The segments of the perianth also closed on the pistil, but more slowly than the stamens.

Plants of this family, generally considered as tropical, occur in North America "Lewis and Clarke's Travels" page 221, in the same high latitude as here, namely, in both cases, in 47 degrees.) On the arid plains a few black beetles (Heteromera) might be seen slowly crawling about, and occasionally a lizard darted from side to side.

Of birds we have three carrion hawks, and in the valleys a few finches and insect-feeders.

An ibis (Theristicus melanops--a species said to be found in central Africa) is not uncommon on the most desert parts: in their stomachs I found grasshoppers, cicadae, small lizards, and even scorpions.
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These insects were not uncommon beneath stones.