Botanical specimens collected in South America by A.E. Douglass of Harvard College Observatory
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3. 21. Parco, plant from Charchani, 16400 ft alt. Collected May 21, 1892. This plant made into a tea is used by the natives for liver trouble. 22. Esquera. - composite white flowers. Charchani, 16400 ft alt. May 21, 1892. Administered by the natives for lung troubles. 23. (In large cigar box) different plants from Charchani, 16400 ft alt. May 21, 1892. Contains Yarata (mouldy now) Parco, Esquera, plant like running pine (which in this case grows in a solid circular bed, several feet in diameter of a tall pole green stick.) Y Y. 24. Lichens probably from Meteorological station Charchani, 16400 to 17000 ft alt. Dec. 91, 25. Twigs once green & bearing flowers, from the Misti, a volcano near Arequipa. About 15000 ft alt. May 1, 1891. 26. Moss from steam vent near summit of Misti. 19000 ft alt. Collected May 1, 1891, AEDouglas, Harvard Observatory, Jan. 12, 1894