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Botanical Results.

  since the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University and the New York Botanical Garden contributed funds for the work in Ecuador, the collections here include all kinds of flowering plants. These were made in triplicate, sets going to the institutions mentioned and to the national Herbarium. 
  The total number collected in Ecuador was 2136 (19914 to 22050). In Peru and Bolivia collections were confined to the grasses, as follows: Peru, 507 numbers; Bolivia, 364 numbers. In addition 20 numbers were obtained at La Quiaca, Argentina and 9 numbers at Antofagasta, Chile.
  The Grass Herbarium is fortunate in possessing already a good collection of grasses from Bolivia obtained by Dr. Otto Buchtien. Also we have the types of species described by Hackel and by Pilger from these regions. Recently we obtained the grasses collected by McBride and his assistants in Peru. Altogether we have material for a satisfactory account of the grasses of the central Andean region.

[[handwritten]] A. S. Hitchcock [[/handwritten]]

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