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DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS. 



lanceolate, tapering or narrower at the summit, entire ; four to six flowers ; the calyx- 

 scales biserial. In the Paramera, along the ascent from Baiios. 



Erigeron (No. 16); like E. nudicaule. Pubescent, with attenuate, lanceolate, entire 

 leaves; but the root woody. In the Paramera, growing above Baiios. 



(No. 17) ; a second species. In the Paramera. 



? (No. 18). Herbaceous, and almost stemless, only one to two inches high; 



pilose ; leaves attenuate, obovate, obtuse, the margin undulate ; flowers rather large. 



In the Paramera, along the ascent from Culuay. 

 Baccharis (No. 28) ; like B. artic. Aphyllous, trialate, glutinous; the flowers lateral, 



and also glutinous. Growing above Baiios ; but perhaps belonging properly to the 



mountain-region, lower down. 

 (No. 29). Stunted, and decumbent; leaves glutinous, broad-cuneate, with two or 



three terminal dentures; flowers large, solitary, axillary, crowded at the summit of the 



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

 (No. 30), A shrub; the leaves broad-obovate, with a few dentures; flowers 



crowded at the summit of the branches. In the Paramera, along the ascent from 



Ban OS. 



(No. 31). Dwarf; leaves cuneate, the apex with about three dentures. Growing 



above Baiios, and elsewhere in the Paramera. 



Gnaphalium (No. 56). Six to ten inches high ; stem mostly simple ; leaves linear-lanceo- 

 late ; flowers small, yellowish, in crowded terminal fascicles. In the Paramera, along 

 the ascent from Banos. 



(No. 57). Growing in beds, an inch high ; leaves lanate, obovate; flowers solitary, 



elongate, with brown scales. In the Paramera, growing above Baiios. 



Senecio ? (No. 38). Leaves succulent?, crowded, lanceolate, dent. ; flowers small. In 

 the Paramera, along the ascent from Culuay. 



? (No. 39). Suff'ruticose ; one to two feet high, branching, somewhat tomentose ; 



leaves linear, an inch to an inch and a half long ; flowers scattered at summ. branches, 

 corymbose ; calyx with scale-like bracts at base. In the Paramera, along the ascent 

 from Baiios. 



(No. 40) ; a third species. In the Paramera. 



(No. 41) ; a fourth species. In the Paramera. 



(No. 42) ; a fifth species. In the Paramera. 



Gen. Rudbeckioid, (bis No. 1 mountain-region) ; compare Siegesbeckia flosculosa. In the 



Paramera, growing above Baiios. 

 Pratia (No. 3) ; compare Lysipomia of Kunth. Leaves petioled, ovate, an eighth of an 



inch long. In the Paramera, along the ascent from Banos. 

 Gen. Boella-like, (No. 1). Three to six inches, slender, procumbent ; leaves a fourth of 



an inch, oblong, slightly denticulate ; calyx hairy at base, terminating in five large, 



leafy calyx-teeth ; corolla not seen. In the Paramera, along the ascent from Baiios. 

 Gentiana (No. 14, and No. 4 with spreading corolla). Many decumbent stems, six to 



eight inches in length; corolla pale-blue, spreading; calyx-segments recurved. From 



Baiios up the Chaneay Valley to the alpine region. 

 (Halenia) umbellata, (No. 2); Swertia of Ruiz & Pav. From Banos up the Chaneay Valley 



to the alpine region. 



Aldea pinnata, Ruiz & Pav. (bis No. 2 Chili, the Chilian Andes, and lower down in 



