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DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS. 



Senecio ? (No. 35). Leaves succulent, bipinnatisect; the flowers not seen. On the 



island of San Lorenzo. 

 Gen. Compos. ? (No. 1). Leaves alternate, somewhat Salvia-like, broad, rugose ; the 



flowers not seen. On the " summit of the island of San Lorenzo," Lieut. Case. 

 (Philoglossa Peruviana ?; No. 1); gen. Senecioid ?. Ornamental ; scandent, and having 



the habit of Mikania ; flowers inclining to orange, the florets five-cleft. Back of Bella 



Vista ; rare. 



Polymnia? (No. 2). A shrub, twelve to eighteen feet high; leaves opposite, attenuate, 

 amplexicaul, auriculate at base ; five broad foliaceous calyx-scales ; floret-rays short, 

 yellow. From near Yaso to the mountain-region on the Andes. 



Heliopsis ? (No. 2). One to two feet high ; the leaves opposite. In moist places in the 

 environs of Lima. 



Encelia canescens, (No. 1). A shrub, three to five feet high. Frequent in the infiltrated 



ground around Lima, and throughout the coast district. 

 sp. nov. (No. 2); leaves longer and narrower; the pubescence very close. From 



below Yanga to the mountain-region on the Andes. 

 sp. nov. (No. 8) ; leaves lanate and white, Phlomis-like. In the vicinity of 



Yanga; growing on the Desert upland. 

 Bidens Abadiae, Dec. ? (No. 14 ; compare No. 13 Chili ; and also the next species). 



Leaves sometimes three-parted, but mostly ovate and simple ; floret-rays white. In 



the environs of Lima. 



(No. 15); hirtellous; the lower leaves three-parted ; flowers yellow, rayless. In 



the vicinity of Callao. 

 • ; perhaps another species. 



Spilanthes (No. 3). In the environs of Lima ; subaquatic. 

 ; perhaps a second species. 



Galinsoga (No. 2; compare Chili). In the environs of Lima. 



Melampodium ? (No. 1). Annual?; one to two feet high, branching. Growing in old 

 abandoned fields back of Pachicamac, C. P. 



Ambrosia Peruviana ? (No. 8) ; the flowers small. In the environs of Callao and Lima. 



Lobelia (No. 54). Herbaceous, upright, leafy, two to three feet high; leaves with sharp 

 serratures; a long, terminal, leafy raceme of blue flowers, each flower an inch and a 

 half long. Gl'owing along the river, above Yaso, on the basal portion of the Andes. 



Samolus floribundus, Kunth ? (No. 2). In the environs of Callao and Lima. 



Passiflora (No. 15); the " grenadilla." The fruit excellent, and abundant in the market. 

 Lagenaria vulgaris, (bis Polynesian Groups, East Indies, Equatorial Africa, Egypt, and 



the other Mediterranean countries). The " bonnet gourd" abundant in the market; 



together with a peculiar, small -fruited variety, of which various utensils are made. 



(This small-fruited variety of Aboriginal cultivation). 

 Cucurbita pepo, (bis Chili, and compare No. 2 North America). A large-fruited variety, 



distinct from all our North American kinds, frequent in market; and esteemed for 



the table. 



Portulaca oleracea, (bis United States, Hawaiian Islands, Taheiti, Tongataboo, and 

 Muscat) ; purslane. Sought for in vain in Chili ; and in Peru, seen only in the culti- 

 vated state ; bundles being ofl"ered for sale in the market. 



