Classical Romantic: Identity in the Latin Poetry of Vincent Bourne

This monograph examines a selection of Vincent Bourne's Latin verse in its classical, neo-Latin and vernacular contexts, with particular attention to the theme of identity (and differing forms of identity). Its aim is to initiate the resurrection from silence of an author whose self-fashioning is achieved by investigating the identity of the self in relation to the other and by foregrounding multiple attempts to fashion other selves.

From Back Cover of published book:

Through close and perceptive analysis of Bourne's negotiation of poetic identity, Haan argues in new ways for the blend of classicism and Romanticism informing his marginalized status. As such, the book promises to revive scholarship on Bourne, and to be of use to students and scholars of Latin as well as vernacular verse.
Carla Mazzio, Professor of English, University of Chicago.


Estelle Haan is the UK's most eminent neo-Latinist. Her books with the APS on Milton (From Academia to Amicitia, Transactions 88, part 6) and Addison (Vergilius Redivivus, Transactions 95, part 2) are both important contributions to our knowledge of those authors, and their scholarship is presented in a way that accommodates the growing number of specialists who do not read Latin. Much of the content of this study is entirely new, and it is written in a way that will make it accessible to non-Latinists. The connections with English-language poets that Professor Haan adduces page after page will be a very considerable resource for students of vernacular poetry.
Gordon Campbell, Professor of Renaissance Literature, University of Leicester.


I have long thought that a modern study of Vincent Bourne was very much needed, and am greatly pleased that one has now been written. Estelle Haan offers a thoughtful and sensitive study that has remarkable depth. She capitalizes on the familiarity with other eighteenth-century English poets about whom she has previously written (Cowper, Gray, and most recently Addison) and she makes use of contempoary literary theory without becoming dependent on any single approach or disfiguring her writing with critical jargon. This work will, one hopes, provoke further research into Bourne and his poetry.
Dana F. Sutton, Professor Emeritus of Classics, The University of California, Irvine.

La capilla del Cristo de las Descalzas Reales de Madrid: arte y liturgia en el siglo XVI

Estudio de la capilla del Cristo de las Descalzas Reales de Madrid que analiza la historia de la obra, sus aspectos artísticos y su significado. Las circunstancias de la fundación del monasterio explican la función de la capilla como escenario de las especiales ceremonias litúrgicas del Viernes Santo y del Domingo de Resurrección instauradas en razón de su origen, lo que permite asimismo fijar su ejecución entre las obras de su etapa fundacional, probablemente entre 1560 y 1565, diseñada por artistas de los talleres reales. Se aporta noticia documental sobre Diego de Urbina y Juan de Cerecedo como pintores al servicio de Juana de Austria en ese momento.

Counter-Revolution by Ideology? Law and development's vision(s) for post-revolutionary Egypt

Law and development, as both movement and practice, has led a tumultuous life: a hurried zenith cut short by a fatal critique followed by an opportunistic resurrection. The name alone is su?cient to trigger a range of reactions, extending from the complimentary to the condemnatory. In this article I track law and development’s evolution via an examination of its role in the remodelling of Egyptian society in the post-Nasser era. While the 2011 revolution has encouraged institutions such as USAID to hasten their legal reform e?orts, I argue that these are more akin to counter-revolution by ideology than genuine revolution by law. Nevertheless, rather than relegate the movement to the annals of imperial intrigue, I conclude by proposing the use of legal pluralism to revive, and possibly ignite, law and development’s emancipatory potential.

Molecular Phylogenies Support Homoplasy of Multiple Morphological Characters Used in the Taxonomy of Heteroscleromorpha (Porifera: Demospongiae)

