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The Flora of Mt. Orizaba.
H. Leaton
The following notes and
report are based upon a collection
of plants made on Mt. Orizaba by
the writer while Botanist of the J.
I. Seavell expedition during July and
August, 1891.
The first collections
on Mt. Orizaba to which there is any
scientific reference were made by
Frederick Liebmann in 1841. He describes
the volcano as the most remarkable mount
ain in North America. It has a latitude
of 18° and lies surrounded by the very
fertile country of Southern Mexico. It
is only 90 miles from the gulf and having
such a situation, there is presented up
on its eastern slope every phase of
vegetation from tropical to alpine.
The regions in the vicinity
of Cordoba and Orizaba at elevations of
3000° and 4000° and distances of sixty
and seventy five miles from the coast
were the lowest stations at which collect.
ions were made. At that altitude, the
vegetation is sub-tropical. Palm, coffee,
banana & orange trees grew in abundance
and maize and sugar cane attained a
high degree of cultivation. Prominent