46 MR. J. BALL OK THE FLOBA 



BiDEKS PiLOSA, L, Common in the Eimac valley, and ascend- 

 ing to Chicla! It is somewhat remarkable that a species so 

 common throughout tropical America is able to thrive at a height 

 exceeding 12,000 feet above the sea. 



BiDEKs cniLENSTS, DC. Upper valley of the Eimac and at 

 Chicla ! 



BiDEXS Bipiis^KATA, L. Upper valley of the Eimac and at 

 Chicla ! "We can scarcely suppose the three species last enume- 

 rated to be aboriginal natives of the Peruvian Andes. The 

 readiness uith which the achenes attach themselves accounts for 

 their wide diffusion by man and by animals. 



ScHKrHRiA isoPAPPA, Beutli. PI. Hartw. p. 205. Near the 

 Puente Infernillo, about 11,000 feet ! 



Tagetes multieloka, S. J3. K. Upper valley of the Eimac, 

 ascending to about 9000 feet ! 



ViLLAis-OYA OPPOSiTiEOLiA, Lag. Chicla ! A specimen in 

 Kew Herbarium is said to have been found near Lima. This is 

 scarcely probable, unless the plant had been casually carried 

 down from the Andes by the torrent of the Eimac. 



LiABUM 0VATUAr = Paranephelium ovatum, ^. Gr. Probably 

 a variety of L, {Para nep helium) tmijlorum. Above Casapalta 

 The large stemless golden-yellow flowering heads are very con- 

 spicuous. 



Senecio Bridgesii, Uooh. 8f Arn. Common in the upper 

 valley of the Eimac ! Chicla ! I cannot distinguish my specimens 

 from the ordinary Chilian plant. 



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Senecio hyoseridifolius, Wedd. CM. And. I p. 108. Chicla! 

 A very distinct species with large rayless capitula. 



Si:;>'Ecio PEiVTLAKniANiis, DC, var.=S. adenophylloides, /^<?A. 

 Pip. Chicla ! 



Senecio GLAIIEOSTJS5 Sck, Pip, Chicla! 



Senecio comosus, Sell. Pip. Above Casapalta, about 14,300 

 feet ! 



Senecio glacialis, Wedd. Chi. And. i. p. 113, tab. 18 A- 

 Above Casapalta ! 