Sponge classification has long been based mainly on morphocladistic analyses but is now being greatly challenged by more than 12 years of accumulated analyses of molecular data analyses. The current study used phylogenetic hypotheses based on sequence data from 18S rRNA, 28S rRNA, and the CO1 barcoding fragment, combined with morphology to justify the resurrection of the order Axinellida Lévi, 1953. Axinellida occupies a key position in different morphologically derived topologies. The abandonment of Axinellida and the establishment of Halichondrida Vosmaer, 1887 sensu lato to contain Halichondriidae Gray, 1867, Axinellidae Carter, 1875, Bubaridae Topsent, 1894, Heteroxyidae Dendy, 1905, and a new family Dictyonellidae van Soest et al., 1990 was based on the conclusion that an axially condensed skeleton evolved independently in separate lineages in preference to the less parsimonious assumption that asters (star-shaped spicules), acanthostyles (club-shaped spicules with spines), and sigmata (C-shaped spicules) each evolved more than once. Our new molecular trees are congruent and contrast with the earlier, morphologically based, trees. The results show that axially condensed skeletons, asters, acanthostyles, and sigmata are all homoplasious characters. The unrecognized homoplasious nature of these characters explains much of the incongruence between molecular-based and morphology-based phylogenies. We use the molecular trees presented here as a basis for re-interpreting the morphological characters within Heteroscleromorpha. The implications for the classification of Heteroscleromorpha are discussed and a new order Biemnida ord. nov. is erected.

The Complete Works of John Milton: Volume III: The Shorter Poems (826pp.)

Stephen B. Dobranski, Milton Quarterly 49.3 (October, 2015), 181-4:

'By addressing classical and neo-Latin works with which Milton's poems appear to engage, Haan has pursued something unattempted yet. Her erudite and engaging commentary on the Poemata is the most extensive and impressive that I have encountered in any edition ... Haan's discussion of Milton's Poemata - including the Testimonia, the one Italian and four Latin encomia by the poet's acquaintances published in 1645 and 1673 - is remarkably detailed and well-researched. In these sections, readers learn, for example, how Milton's Epitaphium Damonis borrows from both classical writers (Theocritus, Moschus) and contemporary models (Castiglione, Zanchi) while transcending all of them through a pattern of resurrection motifs. Or, readers can discover affinities between Milton's lament on the death of the Bishop of Ely and a poem by the Italian humanist Hieronymo Aleander, Jr., or learn about the connections between Milton's Elegia Quinta and George Buchanan's Maiae Calendae ... The Shorter Poems is a scholarly achievement of the highest order.'

Noam Reisner, Review of English Studies 65 (2014), 744-5:
‘Haan shines with her Neo-Latinist expertise by offering a vivid separate introduction to the Latin poems, which sets up Milton’s poemata specifically within the Neo-Latin contexts of the seventeenth century, thereby dispelling any remaining view of these poems as juvenilia (a view which results from reading the poems chronologically). … The present volume will instantly establish itself as the definitive resource for any reader interested in Milton’s shorter poems, and it is scarcely imaginable that it will ever be eclipsed or be in need of replacing. Its contribution is important in all areas, especially in providing for the first time in a single volume truly valuable documents which can teach us a lot more about Milton’s poetic development than simply reading the poems in chronological sequence. But perhaps, this edition’s greatest achievement is the way in which it succeeds in giving Milton’s Latin poems the pride of place they have long deserved as fully integral to Milton’s complete poetic imagination. Haan’s specific achievement in this regard is less in updating the translations than in providing a different context through which to look at the Latin poems themselves. Haan’s detailed commentaries set the Latin poems in a completely fresh light which looks beyond the obvious classical references and allusions, noted by Carey and many other editors, to Milton’s complex engagement with the Neo-Latin literary culture of his time. It is this aspect of the volume, more than anything else, which vindicates its essentialness.'

Vie anonyme ou chronique de Bertrand Du Guesclin ; Roman de Parthenay, en vers, par COULDRETTE.

Contient : Vie de Bertrand Du Guesclin, incomplète des 40 premiers chapitres. « [Et plus furent Anglois que François n'estoient trois fois, mais la] bataille aloient redoubtant. B. ordonna ses batailles. ; « ... Et de vie à trespassement ala le bon roy Charles, qui tant fut saiges, ou moys de septembre ensuyvant, après son bon connestable, en l'an mil CCCIIIIxx ans de la Resurrection Nostre Seigneur Jhesucrist, qui les ames de eulx vueille recevoir en sa gloire perdurable. Amen. Et sic est finis. Deo gratias. Finis » ; Vers sur Bertrand Du Guesclin. « Cy après ensuyvent les armes lesquelles portoit monseigneur B. Duguesclin. — L'escu d'argent à ung aigle de sable, Ou à deux testes et ung rouge baston, Portoit le preux, le gentil connestable... » ; «... Cy est la fin du livre de messire Bertran Duguesc[l]in, lequel a traicté par avant de ces faiz et vaillances, et a esté acomply le tiers jour d'octobre mil IIIIe soixante » ; « Roman de Parthenay » ou de Lusignan, ou de Mélusine, en vers, par COULDRETTE ; « Cy après ensuyvent les hystoires de Raymond, conte de Poitiers, et de Mellusigne, sa femme, et de leurs enfans, cy après, come il aparaistra plus aplain » ; « Le philozophe fut bien sage, Qui dist en la première page, De la noble métaphisique... » ; «... Toute l'ouvraige sera faitte, Adonc se taira Couldrette » ; Prière pour la famille de Lusignan, en vers : « O glorieuse Trinité, Incomprenable [deité], Troys personnes en Unité... » ; «... Après noustre jour derrenier, Pardurable félicité. Amen. Et sic est finis. Deo gratias. Priez tous Dieu pour l'escripvain, Qui a escript cestuy romain »

