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Peru to the base of the Andes). Throughout the Paramera, from Culuay and Bancs 

 to the alpine region. 



Gen. Myosotoid, (No 1). Prostrate; leaves linear, three-fourths to one and a half inches 



long by one-tenth wide, obtuse ; flowers axillary, crowded while young at the summit. 



Growing above Culuay and Banos, and elsewhere in the Paramera. 

 Solanum (bis No. 58 lower down, in the mountain-region) ; near S. tuberosum. In the 



lower portion of the Paramera, along the ascent from Baiios. 

 Gen. Atropoid ? (No. 1) ; having the habit of Allionia. Herbaceous, straggling, almost 



creeping, many-stemmed ; leaves alternate, pubescent, petioled, cordate, a fourth of an inch 



in length and breadth, entire. Growing in clefts of rocks in the Paramera, above Banos. 

 Calceolaria (bis lower down). One or more of the above-named species extending spar- 

 ingly into the Paramera, at Bauos. 

 Bartsia ? (compare No. 2 lower down, in the mountain-region). In the Paramera, along 



the ascent from Banos. 

 ? (No. 3); entirely tomentose ; leaves narrow-oblong, crenate ; flowers small. In 



the Paramera, along the ascent from Banos. 

 (Castilleia, No. 3; recorded as) Euchroma; a third species. Pilose; with large flowers, 



the tube of the corolla slender. In the Paramera, along the ascent from Baiios. 

 Gardoquia ? (bis No. 3 lower down, in the mountain-region). Extending a short distance 



into the Paramera, at Baiios. 

 Gen. Stachys-like, (No. 1). Six to ten inches high, entirely tomentose; leaves a fourth of 



an inch in length, broad and serrate ; calyx-teeth acuminate or spinescent. In the 



Paramera, growing above Baiios. 

 Plantago (No. 38); leaves linear, incano-tomentose ; scapes four to eight inches high, the 



spike few-flowered. In the Paramera, along the ascent from Culuay; and perhaps the 



same species, at Banos. 

 (No. 36) ; perhaps distinct. Sericeous ; leaves linear ; scapes an inch high, the 



spike 2— 5-flowered. In the Paramera, along the ascent from Baiios. 

 (No. 40) ; leaves broad, entirish, ciliate ; the florets pubescent. In the Paramera, 



along the ascent from Baiios. 

 Urtica (No. 27) ; crowded leaves, covered with hairs. Vicinity of Baiios. 

 Parietaria (No. 7); closely tomentose; leaves broad-ovate, a sixth of an inch in length 



and width. In the Paramera, along the ascent from Culuay. 

 Peperomia scutellaefolia, (bis No. 28 lower down, on the Andes, and on the Amancaes 



mountain in Lower Peru). In clefts of rocks in the Paramera, above Baiios. 

 umbilicata, (bis No. 30 lower down, in the mountain-region). In clefts of rocks 



in the Paramera, above Banos. 

 Ephedra (bis No. 1 Patagonia, Chili, the Chilian Andes, and lower down on the Peru- 

 vian Andes). Growing throughout the Paramera to the alpine region. 

 Sisyrinchium (No. 18) ; having the habit of N. American sp. Two to five inches high, 



the stem alate; spathe not longer than the pedicel. In the upper portion of the Para- 

 mera, growing about two leagues beyond Culuay. 

 Alstroemeria (No. 8). Three to ten inches high, slender; the leaves linear, involute; the 



flowers not seen, but according to Mr. Matthews, "solitary." Growing above Baiios, 



and in other portions of the Paramera. 

 Bromelia ? (compare No. 18, below Obrajillo in the mountain-region). Extending a short 



distance into the Paramera, at Baiios. 



