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Río Cayapas, half an hour downstream from San Miguel. Riverside vegetation.

Cayambe-Olmedo-Laguna San Marcos, around the lake. Forest with Weinmannia, Hedyosmum, Miconiaa and Oreopanax.

South-western side of Vulcán Antisana. Lava flow close to the road from the hacienda to Quito. Sparsely colonized.

Parque Nacional Podocarpus. E. of Nude de Cajanuma, just N of 'Centro de Información'. Wet montane forest. Sample plot site.

Guayallabamba valley between the village and the river. Dry scrubland.

Río Onzolé at Río Cayapas. Riverside forest.

Loja - Zamora Road

Cerro Villonaco. Disturbed montane forest.

Parque Nacional Nahuel Huapi. Cerro Lopez.

Trail at Río Ushaué N of Coop. Flor del Valle (2.5 km W of bridge over Río Aguarico at Lumbaqui). Shaded riverbank and forest on gravelly soil.

Road Loja - Zamora just east of the pass. Shrub páramo with a thick soft ground layer of mosses and herbs.

Road Puyo - Macas, km 15. Secondary forest along small sideroad to E.

Km 30 on road from El Carmelo towards La Bonita, SE of Santa Barbara. Virgin cloud forest around waterfall.

Between Loja and La Toma (at pass on old road). Dry, light, open slopes. Cerro Villonaco.

N side of crater of Cerro Sumaco. Paramo with Cortaderia, Lachemilla, Eriosorus, and mosses.

Rio Nangariza, behind the military station of Miazi. Primary forest.

Chamico at Río Zamora. Sandy-gravelly riverside.

C. 5 km N of Paso de Sabanilla on road Yangana -Valladolid.

Road Calacalí-Nanegalito, 1 km from Nanegalito. Forested ravine with stream.

Forêt classée de la Mare aux Hippotames. Gallery forest.

Road Loja - Zamora, km 21. Steep rocks along the road.

Isla Puná. Finca near Puná Nueva. Crops and weeds.

Cordillera de los Llanganates. Loma between Río Topo and Río Verde Grande, 4.7 km NW of Cerro Hermoso.Swallenochloa - Loricaria paramo.

Along road to Refugio, Vulc. Cayambe.

Yasuni Scientific Research Station. Monkey trail system. Transect no. 2. Flat land with creeks. Tropical rainforest.

Khao Sok, c 30 km E of Takua Pa

Naranjito. 8 km to the E along the railway (Hda. San Antonio). Tropical rain forest with secondary undergrowth and large trees.

Páramo de Guamaní, N of the road Pifo-Papallacta, W of the pass. Grass páramo along stream, and Polylepis scrub.

Northern: Maehongson: Khun Yuam

Quebrada San José, N of km 35.5 on road Lita-San Lorenzo. Rocky ravine, and high rock wall.

Valle de Chalupas. Close to the junction of Río Chalupas and Río Aguas Buenas. Grass paramo and scrub forest mosaic.

Parc National du Niokolo Koba. Hotel Simenti and vicinity.

Forest on banks of Río Pastaza S of Madre Tierra. Tall forest rich in epiphytes.

Inganilla Pass on Pan American Highway between Cañar and Biblian. Remnants of shrub forest.

Cerros Yuibug - Pailacajas (4730 m a.s.l.), E side of the mountain ridge, species rich humid cushion superp·ramo with Plantago rigida, Werneria humilis, and Azorella spp., traces of trampling.

San Paplo de Tenta, 10 km north-east of Saraguro. Information of local name and use: Rafael Contento, Saraguro-indian, 38 years.

Catamayo Valley. Dry slopes and "quebradas" E of La Toma - Catamayo. Mixed scrub.

Catacocha - La Toma km 14. Densely grassed slope without any trees or shrubs.

Volcán Pichincha, Cerro Ventanillas. Rocky outcrop ingrass-paramo.

Km 6 above Jimbura along Zumba road

Puyo - Macas road, 5 km after Veracruz. Secondary forest mixed with pastures.

wasteland

Along the road from Páramo del ángel to Tulcan. 15-20 km from Tulcan. Mountain forest.

"Bosque Protector Pasochoa", app. 30 km S of Quito. Hedges and secondary vegetation. Numbers 61460-61470 between 2850-2900 m, and 61471-61484 between 3200-3550 m.

Tirlemont.

Río Cayapa, Zapallo Grande. By canoe the river was followed 5 km. upriver undertaking collections on the riverbank and around houses.

Páramo del Tufiño, W of Tulcan. Espeletia paramo.

Cuenca-Girón, turnoff at km 22 (Hcda. Tarqui) towards Patococha.

Road Gualaceo - San Juan Bosco, c. 10 km before pass.

Parque Nacional Cotopaxi. 1-3 km antes de la entrada. Vegetación con arbustos y gramineas.