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Tropaeolum (No. 2) ; leaves puberulous, entirish ; flowers large, with a long spur. Grow- 

 ing along the canals of irrigation in the environs of Callao and Lima; perhaps not 

 indigenous in this part of Peru. 



Oxalis (No. 27); root tuberous; flowers umbellate, pale purple. On the Amancaes 

 mountain-heights; and in full flower on the 2d of July. 



■ (No. 28); leaves small, obcordate; flowers yellow. At Yanga, and elsewhere in 



Lower Peru. 



• (No. 29) ; root tuberous ; sepals broad at base ; corolla at first red, afterwards 



becoming yellow. On the Amancaes mountain-heights ; and in full flower on the 2d 

 of July. 



Gen. Zygophyllac. (No. 1). Appressed to the ground; the flowers small; carpels five. 



In the vicinity of Yanga, growing on the Desert upland. 

 Colletia ? (No. 4). Green-barked twigs, with opposite spines ; leaves entirish ; flowers not 



seen. Below Yaso ; somewhat rare. 

 Schinus molie, (No. 1). A shrub or small tree, ten to twenty feet high. Rare in the 



environs of Lima; abounding from Yanga to Yaso, on the infiltrated ground along the 



river-bed. 



Crotalaria (No. 27). Leaves trifoliolate ; flowers yellow ; pod hairy. On the exsiccated 



portions of the river-bed of the Rimac, near its mouth. 

 Indigofera (No. 25). A branching shrub, four to six feet high ; the flowers red. On 



the exsiccated portions of the river-bed of the Rimac, near its mouth. 

 Vicia (No. 6). Like V. parviflora? of Florida. A foot high; and having small blue 



flowers. In the vicinity of Callao ; among grass in the drier portion of the infiltrated 



ground ; rare. 



Desmodium (No. 38) ; large purple flowers. In the vicinity of Callao. 

 (No. 39) ; softly pubescent ; flowers very small, green and purple ; pod three- 

 jointed. In the vicinity of " Callao," Brackenridge. 

 (No. 40) ; more hairy. In the vicinity of Lima. 



Phaseolus Truxillensis ? (No. 11); leaflets broad; large rose-colored flowers; pod com- 

 pressed. In the vicinity of Callao, growing near the sea-shore. 



? " vestitus," according to Matthews; (No. 12). Leaflets obovate, the margin 



undulated ; flowers blackish-purple ; pod pubescent. In the vicinity of Callao ; grow- 

 ing in the infiltrated ground. 



Malpighia Armeniaca? (No. 1). A spreading tree, thirty feet high. Planted in a garden 

 at Lima ; brought probably either from the North, or from beyond the Andes. 



Vitis vinifera, (bis Yemen, Zanzibar, Rio Janeiro, and Europe). Seen under cultivation, 

 and to all appearance in flourishing condition ; wine manufactured, and of good 

 quality; but chiefly used for the distillation of a colorless ardent spirit called "pisco," 

 which is brought in vast quantities from other parts of the coast. 



Spondias (No. 2). The plum-like fruit abundant in market on our first arrival ; but 

 lasted a short time only. 



Juglans regia, (bis Australia, Chili, our Middle States, the Mediterranean countries, and 

 No. 1 Northern Asia); the walnut. Planted in gardens. 



Cicer arietinum, (bis our Middle States, Dckkan, Egypt, and No. 1 Europe). Chick-peas 

 for sale in the market. 



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