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DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS. 



Oenothera (No. 19) ; capsule sessile, covered with long, soft hairs ; petals a fourth of an 



inch, repand at the apex. In the environs of Obrajilllo; and perhaps the same species, 



at the upper margin of the region at Baiios. 

 (No. 20); smoothish; the leaves entirish; capsule sessile, somewhat attenuate at 



base, slightly winged at the apex. In the environs of Obrajillo. 

 (Cjclanthera Matthewsii ?, No. 1); gen. Cucurbitac. Small; leaves deeply divided into 



about five lobes; flowers inconspicuous; fruit prickly. In the environs of Obrajillo. 

 Gen. Cueurb. (No. 1). Leaves petioled, broad-cordate, dentate; flowers inconspicuous; 



fruit smooth. In the environs of Obrajillo. 

 Tacsonia (No. 1.) Entirely pubescent; stipules cordate, fimbriate; flowers large, red and 



showy. In the upper portion of the region, along the ascent to Caluay, and in the 



Chancay Valley at Baiios. 

 (No. 2) ; less tomentose, and the lobes of the leaves broader; the flowers greenish, 



with a shorter tube. In the upper portion of the region, along the ascent to Culuay. 

 (No. 3); less pubescent ; and more slender; trifoliolate ; the flowers not seen. 



In the upper portion of the region, along the ascent to Culuay. 

 Carica? (No. 4) ; compare sp. of Amancaes mountain in Lower Peru. Leaves broad-cor- 

 date, eight inches by five, entire, the under surface incano-tomentose. In the lower 



portion of the region, growing about a league from Obrajillo. 

 Gen. incert. (No. 1). A low tree, only four to ten feet high, but having a large trunk 



and a few stout branches; smooth; leaves tri-lobed, the lobes acuminate; flowers and 



fruit not seen. In the lower portion of the region, growing about a league from 



Obrajillo. 



Loasa (bis No. 8 Yaso in Lower Peru). Three to four feet high, herbaceous, and rank- 

 growing; covered with stinging hairs, more abundant on the calyx; leaves repand, 

 five to seven-lobed ; flowers large, orange-colored, and ornamental. Frequent through- 

 out the mountain-region, to the Paramera at Baiios. 



(No. 9). Stem weak and trailing; leaves pinnatisect and dentate, more divided 



than in the last species, but the flowers similar, and equally ornamental. Along the 

 upper margin of the region, in the Canta Valley at Culuay, and in the Chancay 

 Valley at Baiios. 



Tillfea connata, Buiz & Pav. (No. 7). Annual, half an inch to two inches high ; calyx- 

 segments four. Abundant on walls and rocks around Obrajillo and beyond, along the 

 ascent to Culuay. 



Escheveria (No. 3). Nine inches high; leaves smooth, pointed ; flowers scarlet. In the 

 lower portion of the region, as far as and around Obrajillo. 



Melilotus? (compare California, Patagonia, Chili, and No. 1 Europe). Annual; four to 

 ten inches high ; flowers small, yellow ; pod not exceeding the calyx. Growing in a 

 seemingly indigenous manner, in the upper portion of the region, beyond Obrajillo. 



coerulea?. Crops of blue melilot observed in the lower portion of the region, 



Faba vulgaris, (bis Egypt, and No. 1 Northern Asia). Cultivated in the middle of the 

 region, around Obrajillo. 



Malus sylvestris, (bis Lower Peru, and No. 1 Europe); the apple. Cultivated sparingly 

 in the lower portion of the region ; but the trees did not appear to be in a thriving 

 condition. 



