Part 84 - Botanical fieldwork with Francis W. Pennell on Andean flora

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SUMMARY:
The team shifted to studying regional flora with Mr. Francis W. Pennell of the New York Botanical Garden, who spent two weeks collecting around the camp and on nearby high mountains. He identified many new species and regional records, provided distribution insights relating plants to fauna, and the team compiled a plant collection relevant to their work.

CONTENT:
The new phase of our work in the field
has been to study the flora of the
region in the same way that we have
been studying the fauna. We have been
able to do this in a very satisfactory
way as we have had with us during
the past two weeks Mr. Francis W. Pennell
of the New York Botanical Garden who
has been making a special study of the
flora of the Andes. He has been
collecting plants in the vicinity of
our camp and has also made two
trips to the high mountains near here.
He has found a large number of species
that are new to science and has also
found many that have not been recorded
from this part of the country. He has
also been able to give us much valuable
information in regard to the distribution
of the plants in this region and their
relation to the fauna. We have also
been able to make a collection of the
plants that are of interest to us in
connection with our work.