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DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS. 



Heliotropium Curassavicum ? (bis Hawaiian Islands, and No. 8 California, Interior Oregon, 



sea-coast of Maryland, and Patagonia) ; glaucous. Maritime ; growing on the inland 



slope of the sea-beach. 

 ? (No. 9). Upright, six to twelve inches high; leaves ovate, plicate, strigose; 



flowers white. Frequent in the infiltrated ground around Callao. 

 (No. 10); leaves broad-lanceolate, subserrate; flowers rather large, blue. On 



the Aiuancaes mountain-heights. 

 (No. 11). A shrub, two to three feet high ; leaves pubescent, ovate ; flowers white. 



On the Amancaes mountain-heights. 

 (No. 12). Strigose; spikes solitary, or in pairs; flowers small. Between Yanga 



and Yaso. 



? (No. 13). Strigose; leaves sessile, lanceolate. On an eminence beyond the 



Amancaes mountain-heights, once only met with. 



Gen. Nolanac. ? (No. 1). A spiny shrub, six to eight feet high, having the habit of Ly- 

 cium; leaves tenderly herbaceous, smooth, glaucous, entire; five long calyx-teeth; flowers 

 white, the stamens inserted on the corolla ; carpels four. Between Yanga and Yaso. 



Nolana prostrata, (No. 1); petioles ciliate; corolla blue, with a central darker spot. Mari- 

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



(No. 2) ; leaves narrower, the petiole not ciliate ; calyx sometimes two-parted. 



On the summit of the Amancaes mountain-ridge. 



Gen. Solanac. ? (No. 1). Herbaceous, rank-growing, procumbent; leaves Datura-like, 

 and thickened or succulent; five calyx-teeth; flowers large, blue. In the vicinity of 

 Caballeros. 



Oestrum auriculatura ? (No. 5). A shrub, eight to twelve feet high. Frequent in the 

 infiltrated ground around Callao and Lima. 



Nierembergia? (No. 1). Annual; the flowers blue. On the summit of the Amancaes 

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



Nicotiana (No. 8), Glutinous; flowers reddish, short, spreading ; the corolla unequal. 

 From Lima to Yanga, and elsewhere on the Desert upland. 



■ paniculata, Ruiz & Pav. (No. 9). Slightly canescent ; leaves large, cabbage-like ; 



long slender flowers. From Lima to Caballeros. 



Physalis (Peruviana?; compare No. i Chili). Softly pubescent; three to five feet high. 

 Growing on the exsiccated portions of the river-bed of the Rimac, at Lima. — Cherry- 

 tomatoes (or Cape-gooseberries, bis Hawaiian Islands and Taheiti to Feejee Islands 

 and New Zealand), for sale in the market. 



(Lucuma obovata; No. 2) ; Achras of Ruiz and Pav. Cultivated; the fruit sold in 

 the market, and called " lucuma ;" but though rich-flavored, sweet, and apparently 

 wholesome, it did not seem to be a general favorite. Mr. Matthews informed me, 

 that the tree is " native in ravines to the Northward." 



Olea Europtea, (bis Mediterranean Countries, Chili, and Hindostan). The tree not met 

 with ; but fresh olives were abundant in the market; the best were said to be " brought 

 from the Northward." 



Batatas edulis, (bis Metia to Feejee Islands, the East Indies, New Zealand, and Brazil). 

 The roots abundant in the market, and of good quality; (but all of one variety, yel- 

 low internally, and altogether like our own). 



