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across the river I saw a Chusquea in bloom and wheeled the horse around to get it. He couldn't understand and between us we got the reins over his head and all tangled up. I called the boy to hold him while I got the bamboo and the boy was about as puzzled as the horse. This is the first bamboo, except Chusquea pinifolia, I've seen in bloom this time. Hargreaves is so near that I did not collect the same species again, or only 2 or 3, yet I got 29 numbers, a lovely little Raddia with pubescent spklts,