Roman de Mélibée et Prudence, Histoire d'Apollonius, roi de Tyr, Roman de Griselidis et Vie de sainte Marguerite.

Contient : Roman de Melibée et Prudence, en prose. « Proheme... Après ce, ma treschiere dame, j'ay fait le romant sur Boece de Consolation à vostre service... Ung jouvencel appellé Melibée, puissans et riches... — ... nous veuille pardonner les nostres. Amen » ; « L'istore de Appollonius, roy d'Antyoche, de Tir et de Ciresne. Un roy fu jadis appellé Antioche... — ... ou temple de Diane à Ephese et laissa l'aultre en sa librairie » ; « Le rommant de Grisillidis. Auprès des mons en un costé d'Ytalie est la terre de Saluces... — ... et endura cette povre femmelette » ; « La vie de saincte Marguerite, emprosse, [par « Theophimus »]. Après la saincte resurrection de nostre seigneur Jhesucrist... — ... avoir memoire de vous devant nostre Seigneur, à qui est honneur, » etc ; Souscription du copiste : « Majoris scripsit istum librum anno Domini M° CCCC° XXXVJ° » ; et plus bas : « A Loise de La Tour, dame de Crequy, est cest livre »

« Passion de Jésus-Christ, » traduite du latin en françois, à la requête de la reine Isabeau de Bavière, en 1398.

Contient : « Mistere de la Resurrection de nostre sauveur Jesus Christ. Combien que le mistere ait esté de long temps... »

Recueil de documents concernant la Bourgogne et la rivalité de François Ier et de Charles-Quint. Copies.

