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DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS. 



(Nardopliyllum ? No. 1); gen. Liatroid. A stunted, branching shrub, rigid, but not 



spinescent; flowers Liatris-like, solitary, terminal; glandular-pubescent; branches of 



the style long-exserted, lanceolate. Frequent. 

 ( No. 2) ; a second species. Stunted, rigid, and branchy, but not spinescent; the 



twigs and under surface of the leaves white; the leaves small; the flowers or capit. more 



slender, with but few florets. Frequent. 

 Acanthophyllum (No. 1); gen. Nassauv. Leaves entire, rigid, subulate, spinescent. 



Abounding in the upper portion of the region. 

 Perezia? (No. 1). Arctotis-like ; stemless; the leaves radical, runcinately pinnatisect; 



the flowers large. In the upper portion of the region. 

 Solidago linearifolia, Dec. ? (bis No. 24 lower down), and seeming properly to belong 



there. 



Aplopappus (No. 6). Stunted, rigid, and branchy, but not spinescent; very viscous. 



Found by Mr. Brackenridge. 

 (No. 7) ; a second species. Found by Mr. Brackenridge. 



(No. 8). Stunted, rigid, and branchy, but not spinescent; leaves very viscous, 



obovate, argutely-dentate. Found by Mr. Brackenridge. 



(No. 9) ; gen. Compos. Leaves radical, clustered ; flowers yellow ; the calyx- 

 scales linear, recurved. Found by Mr. Brackenridge. 



Baccharis (No. 23). A foot or so high; being stunted, rigid, and branchy; leaves cu- 

 neate, dentate ; flowers larger than usual, solitary. No specimens. 



Senecio (No. 31); like S. aureus. Found by Mr. Brackenridge. 



(No. 32); leaves entire, glaucous; flowers yellow. Found by Mr. Brackenridge. 



(No. 33) ; leaves dark-green, incised at the apex ; flowers yellow. Maintaining 



the usual habit of its tribe, notwithstanding the aridity of the climate. 



? (No 34). Prenanthes-like ; the leaves i-uncinate. Found by Mr. Brackenridge. 



Gen. incert. (No. 1). Herbaceous, and softly pubescent; leaves alternate, attenuate, 



obovate, crenate ; the flowers not seen. 

 Aldea (bis No. 2 lower down). 



Gren. Hydroleac ? (No. 1). Evolvulus-like; the leaves entire, but opposite; the capsule 

 two-celled. 



(No. 2) ; perhaps not distinct. Pulmonaria-like ; the leaves entire, but opposite ; 



flowers blue ; the calyx luonophyllous. Found by Mr. Brackenridge. 

 Solanum (No. 56). Agreeing in habit with No. 55, as though altogether unaflfected by 



the aridity of the climate ; ornamental ; leaves linear-lanceolate, involute, and somewhat 



coriaceous. 



Schizanthus G-rahami? (No. 1). In the shade of detached blocks or boulders; rare. 



Mimulus (No. 15) ; perhaps distinct from No. 13 ; more pubescent and glutinous. Pros- 

 trate, creeping, rooting at intervals ; flowers small, yellow, Gratiola-like. Growing on 

 the banks of rills. 



Buddleia (bis No. 3 lower down), and seeming properly to belong there. A shrub; with 



the flowers in globose capit. 

 Stachys (No. 8); resembling Valparaiso sp. 



Verbena (No.^16). Much branched ; and though herbaceous, the branchlets degenerating 



and assuming a spinescent aspect, in imitation of the surrounding vegetable growth. 

 Boerhaavia (bis No. 12 lower down), and seeming properly to belong there. 



