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Manglilla Jussieui, (No. 2). A shrub, ten to fifteen feet high. In great profusion in the 

 inundated ground at the mouth of the Rimac. 



(Sarcostemma Dombeyanum ? ; No. 3); gen. Cynanchoid. A long, prostrate vine; leaves 

 lanceolate-ovate ; fruit woolly. On the exsiccated portions of the river-bed of the 

 Riuiac, from Lima to its mouth. 



Tecoma sambucifolia, K. ? (No. 3). A shrub, five to twenty feet high ; in foliage much 

 like a rose ; the flowers yellow. Frequent in the infiltrated ground along the river, 

 from Yanga to the Andes. 



Wigandia urens, (No. 1) ; entirely agreeing in habit with the Hydrophylleae. Upright, 

 coarsely herbaceous, ten to fifteen feet high ; covered with stinging hairs. Seen in 

 the environs of Lima, and again at the base of the Andes; rare. 



Aldea pinnata, Ruiz & Pav. (bis No. 2 Chili and the Chilian Andes, and compare No. 1 

 Oregon and California). From Yaso to the mountain-region on the Andes. 



(Pharbitis ?, No. 4; gen.) Convolv. Leaves petioled, cordate; calyx hairy. In the en- 

 virons of Lima. 



(Jaquemontia ?, No. 2; gen.) Convolv. Prostrate, many-stemmed; leaves secund, 

 repandly-dentate ; peduncles twisted to opposite the leaves. In the vicinity of Yanga ; 

 growing on the Desert upland. 



( ? No. 3). Prostrate, many-stemmed; leaves plicate; flowers secund, white; 



segments of the corolla acuminate. At Bella Vista, and on the Amancaes mountain- 

 heights. 



Cressa Truxillensis, (compare No. 1 Hawaiian Islands, California, and Patagonia). Mari- 

 time ; frequent on the inland slope of the sea-beach. 



Evolvulus (No. 5). Procumbent; the flowers white. Abounding on the inland slope of 

 the sea-beach. 



(No. 6). Procumbent, covered with white, soft pubescence; the flowers blue. 



On the Amancaes mountain-heights, and elsewhere on the Desert upland. 

 (Calyptraria) rotundifolla, (No. 1) ; Cordia of Ruiz & Pav. A shrub, ten to fifteen feet 



high. Beyond Yanga. 

 Varronia? (No. 2). A shrub three to five feet high; flowers capitate. Between Yanga 



and Yaso. 



? (No. 3) ; flowers capitate, smaller than in the preceding species. Beyond Yaso> 



at the commencement of the mountain-region on the Andes. 

 Tiquilia dichotoma, (No. 2) ; prostrate. Between Caballeros and Yanga ; growing on the 



Desert upland. 



Petroselinum sativum, (bis Oregon, our Atlantic States, and No. 1 Europe). Parsley for 

 sale in the market. 



Daucus carota, (bis Brazil, Oregon, our Atlantic States, Egypt, and No. 1 Europe). Car- 

 rots for sale in the market. 



Lactuca sativa, (bis United States, Egypt, and No. 1 Europe). Lettuce for sale in the 

 market. 



Eclipta (compare Feejee Islands to the East Indies, Hindostan, Zanzibar and Brazil). 



Frequent in wet places in the environs of Callao and Lima. 

 Tagetes ? (No. 2). Two to three feet high, branching, strong-scented. Among garden 



rubbish at Lima. 



