54 MK. J. BALL ON THE FLORA 



BiGNONIACEJE, 



Tecoma sambucifolia, H, B. K. Upper valley of the Eimac, 

 near Matucana, E. Ward. Collected iu May. 



Verbenace^, 

 Verbe^^a litoralis, H. B, K. Upper valley of tlie Eimac ! 

 Chicla ! This species, so ^videly spread in South Americaj ran- 

 ging from the coast to a considerable height in the Andes, and 

 extendin*r from the IN'orthern United States to Chili and Pata- 



o 



2ffi 



to distinguish them. 



Yerbe]s-a hispida, IL JS. K. Upper valley of the Eimac, 

 ascending to 10,000 feet ! 



Verbena diffusa, Wedd. Chicla ! 



Labiate. 

 Salvia rkombifolia, Ruiz ^ Pav. Upper valley of the 

 Eimac ! Chicla ! 



Salvia strictiflora, BLook. Eimac valley, above Matucana, 



B. Ward. 



Salvia CBriKSUAis^Ksii, Bentli. Eimac valley, above Matucana, 

 -R. Ward. 



Pla>"tagixe^. 

 Plantago Hartwegii, Bccne. Chicla ! This is nearly allied 

 to the cosmopolitan P. major^ L. 



Plantago sertcea, Uuiz <Sf Fav., vaT.=P. leucophylla, Decne. 



Chicla ! 



Nyctagi^e^. 



CoLiGNOKiA BiUMBELLATA, u. sp. Upper vallcy of the Eimac, 

 near Tamboraqne, about 9000 feet above the sea ! 



Caule erecto, glaberrimo, nodoso; foliis oppositis laevissimis, 

 late deltoideo-ovatis vel rhombeo-orbicularibus, basi truncatis, vix 

 aut ne vix cordatis ; petiolis tenuibus limbi dimidiam vel tertiain 

 partem longitudiiie ^equantibus ; ramis herbaceis, umbellatis, 

 iterum in umbellam florigeram supcnie divisia ; umbellie radiis 

 (vel pedunculis) umbellulam 10-20-floram gerentibua ; staminibus 

 perigonium subduplo superautibus j petalis pro generemajusculis; 

 fructu nimis immaturo. 



Very distinct from the two described specie?, C. parviflordj 

 Chois., and C scandensj Benth. 



