Equisetum L.

FLORA OF ECUADOR
CERRO ANTISANA
(lat. 0‘30'S : long. 78 °W)
Name: Equisetum
Vernacular Cola de caballo
name: Horn's tail
Locality: 10,900 ft alt- earthy shady bank
by roadside at Papallaeta Lake
Description: Erect herb to 8 cm., sparsely
branching* Sheaths black brown below
nodes* Leaves scarious. Strobili black*
Taken for kidney trouble«
Date: 14/YXX I960.	Number: 1000
P. J. GRUBB, J. R. LLOYD, T. D. PENNINGTON AND T. C. WHITMORE
Oxford University Expedition, 1960.
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