei-n Chile. All these |)lac<'s are connected by i-ailroad. With a sea- worthy launch the channels and archi- pelago of islands as far south as the Strait of 'ellan can be reached from Puerto Montt, as also the subantarctic loi-ests where AntKcaria iinhricahi and species of Sothttfdiiux occui-. Las Zor- ras. reached by electric car fi'om \'al- |)araiso. a
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