Contient : 1 Mémoires d'OLIVIER DE LA MARCHE, sans commencement ni fin. Premiers mots : «... et vengance de leurs haultaines et grandes entreprinses... ». Derniers mots : « ... que on nommoit messire Jaques de Lalaing, natif du pays... » ; 2 « C'est le triste revel de messire OLIVIER DE LA MARCHE, en son temps chevallier d'honneur de madame Marie, duchesse de Bourgoingne, dit le chevalier deliberé ». Premier vers : « Au sorty de mon reveil de somme... ». Derniers mots : «... Par celluy qui a tant souffert. La Marche ». Tout ce poème est écrit au vermillon ; 3 « S'ensuit la Relacion de BOURGOINGNE, roy d'armes de l'empereur, contenant son besoigner, quant il pourta au roy de France la responce de son cartel et la seurté du camp ». Premiers mots : « Jehan Bourgoingne, roy d'armes... de l'empereur... Charles cinquiesme... » ; 4 « S'ensuit le double de la teneur du cartel du roy de France » FRANÇOIS Ier « envers l'empereur » ; Premiers mots : « Nous Françoys, par la grace de Dieu roy de France... ». 1528 ; 5 Chronique de Bourgogne. Premiers mots : « En l'an XIIIIe apres la Resurrection N.-S., la tres glorieuse Magdeleine,... convertix le roy et la royne de Bourgoigne... ». Derniers mots : «... Dudit monseigneur le duc Philippe descendit tres victorieulx, tres chrestien prince Charles, à present duc et conte de Bourgoingne, que Dieu veuille garder, donner victoyre contre ses ennemis ». Après ces mots vient la mention en latin du décès du duc Charles le Téméraire devant Nancy ; 6 « La dispute du droict de la duché de Bourgoingne ». Premiers mots : « Le roy estant en Espaingne furent commis et depputez certains notables personnaiges tant de France que d'Espaigne... » ; 7 « L'espitaphe du duc Philippe de Bourgoingne ». Premier vers : « Jehan fut nay de Philippe, qui du roy Jehan fust filz... » ; 8 « Election imperialle ». Premiers mots : « Comme vasquoit nagueres la saincte empire... » ; 9 « Anno Domini 1519 fuit electus rex Hyspanorum imperator Romanorum, vacante nuper sacro Romano imperio... » ; 10 Vers en latin sur le même sujet : « Postulat imperium Gallus, Germanus, Iberus,... » ; 11 Vers en français sur le même sujet : « Lyon rempant en tout honneur prospere... » ; 12 « A quodam etiam interpretatio nominis Karoli, secundum litteras ». Premier vers : « Cueur coraigeux, carboucle reluisant... » ; 13 « Questio theologa. Utrum voluntas status triplicis varietate insignis multiplici fuerit libertate decorata ». Premiers mots : « Voluntas divina prima... » ; 14 Autres questions théologiques, en latin ; 15 Prophétie. Premiers mots : « Une prophétie trouvée à Veronne... » ; 16 Autre prophétie : « Item au pays du Lyon se fera une grande et merveilleuse bataille... » ; 17 Vers moraux tirés d'une édition de la Danse macabre : « Qui à bien vivre veult entendre... » ; 18 Autres vers : « Depuis Adam, le premier homme... » ; 19 « 1536. Nota que en l'an 1536 furent mutacions et grandes emotions entre les souverains... » ; 20 « Du lundi XVe de janvier 1536. Le roy a assisté à l'audition du Palais, au siege real de la salle dorée ». C'est le procès-verbal du lit de justice tenu pour déclarer Charles d'Autriche félon et la réversion des comtés de Flandre, Artois, Charolais, etc. à la couronne, fiefs tenus par ledit Charles ; 21 « Charolus sic interpretatur : Cueur coraigeux, carboucle reluisant... » ; 22 « Nota. Triplici enim coronatur illustrissimus imperator, videlicet ferrea, argentea, aurea... » ; 23 « Versus. Postulat imperium Gallus, Germanus, Iberus... » ; 24 Vers. « Lyon rampant en tout honneur prospère... » ; 25 « Vacante nuper sacro romano imperio, per obitum quondam serenissimi principis domini domini nostri Maximiliani,... ego Laurentius Triesis, decanus Maguntinis (sic), mere prefatorum dominorum dominorum graciosissimorum principum electorum... quo universi cognoscant prefatum dominum Karolum electum in... futurum imperatorem... ». Proclamation de l'élection de Charles-Quint à l'empire ; 26 « Condempnatio domini nostri Jhesu Christi. Nos Pontius Pilatus,... Ite, tenete eum »

Tony Biernacki Collection, 1967, 1979-1980, n.d.

Tony Biernacki's rowing career began in 1950 in Ottawa with his first Henley medal in 1952 in the coxless four. Sculling became his real means to success. Since 1955 he has posted record times and had numerous wins in the single. He represented Canada at the National Team between 1958 and 1967 and raced in the single at the British Empire Games and Pan Am Games (Chicago, silver medal) and pair at the Worlds in Yugoslavia in 1966. He won the Olympic trials in 1960 in Rome, but was unable to go. Upon his retirement from competition Tony was hired as the Team Manager for the following Pan Am Games. Tony was hired by Brock University in 1965 as a technician in the Chemistry Department. He became the head rowing coach that same year and began women’s rowing at the university level in Ontario with the first women’s crew in 1967. As Brock's second coach ever, he led the teams to championship form and kept the athletes racing through the summer regatta season. Tony remained at Brock from 1965 to 1980. He was one of the founders of The Canadian Masters Rowing Committee and he helped to initiate master's racing at the Canadian Henley. In 1985 he won the single, double and quad at the World Masters Regatta in Toronto. For a number of years he was also the world record holder for his age category on the C2 ergometer. His last heartfelt project was the construction of a wheelchair ramp at Resurrection Lutheran Church where he was an active member. Mr. Biernacki passed away on January 9, 1998 at the age of 66 after a valiant battle with cancer only a month after being awarded the Canadian Coaching Provincial Coaching Award. He is survived by his wife Janet, daughters Tracy, Tammy Pauls, and Tory Phannenhour, and son, Tony Jr. He is also survived by several grandchildren.

