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Valeriana inteerupta, Ruiz Sf Pav,, var. minor, nob. 

 Cliicla ! This is very much smaller than the typical species, Avith 

 stems from 5 to 6 inches in height ; but I have not observed auy 

 further difference. I did not notice intermediate forms, although 

 both appear to be rather common about Chicla. 



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EuPATORiUM PERSiciFOLiuzM, II. B, K. Chicla ! 



EuPATORiTTM Ballti, OUv. in Serh, Hook, Ic, PL ser. 3, v. 

 tab. 1462. Chicla ! A dwarf form above Casapalta, about 14,300 

 feet above the sea ! 



I quote Professor Oliver's description ; — '^ Fruticosum, ramulis 

 glanduloso-tomentellis, foliis lineari-ovalibus utrinque attenuatis 

 obscure crenuhitis, margine vernatione plus miniig revoluto, 

 supra rugulosis puberulo-hirtellis, subtus tomentellis areolato- 

 rcticulatis, capitulis multifloris majusculis pedunculatis in cymis 

 pleiocephalis terminalibus dispositis, bracteis involucri plurise- 

 riatis, exterioribus ovato-cllipticis acutis striatis j^arce piloso- 

 tomentellis, interioribus oblongo- vel lincari-lanccolatis acumi- 

 natis disco paullo brevioribus, aclicniis gracilibus 5-costatis 

 glabris inferne angustatis, pappo uniseriato setaceo." A shrub 

 5-8 feet in lieight, the leaves on very short petioles, the flowering 

 heads on peduncles that lengthen after fertilization, finally 

 drooping; belonging to a group of which many forms are found 

 in the Andes. It is distinguished from U. glutinostim^ Lam., 

 E. salvicefoliumy H. B. K., E. lavanduloifoVmin^ DC, E, Gaya- 

 num^ "Wedd., and E. gynoccioides^ "VYedd., by the much larger, less 

 crowded, and drooping capitula; from the first and from several 

 others by the leaves tapering to the base, and not at all cordate. 



EuPATORiUM Ster^'bergianum, EC, Common in the upper 

 valley of the Eimac, growing to a height of several feet ! About 

 Chicla; a reduced form ! 



Efpatoril'm: ? Puente Infernillo, about 11,000 feet ! 



Genus uncertain ; too imperfect for determination. 



Steyia ? Chicla ! I am unable to identify this plant, of 



which I have but an imperfect specimen, Avith any of the described 

 species. It is allied to, but certainly different from, S.])aniciilata, 

 Lag. The stem is slender, woody, and much branched. The 



