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Hab. Valley of Lima. 



XXIX. AMARANTHACEiE. Jtm. 

 1. Alternanthera m^nce/>5 ; erecta? ramis elongatis appresso- 

 hirsutis, foliis subsessilibus ovatis acutis strigoso-hirsutis, 

 capitulis oblongo-ovalibus longe-pedunculatis, perianthii 

 laciniis lanceolatis bracteisque acuminatissimis glabris 

 nitidis, rachi pilosa. 

 Hab. Obrajillo, in the Valley of Canta. 



This is, probably, a tall growing plant ; with remote pairs 

 of leaves, an inch and a half in length. Peduncles long, with 

 one terminal spike, and, more rarely, a lateral one also, 

 about an inch long, remarkable for its dingy and nearly black 

 glossy hue. The rachis is very hairy. Bractece ovate, al- 

 most cuspidato-acuminate. Flowers crowded. Tube of the 

 stamens cylindrical, much longer than the pistil, with five 1- 

 celled linear anthers, and as many barren laciniae alternating 

 with them. Germeii globose : Style short : Stigma capitate. 

 Hab. Obrajillo, in the Valley of Canta. 



XXX. CHENOPODEiE. Juss. 

 1. Chenopodium paniculatum; suffruticosum, ramosum, foliis 

 petiolatis ovato-triangularibus acutis integris farinosis, 

 paniculis terminalibus, ramis simplicibus patentibus infe- 

 rioribus solummodo parce- foliosis, floribus glomeratis 

 sessilibus. 

 Hab. Lurin, near Lima. 



II. MONOCOTYLEDONES. 



I. AMARYLLIDE^. Br. 



1. Alstroemeria dulcis; erecta, simplex, foliis erectis lineari- 

 lanceolatis striatis margine revolutis superne glabris sub- 

 tus pubescentibus, floribus 1-4 terminalibus nutantibus, 

 perianthii laciniis 3 exterioribus oblongo-lanceolatis 

 obtusis, 3 interioribus lato-spathulatis. (Tab. XCV.) 



Radix longe repens, hie illic tuberifera. Caulis erectus, aut 

 basi solummodo decumbens, simplex, spithamaeus ad 

 pedalem, inferne nudus, dein subarcte foliosus, apice 

 incurvus. Folia erecta, basi oblique torta, lineari-lan- 



