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Tillandsia purpurea, Ruiz & Pav. (No. 11). Six to ten inches high; a terminal cluster 

 of three to six spikes, each containing eight or ten flowers. Growing in beds, on the 

 Desert mountain-summits in the environs of Lima and Caballeros. — In one instance, 

 Tillandsias were seen regularly planted ; around the cross upon the ancient temple of 

 Pachicamac. 



(No. 12); larger than the preceding species. One to two feet high; spikes as 



many as twelve, each containing about eight flowers. Seen only on the island of San 

 Lorenzo. 



(No. 13); woolly; the leaves curled; the flowers pale. Forming extensive 



beds on the Desert upland around Caballeros. 

 (No. 14) ; leaves broad at base. Forming beds on the Desert upland around 



Caballeros. 



Commelina (No. 18) ; sheaths ciliate on the margin ; three stamens and two styles. In 



the infiltrated ground around Callao. 

 ? (No. 19); pubescent; the leaves rather large; the flowers not seen. On the 



"summit of the island of San Lorenzo," Lieut. Case. 

 Callisia (No. 1) ; the spathes perfectly smooth ; the flowers very small. Frequent in the 



infiltrated ground around Callao and Lima. 

 Typha Truxillensis, (No. 6). Growing in extensive beds in the inundated ground at the 



mouth of the Rimac. 



Fimbristylis (No. 15; compare No. 14 Brazil). One to two feet high; the leaves short. 

 In the vicinity of Callao; submaritime ? 



Scirpus (compare No. 1 Hawaiian Islands, Oregon, California, Patagonia, and Chili); re- 

 sembling S. lacustris, but the stem distinctly triquetrous. Upright ; the inflorescence 

 nearly terminal, the spikelets small. Subaquatic ; growing in beds twelve feet high, 

 in the drowned land at the mouth of the Rimac. 



(No. 22). Allied to the preceding species, but the stem cylindrical, weak and 



slender, six to twelve feet long, trailing, penetrating among bushes, and forming 

 tangled masses ; from one to six sessile spikelets. In the drowned land at the mouth 

 of the Rimac. 



(No. 23); perhaps not distinct from the preceding species, but the stem trique- 

 trous, and somewhat stouter. Frequent in the drowned land at the mouth of the Rimac. 



(No. 24). Stem extremely slender, hardly larger than (the finest) knitting- 

 needle, but six to twelve feet long, trailing, penetrating among bushes; the inflo- 

 rescence not Seen. In the environs of Lima. 



Eleocharis (compare No. 1 Feejee Islands, New Zealand, and Australia). Four to six 

 feet high, the stem articulate. In wet places, in the environs of Callao and Lima. 



(No. 17; compare Feejee Islands, Manilla, and Bombay); like E. capitatus. 



Eight inches high. Growing in the environs of Callao. 



Allium cepa, (bis United States, Hindostan, Egypt, and No. 1 Europe). Onions for sale 

 in the market. 



sativum, (bis Australia, United States, and No. 2 Europe). Garlic for sale in the 



market. 



Ananas (bis J'olynesian Islands, East Indies, and No. 1 Brazil). Pine-apples for sale in 

 the market; but of inferior (quality. . . 



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