42 MR. J. BALL OlST THE PLOBA 



EUBIACE^. 



Mallostoma TiiTMiroLTA, Benth. et Hook. fil='Kedij oih thy- 

 mifolia, Ruiz 8f Pav, Upper valley of the Rimac above Matu- 

 cana, B. Ward. In the single specimen collected by Mr. Ward the 

 segments of the calyx are larger than in the specimens preserved 

 In Kew Herbarium ; but in this group, as in the European genus 

 Asperula, the length of the calyx-segments, as well as that of the 

 corolla-tube, varies much in forms of the same species. 



Eelbunium TUBERCiJLOsrM=Eubia tuberculosa, Benth, PL 

 Hartw. p. 195, = Galium Benthamianimi, Wrtlp, Pep, vi, p. 17. 

 Above Casapalta, about 14,300 feet! This cannot be separated 

 from the genus Pelbunium. That genus is well characterized by 

 involucrate flowers and articulate pedicels ; but no one of the 

 species is distinguishable in appearance or habit from some species 

 of Galium. The present plant might easily be taken for some 

 Pyrenean or Alpine Galium. 



Galium Apakine, i. Chicla ! 



Valebianeje. 



Valekiaka abmebi-EFOlia, Schlecht* in Lecldcr^ PL Pernv, 

 Above Casapalta ! My specimens closely agree with those of 

 Lechler, named by Schlechtendahl ; but I doubt whether they 

 are sufficiently different from F, coar data jH^uiz &Pav., to deserve 

 separate specific rank. 



Valeriais^a remota, n. sp. Chicla! 



Annua vel biennis, radice incrassata ; caule ssepius solitario, 

 simpliei, erecto, glaberrimo ; foliis radicalibus lanceolato-spathu- 

 latis, in petiolum longum sensim attenuatis, subintegerrirais, 

 pra?ter raarginem et nervum dorsalem scabriusculos, glaberrimis, 

 caulinis paucis ssepius integris, lanceolatis, in petiolum alatum 



contractis, interdum lobo brevi angustato utrinque adjecto; in- 

 floresccntia aphylla ex cymis binis oppositis ad quodvis interno- 

 dium, inferioribus remotis, breviter pedunculatis, laxiusculi^^, 

 summis approximatis densis ; achcnio 2millim, longo, pappi sex- 

 radiati setis basin versus membranaceo-alatis, connatis- ^ 



A very distinct species, seemingly common about Chicla ! 

 varying in height from 6 inches to 2 feet. 



Valeeiaxa i>'terbupta, Piiiz ^ Pav. Chicla ! A plant from 

 2 to 3 feet in height, with much the habit of the European 

 F! officinalis. 



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