(104) 264 



minus pilosa ; inflorascentia laxe paniculata ; corolla i mm. 



longa; fructus ovatis i >^ mm. longis; calycis limbo breve 



papposo-coronatus. 



Tungas, 6,ooo ft. (871, 875); Unduavi, 10,000 ft. (872^ 

 877). Sorata, 10,000 ft. (1237). Nearest to V. scaiidens, 

 L. The same as Mandon's 313 and 315. I may have in- 

 cluded more than one species in this description, but I do not 

 see any satisfactory way of separating the several specimens. 

 I am regarding No. 871 as the type. 



Valeriana Rusbyi, spec nova. Herbacea, erecta, pubescens, 

 40 cm. 50 cm. alta. Folia simplicia, integra vel undulata, 

 ovato-lanceolata, petiolata 3 cm. 5 cm. longa, acuminata, basis 

 cordatis. Corolla 4-5 mm. longa. Inflorascentia repitite dich- 

 otomis ramisprimariis 2-3 cm. longis ; fructus ovato-oblongis, 

 2 mm. longis. 

 Unduavi, 8,000 ft. (2097). 



Valeriana (?) andina, spec. nova. Herbacea, glabra, erecta, 

 15 25 cm. alta. Caulis subaphyllis. Folia radicalia, spathu- 

 lata, 5-7 cm. longa, grosse undulato-dentata, apice obtusa. 

 Bractae 1-2, foliacea. Inflorascentia corymboso-capitata. 

 Corolla I mm, longa. Near V. oblongifolia, R. & P., of 

 which there is a type in Herb. Mus. Brit. 

 Near La Paz, 10,000 ft. (878). The same as Mandon's 307. 



Valeriana MandoNI, spec. nova. Herbacea, glabra, erecta, 

 caule simplicio, 30-50 cm. alto, glabro. Folia radicalia longe 

 petiolata, ovata, cordata, sinuato-dentata, 2-3 cm. longa, apice 

 obtusa ; folia caulina similia minores, sessiles vel breviter 

 petiolata. Inflorascentia e cymulis laxifloris confecta. Co- 

 rolla 3 mm. longa. Achenia late ovata 2 mm. longa. 

 Sorata, 10,000 ft. (874) ; Unduavi, 5,000 ft. (882). Same as 



Mandon's 303. Near V. iirticcs folia, H.B.K. 



DIPSACE^. 

 Scabiosa maritima, Linn. Amoen. Ac. iv. 305. Tacna(i788). 



CALYCERE^. 



AcicarpJia proaimbens, Less. Linnaea, 183 i, 527. Sorata, 10,000 

 ft. (1376). 



