Note 131 — Chapter VI
Reading edition
Dr. Weddell mentions a composita (Merope piptolepis) as being common near the shores of these lakes.—Chloris Andina, i. p. 162. And an oxalis in the crevices of the rocks near La Compuerta.—Oxalis Nubigena, ii. p. 291.
In the neighbourhood of La Compuerta there are several other lowly alpine plants—a St. John's wort (Hypericum brevistylum), another oxalis, and two mallows, &c. &c.