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DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS. 



Ruellia ? (No. 1-5) ; long tubular flowers ; the calyx short. In the lower portion of the 



region, along the ascent to Obrajillo. 

 Dicliptera ? (No. 3) ; flowers crowded ; corolla twice as long as the calyx, spreading at 



the summit. In the environs of Obrajillo. 

 Plumbago (compare No. 7 Amancaes mountain in Lower Peru). Leaves amplexicaul, 



auriculate at base ; ornamental blue flowers. Frequent in the lower portion of the 



region, along the ascent to Obrajillo. 

 Plantago (No. 35) ; having the habit of P. major ; pubescent ; the leaves dentate. 



Along the upper margin of the region at Banos ; and perhaps the same species, at 



Obrajillo. 



(No. 36) ; leaves broad-lanceolate, dentate ; flower-stem pubescent. In wet 



ground, from Obrajillo to the Paraniera at Culuay. 

 (No. 37) ; leaves linear-lanceolate; the florets large. In the upper portion of the 



region, along the ascent to Culuay. 

 Boerhaavia (No. 15) ; pubescent, more difl'use than No. 13 Lima, and the leaves 



thinner; small purple flowers. In the lower portion of the region, along the ascent to 



Obrajillo. 



(No. 16). An ornamental species, having a large purple corolla, two-thirds of an 



inch in length. Frequent in the lower portion of the region, along the ascent to 

 Obrajillo. No specimens. 



Gen. Nyctaginoid ? (No. 1). Suff"ruticose, three to five feet high, spreading; ornamental 

 from the white floral leaves ; leaves opposite, petioled, broad-ovate, entire ; axillary 

 cymes ; segments of the corolla deeply divided, or perhaps entirely separate ? ; the 

 capsule 5-angled, but inferior ; anthers two-celled. In the environs of Obrajillo. 



Phytolacca (No. 5). A spreading shrub, four to six feet high ; the leaves acute. In the 

 environs of Obrajillo, somewhat rare. 



Basella (No. 3). A vine, having broad-cordate leaves ; the flower-branches somewhat 

 naked. Frequent in the environs of Obrajillo. 



Atriplex ? (No. 11); or compare Chenopodium. Pulverulent; leaves hastate, entire; 

 terminal branching panicles. In the upper portion of the region, along the ascent to 

 Culuay. 



Alternanthera ? (No. 2; compare No. 1 Hindostan); leaves subsessile, broad; capit. small, 



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

 Gomphrena ? (No. 3) ; capit. purple. Frequent in the environs of Obrajillo. 

 (No. 4) ; capit. dark-purple, almost blackish. Frequent in the lower portion of 



the region, along the ascent to Obrajillo. 

 Gen. Gomphren ? (No. 1). Alternanthera-like, thick, woolly; capit. small, sessile. In 



the environs of Obrajillo. 

 (No. 2). Alternanthera-like ; yellow pubescence on the under surface of the 



leaves ; capit. of flowers somewhat naked. In the upper portion of the region, along 



the ascent to Culuay. 



(Holxine ? No. 11 ). A climbing dock-leaved vine ; the leaves cordate, pubescent beneath. 

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



Zea mays, (bis Chili and No. 1 Lower Peru); Indian corn. Cultivated in the lower 

 portion of the region. 