Le néo-chamanisme de Michael Harner : étude des transformations du chamanisme classique à la lumière de l’analyse des transformations religieuses selon Danièle Hervieu-Léger

Durant le dernier demi-siècle, la religion, comme tous les autres domaines d’activité humaine, a connu plusieurs transformations importantes. La diminution considérable, durant cette période, de la pratique religieuse institutionnalisée est accompagnée de l’apparition d’une multitude de nouvelles formes de spiritualités qui tentent de répondre aux besoins religieux de l’homme occidental. Parmi les multiples manifestations de ce genre, on découvre une spiritualité distincte, appelée néo-chamanisme ou chamanisme urbain, réunissant de nombreuses pratiques contemporaines qui se définissent comme chamaniques. Dans le cadre de ce mémoire, nous nous sommes concentrés sur l’étude du phénomène néo-chamanique de Michael Harner, ex-professeur et directeur du département d’anthropologie au Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research à New York, et fondateur de la Foundation for Shamanic Studies (à l’avenir : FSS). La présente recherche a pour but d’analyser le néo-chamanisme de Harner et de définir sa place parmi les nouvelles formes de religiosités. La théorie de la recomposition du religieux de Danièle Hervieu-Léger sert de cadre d’analyse pour cette nouvelle forme de spiritualité. Dans la première partie, nous traitons le phénomène religieux contemporain sous l’angle socioreligieux. Nous présentons un aperçu global des transformations que celui-ci subit en modernité sous l’impact de la sécularisation. À l’aide de la théorie des nouvelles formes religieuses de Danièle Hervieu-Léger, nous mettons en lumière les principales règles selon lesquelles une nouvelle configuration du religieux se déploie dans le contexte occidental contemporain. Dans la seconde partie, nous examinons le chamanisme traditionnel sous l’angle anthropologique. Nous faisons la lecture d’études classiques sur le chamanisme. Il apparaît que le chamanisme classique est communautaire, réservé à quelques personnes choisies par les esprits et que le processus laborieux d’initiation permettant d’accéder à cette fonction implique certains éléments spécifiques parmi lesquels on compte la maladie initiatique, la mort rituelle et la résurrection de la personne. Dans la troisième partie, nous examinons le néo-chamanisme de Harner. Nous rendons compte de son ouvrage majeur La voie spirituelle du chamane : Le Secret d'un sorcier indien d’Amérique du Nord et nous examinons l’expérience chamanique de la Foundation for Shamanic Studies (FSS). Il se dégage de cette étude que l’approche de Harner se veut l’expression d’un chamanisme fondamental et universel adapté à la société contemporaine. La pratique néo-chamanique de Harner se focalise sur le voyage chamanique et sur le contact avec le monde des esprits comme des éléments qui sont au cœur du chamanisme traditionnel. C’est une pratique axée principalement sur l’individu à des fins d’accomplissement de soi et d’(auto)guérison. Elle attire généralement des personnes dont le niveau de scolarité est élevé, disposées à payer pour les services fournis par la fondation. À la fin de notre étude, nous dégageons les conclusions générales suivantes : le néo-chamanisme de Harner s’éloigne de la tradition chamanique et la transforme en une spiritualité nouvelle adaptée aux besoins des Occidentaux; il reflète les transformations subies par le fait religieux pendant la période moderne; il s’adresse principalement à un public en quête de services spirituels ciblés et ponctuels et il favorise une forme de communalisation temporaire et intense; cependant, l’individuation de la pratique chamanique est porteuse de ses effets politiques et néocoloniaux.

Subcutaneous study on the controlled release of Etanidazole and Taxol for the treatment of Glioma

BALB/c nude mice 6 weeks old were inoculated with glioma C6 cell-line and the efficacy of the different amount of Etanidazole-discs and Taxol-microspheres was investigated. Poly (D,L-lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) was used as the main encapsulating polymer and polyethylene glycol was added to increase the porosity. The 1% drug loading microspheres of each drug were produced by spray drying and the discs were obtained by compressing the Etanidazole-microspheres. Intra-tumoral injection followed by irradiation resulted in high systemic dosage and thus systemic toxicity. Tumors grown for 6 days, 9 days and 16 days were implanted with 0.5 mg or 1.0 mg or 1.5 mg of the drug. A radiation dosage of 2 Gy each time for a number of times was given for animals implanted with Etanidazole and no irradiation was given for animals implanted with Taxol. Increasing the number of doses clearly decreased the rate of tumor growth. The increase in the amount of drug on smaller sized tumors controlled the tumor better and there was agglomeration of the microspheres resulting in deviation of release profile of the drug as compared to the in vitro studies. It was observed that 1.0 mg of Taxol given to a tumor grown for 6 days was able to suppress the tumor for a total period of approximately two months and no tumor resurrection was observed during the second month.

