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(Chuquiraga No. 3); leaves small, shining; flowers orange-colored. Commencing at 

 Culuay, and frequent in clefts of rocks and other situations throughout the Paramera to 

 the alpine region. 



Gen. Tripolium-like, (No. 1) ; but the leaves mostly radical, with the flower-stem of two 

 or three inches, decumbent at base, and having Tussilago like scales. Leaves smooth, 

 ovate, entire, the petiole winged; calyx-scales in at least two series; the floret-rays short. 

 Growing above Culuay. 



Gen. Conyza-like, (No. 1); with something of the habit of Senecio. Twelve to eighteen 

 inches, decumbent at base ; leaves deeply pinnatisect, the lobes rounded, obtuse ; flowers 

 glomerate in a long and interrupted raceme ; calyx-scales uniserial, numerous, acute. 

 In the Paramera, along the ascent from Baiios. 



Perezia ? (No. 2). A foot high; thistle-leaved; calyx-scales spinescent; flowers ''bluish- 

 white;" no floret rays. Gi'owing above Baiios, and elsewhere in the Paramera. 



? (No. 8). Six to ten inches high, slender ; radical leaves petioled, oblanceolate, 



with large dentures; cauline leaves amplexicaul ; calyx-scales acuminate. In the Para- 

 mera, along the ascent from Baiios. 



(Trixis ?, No. 1); gen. Senecioid. Stemless; leaves two to three inches long, lyrately 

 pinnatisect, the under surface white-tomentose ; long yellow floret-rays. In the Para- 

 mera, along the ascent ft'om Banos. 



(Ptilurus daucifolius ?, No. 1) ; gen. Senecioid. Leaves bipinnatisect; stem half an inch 

 high, terminating in a single large discoidal flower ; calyx-scales biserial, the outer ones 

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



(Leuceria ?, No. 1) ; gen. Senecioid. Very coarsely herbaceous ; entirely tomentose and 

 glutinous ; leaves lyrately pinnatifid ; large discoidal flowers. In the Paramera, along 

 the ascent from Baiios. 



(Homoianthus ?, No. 1); gen. Senecioid. One to two feet high; leaves succulent, oblong- 

 lanceolate, with the few dentures half an inch long ; calyx-scales 2-3-serial, lax, broad, 

 obtuse, the outer ones somewhat serrulate. In the Paramera, growing above Culuay. 



Gen. (Labiatiflor. ? No. 1) ; gen. Senecioid. Six to eight inches, decumbent ; leaves 

 crowded, one-third of an inch by one-tenth, with few dentures ; flowers large, discoidal 

 or devoid of floret-rays ; calyx-scales biserial, tomentose. In the Paramera, along the 

 ascent from Baiios. 



(No. 2) ; a second species. One to two feet high, somewhat succulent ; the leaves 



linear, denticulate ; flowers clustered at extrem., smaller than in the flrst species. In 

 the Paramera, along the ascent from Baiios. 



(No. 3) ; a third species. A rigid shrub, a foot high, smooth ; leaves one-third of 



an inch long, dentate ; flowers smaller than in the first species; the calyx-scales smooth. 

 In the Paramera, along the ascent from Baiios. 



(No. 4) ; a fourth species. A rigid branching shrub, a foot high, with branching 



spines ; leaves fasciculate, linear with a few dentures, involute ; flowers solitary ; cot- 

 tony. From Baiios up the Chancay Valley to the alpine region. 



Gen. (Leucerioid ? No. 1); gen. Senecioid. Leaves radical, succulent, linear, three to 

 nine inches long, the under surface white ; scape bearing from two to five discoidal 

 flowers ; calyx-scales biserial, spreading. In the Paramera, along the ascent from 

 Baiios. 



(No. 2) ; a second species. A foot high, somewhat cottony ; leaves succulent, 



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