Notes of a Botanist on the Amazon & Andes: Being Records of Travel on the Amazon and Its Tributaries, the Trombetas, Rio Negro, Uaupés, Casiquiari, Pacimoni, Huallaga and Pastasa; as Also to the Cataracts of the Orinoco, Along the Eastern Side of the Andes of Peru and Ecuador, and the Shores of the Pacific, During the Years 1849-1864, Volume 2 |
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abundant Algarrobo Amazon Ambato Andoas ants ascend bamboos banks Baños Bentham Bombonasa botanical branches caapi called Canelos canoes Cascarilla Casiquiari Chasuta chiefly Chimborazo Cinchona Cordillera crossed descend desert distance eastern Ecuador excursions feet high ferns flowers foot forest of Canelos fruit gathered genus George Bentham ground grows Guaranda Guayaquil height hills Huallaga Inca Indians inhabitants journey latter leaves Limon Llanganati Maynas miles months morning mosses mountain mouth Moyobamba nearly night Niopo Orinoco palm paramo passed Pastasa Peru Piura plain plantains plants pongo Puca-yacu pueblo Quito Quitonian rain rarely reached Red Bark region Richard Spruce ridge Rio Negro Rio Verde Riobamba river rock sacs sarmentose scarcely seeds seen side slender slopes South species specimens Spruce steep stems stream Tarapoto Topo travellers trees trunk Tunguragua twiners Uaupés valley vegetation village voyage wind wood Yuca Yurimaguas