Historia marxista latinoamericana: nacimiento, caída y resurrección (Traducción)

Este ensayo analiza el nacimiento y la caída de la historia marxista latinoamericana a lo largo del siglo XX. Se examinan dos casos representativos durante el resurgimiento de la misma en los últimos diez años: uno de ellos en Argentina y el otro en México. Casos similares se han dado en otros países de la región, pero el argentino y mexicano ilustran dos maneras opuestas de abordar el renacer de la historia marxista

The evolution of strategy: thinking war from antiquity to the present

Latin had no word for "strategy", but the East Romans, whom we call the Byzantines, did. This book tracks the evolution of the concept of warfare being subjected to higher political aims from Antiquity to the Present, using Greek, Latin, French, Spanish, Italian, English and German sources. It tracks the rise, fall, and resurrection of the belief in the Roman and later the medieval and early modern world that warfare was only legitimate if it pursued the higher goal of a just peace, which in the 19th century gave way to a blinkered concentration on military victory as only war aim. It explains why one school of thought, from Antiquity to the present, emphasised eternal principles of warfare, while others emphasised, in Clausewitz's term, the "changing character of war". It tracks ideas from land warfare to naval warfare to air power and nuclear thinking, but it also stresses great leaps and discontinuities in thinking about strategy. It covers asymmetric wars both from the point of view of the weaker power seeking to overthrow a stronger power, and from the stronger power dealing with insurgents and other numerically inferior forces. It concludes with a commentary of the long-known problems of bureaucratic politics, non-centralised command and inter-service rivalry, which since the 16th century or earlier has created obstacles to coherent strategy making.

Desiccation tolerance in Pleurostima purpurea (Velloziaceae)

Previous works suggested that Pleurostima purpurea (Velloziaceae-Barbacenioideae) shows a remarkable capacity to endure desiccation of its vegetative tissues. P. purpurea occurs in monocotyledons mats on soil islands in the Pao de Acucar (Sugar Loaf) one of the most recognizable rock outcrops of the world, in Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil. Mats of P. purpurea occur in cliffs by the sea some meters above the tidal zone. Although living in rock outcrops almost devoid of any soil cover, P. purpurea seems to occur preferably on less exposed rock faces and slightly shady sites. Usually, less extreme adaptations to drought would be expected in plants with the habitat preference of P. purpurea. Relying on this observation, we argue if a combination of different strategies of dealing with low water availability can be found in P. purpurea as on other desiccation tolerant angiosperms. This study aims to examine the occurrence of desiccation tolerant behavior in P. purpurea together with the expression of drought avoidance mechanisms during dehydration progression. For this, it was analyzed the gas exchanges, leaf pigments and relative leaf water content during desiccation and rehydration of cultivated mature individuals. P. purpurea behaved like typical drought avoiders under moderated drought condition with stomatal closure occurring around a relative leaf water content up to 90%. During this process, it was observed a delay in the leaf relative water content (RWC(leaf)) decrease comparing to the plant-soil relative water content (RWC(plant-soil)). As soil dehydration worsened, gas exchanges restrictions progressed until a lack of activity which characterizes anabiosis. The loss of chlorophyll occurs before the end of total dehydration, characterizing the presence of poikilochlorophylly. The chlorophyll degradation follows the RWC(leaf) decrease, which achieved the minimum average value of 17% without incurring in leaf abscission. The chlorophyll re-synthesis seems to start well after the full rehydration of the leaf. During all of this process, carotenoid content remained stable. These results are coherent with a combination of drought avoidance and desiccation tolerance in P. purpurea which seems to be coherent with the amplitude of water availability in the rock outcrop habitat where it occurs, suggesting that the periods of water availability are sufficiently long for the success of the costly desiccation tolerant behavior but too short to make a typical drought avoider species win the competition for exploring the rock outcrop substrate where P. purpurea occurs.