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Has. Yazo, in the Valley of Canta. 
In this plant, the leaves, and the flowers, too, are almost 
wholly concealed by the long, white, and silky tufts of hairs 
arising from their axilla. The P. lanata of Richard, from 
Cayenne, approaches this in the length of its hairs, y the 
leaves appear different, i 
XVI. RUBIACEÆ. Juss. 
l. Rubia hirta; caule tetragono hirto, foliis quaternis brevi- 
petiolatis ovali-oblongis uninerviis acutis hirtis, pedunculis 
axillaribus oppositis 1-floris vix folio brevioribus, flore in 
involucro tetraphyllo sessili, baccis scabris glabris. Humb. 
et Kunth, Nov. Gen. v. 3. p. 338. De Cand. Prodr. v. 4. 
p. 592. 
Has, Huaylluay, near Pasco. 
XVII. LOBELIACE/E. Juss. 
l. Lobelia biserrata; suffruticosa, foliis numerosis ovato- 
lanceolatis subsessilibus inzequaliter serratis subtus canes- 
centi-tomentosis, floribus axillaribus solitariis pedunculatis, 
* filamentis basi corollae adnatis." Cav. Ic. v. 6. p. 10. 
t. 514. Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veget. v. 5. p. 43.—8. spi- 
cata ; foliis superioribus confertioribus, Boetius.» racemum 
spiciformem compactum efformantibus. ` 
Haz. Obrajillo, in the Valley of Canta. g. Yazo, in the 
same valley. 
In the var. 2 Saulis pepe ek RIA ME ue. 
often five or more inches long, become gradually smaller 
upwards, so that the erect flowers, though axillary in these 
smaller leaves, yet in reality form a large compact spiked 
raceme. The flowers are more ventricose in the upper part 
of the tube, than the figure in Cavanilles represents them 
to be; and the segments of the limb are much longer: two 
of them are recurved in front of the oblique mouth of the 
ate, and three behind. 
XVIII. COMPOSITJE. Juss. 
I. CICHORACEE. 
l. Prenanthes? subdentata; caule subramoso parce folioso, 
