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DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS. 



Gen. Anthericum-like (No. 1). A long branch, raceme ; capsule half an inch in length. 



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

 Alstroemeria (No. 6). Large; the floral leaves larger than the others. Growing in the 



Canta Valley, from Obrajillo to the Paramera at Culuay. 

 • (No. 7) ; leaves narrow-lanceolate ; corolla an inch long, not spreading at the 



summit ; sepals shorter than the petals, obtuse. Along the upper margin of the region 



at Banos. 



Agave ? (No. 1) ; leaves two feet or more long, stout, full of fibres, the margin serrulate; 

 flower-stem slender, ten to twenty feet high. Making a striking display at the com- 

 mencement of the region and of the rains; crowning the rocks as far as distinguishable 

 up the steep mountain slopes. 



Bromelia ? (No. 18); leaves white beneath, the margin with a few straight prickles; the 

 bracts prickly. In the lower portion of the region, along the ascent to Obrajillo; and 

 perhaps the same species, at Banos. 



Tillandsia (No. 15) ; having large and broad leaves ; the bracts large. On rocks in the 

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



(No. 16); the smallest species; the flower single. On shrubs and on Cacti in 



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



(No. 17); scurfy; the leaves broad at base; bracts broad; the flowers yellow. 



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



(No. 18); leaves subulate; flowers single. 



(No. 19) ; near the last species; leaves involute, subulate; a short stem, with a 



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

 — (No. 20) ; covered with long wool, or rather chaffs ; red spikes, the flowers blue. 



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

 Commelina (No. 20). Large; the spathes slightly hairy; flowers larger than in Callao sp. 



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

 Juncus (No. 40); like J. bufonius, but only an inch high. In wet ground in the upper 



portion of the region, commencing about three leagues beyond Obrajillo. 

 Eleocharis (No. 18.) Many-stemmed, two to three inches high. In the upper portion 



of the region, along the ascent to Culuay. 

 Cyperus (No. 45). Three to five feet high ; a compound umbel; the spikelets blackish. 



In the environs of Obrajillo. 

 Paspalum (No. 15). Two to three feet high, and having the habit of Ceresia; the florets 



elliptical. In the environs of Obrajillo. 

 — (No. 16); having the same habit. Six to ten inches high; the rachis narrow. 



In the environs of Obrajillo. 

 Setaria (No. 6) ; corolla-glumes minutely corrugated. In the environs of Obrajillo. 

 Gen. Setarioid (No. 1). Sheaths hairy; a white spike. In the lower portion of the 



region, along the ascent to Obrajillo. 

 (No. 2); a second species. Branching, four feet high; the sheaths smooth; a 



very small outer glume to the calyx. In the environs of Obrajillo. 

 Nov. gen. ? Panicoid (No. 2) ; a congener of No. 1 Chili. Corolla-glum, coriaceous, 



obtuse, at apex, awned. In the environs of Obrajillo. 



Polypogon (compare Chili, Patagonia, and No. 1 Europe). In the environs of Obrajillo. 



