PERUVIAN REGIONS. 



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■ (No. 8). Smooth ; leaves lanceolate, dentate ; the flowers small. Growing in 



the environs of Callao. 

 Ljcopersicum (No. 1); closely pubescent; the fruit smooth. In the environs of Callao. 

 (No. 2) ; the fruit pubescent. In the environs of Lima ; growing on the Desert 



upland. 



(No. 3) ; perhaps not distinct from the last ; pubescent ; the flowers solitary. In 



the vicinity of Yanga. 



Lycium ? aggregatum, (No. 8). A many-stemmed shrub, eight to twelve feet high ; the 

 flowers white. In the environs of Lima; growing in the infiltrated ground. 



(No. 9). Normal; and having short thorns; the leaves slightly hairy. In the 



environs of Lima; rare. 



Calceolaria pinnata, (No. 9). In wet places along the river-bed of the Rimac at Lima, 



Gen. near Antirrhinum (No. 1). Ornamental; the flowers scarlet, the corolla gibbous 

 beneath at base. In the environs of Lima, and of Caballeros. 



Herpestis (compare No. 1 Hawaiian Islands, and Interior Hindostan). From the envi- 

 rons of Callao to the mountain-region on the Andes. 



Capraria Peruviana, (compare No. 1 Brazil), and C. biflora. On the exsiccated portions 

 of the river-bed of the Rimac, at Lima. 



Scoparia dulcis, (compare Manilla, and No. 1 Brazil). On the exsiccated portions of the 

 river-bed of the Rimac, at Lima. 



Buddleia Occidentalis, (No. 4). A shrub, eight to twelve feet high. In the environs of 

 Lima and elsewhere, growing in the infiltrated ground. 



Peltodon (No. 2) ; a congener of Brazilian sp. Pubescent, glutinous, one to two feet 

 high. On the basal portion of the Andes, growing in company with the Wigandia; 

 rare. 



Convolvulus arvensis ? (compare our Atlantic States, and No. 2 Dekkan and Europe). 

 In the environs of Lima. 



Nicotiana tabacum, (bis Polynesian Groups, East Indies, Brazil, and No. 6 North 

 America). Tobacco much used for smoking, but the plant not seen under cultiva- 

 tion. 



Datura stramonium, (compare Hawaiian Islands, our Atlantic States, and Chili). Grow- 

 ing spontaneously, but apparently only naturalized. (Probably introduced by Aboriginal 

 settlers). 



Nicandra physalodes, (No. 1 ; bis St. Helena, and our Atlantic States). Frequent in 

 waste ground in the outskirts of Lima. 



Capsicum frutescens, (No. 4 ; bis Polynesian Groups, East Indies, Hindostan, and Zan- 

 zibar). The fruit much used. 



Solanum melongena, (bis East Indies, Hindostan, Zanzibar, Mocha, and Egypt) ; the 

 egg-plant. The fruit abundant in the market, but inferior in size and (luality to that 

 of our Middle States. 



nigrum ? (compare Polynesian Groups to New Zealand and the Thebaid, and 



No. 28 California and Chili). In the environs of Callao. 



tuberosum, (No. 56 ; bis New Zealand, Singapore, Hindostan, Zanzibar, and the 



United States). Potatoes abundant in the market; including the celebrated yellow 

 variety, called "papas amarillas;" the latter perhaps brought from the Andes. 



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