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Draba (No. 4). One to three inches high ; pod pubescent, obtuse. In the Paramera, 



along the ascent from Culuay. 

 (No. 5) ; pod smooth, twisted, somewhat pointed. In the Paramera, along the 



ascent from Culuay. 



(No. 6); having the habit of D. arabisans. Three to six inches high; leaves 



mostly radical, oblong, attenuate, obtuse, half an inch in length; pod broad, acute. In 



the Paramera, along the ascent from Baiios. 

 Sagina ? (No- 4). One to two inches high ; much-branched; leaves pilosiuscul. ; flowers 



numerous. In the Paramera, along the ascent from Baiios. 

 Cherlerioid (No. 1). In the Paramera, along the ascent from Baiios. 

 (Melandrium, No. 2) ; Lychnis of authors, and near L. dioica. Six to nine inches high ; 



pubescent ; the leaves lanceolate ; a single terminal flower ; calyx large. From Baiios 



up the Chancay Valley to the alpine region. 

 (Malvastrum ?) acaule ? (No. 5) ; see 3Ialva of Cav. Stemless; leaves petioled, roundish, 



dentate; flowers one-fourth of an inch, congested; the segments of the outer calyx 



linear. In the Paramera, along the ascent from Baiios. 

 Lupinus (No. 28); having the habit of L. villosus. A foot high; stem white-lanate ; 



leaflets from nine to eleven ; an upright densely-crowded raceme of light-blue flowers- 



In the Paramera, along the ascent from Baiios. 

 (No. 29); sericeously pilose. Dwarf; stems two to three inches long, recurved ; 



five to six broad leaflets. In the Paramera, along the ascent from Baiios. 

 (No. 30). One to three inches high; stunted, pubescent; seven leaflets; pod 



hairy. From Culuay up the Canta Valley to the alpine region. 

 Astragalus (No. 21). Smoothish ; eight to twelve inches high; the flowers cream-colored. 



Abounding in the Paramera, along the ascent from Baiios. 

 (No. 22); the rachis or mid-rib of the leaves persistent, and becoming spinescent. 



Above Banos, on the sloping summit of the ridge that forms the Northern border of 



the Chancay Valley ; rare. 

 ? (No. 23). Villous ; the leaves rather large, with twelve to fourteen pairs of 



narrow leaflets ; racemes shorter than the leaves ; flowers small ; the calyx covered with 



black pubescence; the pod one-fourth of an inch long, inflated. In the Paramera, 



along the ascent from Banos. 

 Aphanes (No. 4); argenteo-pilose. Stem two inches, prostrate; radical leaves pinnatisect, 



the segments acute, an eighth of an inch long, each with an appendage, so as to make 



four rows; eight calyx-teeth. In the Paramera, along the ascent from Baiios. 

 (No. 5). Sibbaldia-like, procumbent, branching; leaves Potentilliform, the 



leaflets about five, and incised ; six to eight calyx-teeth ; no petals. In the Paramera, 



along the ascent from Banos. 

 ? (No. 6). Dwarf ; cespitose. Frequent from Banos up the Chancay Valley to 



the alpine region. Not catalogued. 

 Acsena ? (No. 8). Sheaths and petioles hairy; leaflets ternate, cuneate, serrate, obtuse; 



the flowers not seen. At the commencement of the Paramera at " Baiios," Rich. 

 Gen. Rosac ? (No. 3) ; a congener of sp. of Chilian Andes. A shrub, three to six inches 



Gnaphalium (luteo-album ?; compare Hawaiian mountain-region, New Zealand, Australia, 

 and Europe); incano-lanate ; the flowers yellow. In the vicinity of Baiios. 



