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Passiflora (No. 13); pubescent, glutinous; the calyx pinnatisect. Frequent in the infil- 

 trated ground around Callao and Lima. 



(No. 14); leaves trifid; the flowers small. Environs of Callao and Lima; grow- 

 ing in the infiltrated ground. 



Malesherbia thyrsiflora, (No. 1); two to four feet high. Growing beyond Yaso, at the 

 Eastern margin of the Desert-region. 



Carica (No. 3). Only six to ten feet high, but a real tree, with the trunk a foot in 

 diameter, dividing into a few stout spreading branches; leaves entire, the under surface 

 white. In the ravines of the Aniancaes mountain-ridge. 



Loasa? (No. 6). Annual; and the young shoots only met with. On the Amancaes 

 mountain-heights; making its appearance in the middle of June. 



? (No. 7); leaves broad, dentate; flowers rather large, cream-colored. Growing 



on the Desert upland; around Lima, and on the mountain-ridge between Caballeros 

 and Yanga. 



(No. 8) ; flowers orange-colored. Frequent from near Yaso to the mountain-region 



on the Andes. 



Talinum ? (No. 7). Three or four inches high ; leaves alternate, lanceolate, obtuse. Be- 

 low Yaso. 



Calandrinia ? (No. 2). Leaves opposite?, succulent, linear; flowers not seen. Growing 



on the island of San Lorenzo. 

 Sesuvium portulacastrum, (compare No. 2 of our Atlantic States). The flowers sessile. 



Maritime ; growing on the inland slope of the sea-beach. 

 " Meloeactus" (No. 2). In the vicinity of Yanga; and again making its appearance half 



way to Yaso. 



Cereus (No. 8). Bristly; two to three feet high, the branches upright, and about two 

 inches in diameter ; flower yellowish-green ; the tube of medium length. In the 

 environs of Lima ; growing on the Desert upland, but covered with lichens, and 

 hardly distinguishable in color from the soil. 



■ (No. 9). Smaller; bristly, procumbent, fascicled, the branches about an inch in 



diameter ; flowers scarlet ; the tube rather long. Frequent in the environs of Lima ; 

 growing on the Desert upland, but covered with lichens, and not readily distinguished 

 in color from the soil. Figured by Mr. Agate. 



(No. 10) ; less bristly than No. 8. Three feet high ; the stem polygonal, or many- 

 angled, and three inches in diameter. In the vicinity of Yanga, growing on the Desert 

 upland. 



(No. 11); somewhat resembling No. 7 Chili. When upright, four to five feet 



high ; but when projecting over precipitous rocks, pendulous and very long ; stem four 

 inches in diameter, with ten or twelve angles. Frequent from about three miles below 

 Yaso to the mountain-region on the Andes. 



(Desnianthus depressus ? No. 2); gen. Mimos. Herbaceous?, two feet high; flowers 

 inconspicuous ; pods fasciculate, linear. A weed in gardens at Lima. 



Inga Sinemariensis ? (No. 11); the " pacai." A tree forty feet high; leaves abruptly 

 pinnate, the petiole winged. Planted in gardens ; the pods sold in great quantities in 

 the market, but as an esculent, requiring, perhaps, a cultivated taste. A single stock, 

 from a seed accidentally scattered, flourishing in the principal Amancaes ravine. 



