PERUVIAN REGIONS. 



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near L. dioica ; pubescent. On the heights above the village of Alpamarca, and else- 

 where in the alpine region. 



(Malvastruin No. 6; recorded as Gen.) Mai vac. Stemless, pubescent ; leaves petioled, 

 broad, plicate, dentate ; no outer calyx ; corolla a fourth of an inch in diameter, white 

 with a bluish base. In the environs of Casa-Cancha. 



( No. 7). Congested, an inch high by two inches wide, with a stout fusiform 



root; leaves reniform, a fourth of an inch in length and breadth, crisped and deeply 

 lobed, the lobes about ten, equal ; no outer calyx ; the carpels about five, villous at the 

 apex. On the Alpamarca mountain-peak. 



( No. 8) ; Nov. gen., and a congener of Sida Pichincensis. Leaves tomentose, 



pinnatisect and dissected ; flowers blue. Frequent all over the alpine region. 



( No. 9) ; apparently congeneric with the last. Leaves closely pubescent, pinnati- 

 sect; the flowers smaller. Frequent throughout the alpine region. 



( No. 10; recorded as Gen.) Malv. An inch high, nearly stemless ; leaves pinna- 

 tisect, deeply incised, the segments linear, obtuse, and the under surface white ; the 

 flower solitary ; no outer calyx ; petals linear, upright, scarlet. In the environs of 

 Casa-Cancha, rare. 



Geranium (No. 15). Stemless, pubescent; leaves petioled, lobed, the lobes numerous, ob- 

 tuse ; flowers congested. In the environs of Casa-Cancha. 



'f (No. 16). Smoothish ; nearly stemless ; leaves deeply divided into about seven 



equal obtuse lobes ; sepals pubescent on the margin ; fruit smoothish. In the environs 

 of Casa-Cancha. 



Lupinus (bis No. 30 lower down, in the Paramera at Culuay). Stems one to two inches, 

 rigid, recurved ; leaflets five to seven ; bracts broad ; flowers blue ; pod half an inch 

 long, hairy. In the environs of Casa-Cancha. 



(No. 31). Three to four inches high ; covered with long soft hairs ; leaves long- 



petioled, the leaflets nine to ten, linear, acute ; a dense-flowered raceme, shorter than 

 the leaves. On the Alpamarca mountain-peak. 



Astragalus (No. 24) ; white hairs on the leaves ; the leaflets in ten to thirteen pairs. In 

 the environs of Casa-Cancha. 



(No. 2.5 ). Stems shorter than the leaves ; the leaflets in about twelve pairs, pubes- 

 cent, rather large ; calyx downy. In the environs of Casa-Cancha. 



? (No. 26). Many stems from a thick woody root; smoother, at least the old 



leaves, the leaflets smaller, and in about ten pairs ; pod a fourth of an inch long, in- 

 flated. In the environs of Casa-Cancha. 



(No. 27). Densely congested ; leaflets very minute, a twentieth of an inch in 



length, smoothish, and in about ten pairs ; flowers solitary ?, blue. On the Alpamarca 

 mountain-peak. 



Gen. Legum. (No. 1). Two inches high ; having the habit of Vicia, but the leaves devoid 

 of a terminal tendril, and the pod in a reversed position ; stipules semi-sagittate ; leaflets 

 in about three pairs, smooth, an eighth of an inch long, lanceolate ; flower axillary, short- 

 pedicelled ; pod very little longer than the calyx. Among our Casa-Cancha specimens, 

 but the locality not recollected. 



Aphanes (bis No. 6 lower down, in the Paramera at Bafios). Dwarf; and cespitose. In 

 the environs of Casa-Cancha, and elsewhere in the alpine region. Not catalogued 

 (perhaps no specimens). 



Epilobium (No. 23). Having the habit of E. alpinum ; leaves elliptical, an eighth of 



