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alternate ; flowers large and showj, orange-colored, crowded at the summit of the 

 plant; the floral bracts broad j stamens four. In the environs of Obrajillo. 



Salvia (compare No. 9 Yaso in Lower Peru). The basal portion of the stem smoothish ; 

 leaves broad at base ; floral bracts narrower than in the next species ; corolla scarlet, 

 and very hairy. In the environs of Obrajillo. 



(No. 10) ; leaves ovate, half an inch long, serrate; broad floral bracts; long scarlet 



solitary flowers. In the lower portion of the region, along the ascent to Obrajillo. 



(No. 11) ; leaves petioled, broad-ovate; flowers blue, the corolla twice as long as 



the calyx. Abounding in the environs of Obrajillo, and elsewhere in the mountain- 

 region. 



sagittata, Ruiz & Pav. (No. 12). Ornamental ; leaves hastate ; the calyx and large 



corolla dark-blue. In the upper portion of the region, along the ascent to Culuay ; rare. 



Gen. Salvioid (No. 1). Leaves petioled, cordate, rugose, pubescent; five long acumi- 

 nate calyx-teeth ; tube of the corolla scarlet, an inch and a quarter long, terminating 

 in slight obtuse segments. In the environs of Obrajillo. 



Gardoquia ? (No. 2). A shrub, three to six feet high ; leaves an eighth of an inch long, 

 involute, the under surface white ; five equal calyx-teeth ; corolla three-fourths of an 

 inch long, terminating in short equal segments. Frequent in the environs of Obrajillo; 

 and of BaSos. 



(No. 3). A shrub, three to five feet high ; leaves fasciculate, short-petioled, half 



inch in length, broad-ovate, serrate; calyx long, cylindrical, striate, bilabiate, three 

 upper segments and two lower ones ; flowers an inch long, scai'let. Frequent along the 

 upper margin of the region, at Baiios. 



Scutellaria ? (No. 9). The flowers scarlet, and very showy, half an inch long, hairy. 

 Frequent in the environs of Obrajillo, and elsewhere in the mountain-region. 



Stachys? (No. 9). Six to nine inches high ; pilose ; leaves broad-ovate, crenate, the lower 

 ones petioled ; flowers small ; five short pointed calyx-teeth. In the upper portion of 

 the region, along the ascent to Culuay. 



Lippia? (No. 2). A pretty and graceful shrub, three to ten feet high ; capit. or spikes 

 cylindrical, long; the calyx pubescent. In the lower portion of the region, growing 

 one to two leagues from Obrajillo. 



Lantana (No. 11). A "decumbent shrub," entirely pilose or hairy; the flowers "orange- 

 colored." In the environs of Obi'ajillo. 



Verbena (No. 18) ; leaves abruptly attenuate at base, incised ; calyx-teeth elongate. In 

 the environs of Obrajillo. 



(Poeppigia ?, No. 2. Having the habit of) Solanac, but with opposite spines; a rigid 

 branching shrub, four to six feet high ; leaves oblong, entire ; five calyx-teeth; fruit a 

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



( ?) ; perhaps not distinct ; opposite spines and leaves ; the leaves petioled, tomen- 



tose, broad-obovate, serrate at the apex ; calyx 5-dentate, persistent ; fruit a berry. 

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



Basella tuberosa, (No. 4) ; not seen in flower; the roots edible. (Of Aboriginal culti- 

 vation ; and at the present day) abundantly planted in the upper portion of the region, 

 as far as the Paramera. 



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