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DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS. 



(No. 5); a fifth species. Steiuless ; cespitose ; leaves entirely linear, half an inch 



in length ; no floret-rays. In the environs of Casa-Cancha. 



(No. 6) ; a sixth species; near the 5th. Stems one to tvpo inches high ; leaves 



similar to those of the last species, densely crowded ; flowers larger, as well the calyx- 

 scales, which are less separated and more acute. On the Alpamarca mountain-peak. 



(No. 7); a congener of the sixth? Sufi'ruticose, six to nine inches high, closely- 



tomentose ; leaves lanceolate, involute, entirish ; no floret-rays. On the Alpamarca 

 mountain-peak. 



Gen. (Leucerioid ? ; No. 3); gen. Senccioid. Culcitium-like, and a congener of Banos 

 sp. ?; twelve to eighteen inches; the whole plant more naked ; leaves longer, the upper 

 surface smooth ; many flowers. On the Western declivity, a little below the crest of 

 the Andes. 



Erigeron ? (No 19). An inch liigh, many-stemmed ; leaves pubescent, narrow, spatulate ; 



flower solitary. In the environs of Casa-Cancha. 

 Baccharis (No. 32). A shrub, but depressed to the general level; leaves an eighth of 



an inch long, linear, entire, obtuse ; flowers solitary, larger than usual. In the envi- 

 rons of Casa-Cancha, and elsewhere in the alpine region. 

 (No. 33). A shrub, but depressed to the general level ; leaves punctate, obovate, 



with three to six dentures ; flowers larger than usual, axillary. At Alpamarca, and 



elsewhere in the alpine region. 

 (No. 34). A shrub, but depressed to the general level ; glutinous; leaves cuneate- 



obovate, with a few dentui'es ; flowers larger than usual. On the crest of the Andes. 

 - — — — (No. 35). A shrub, but depressed to the general level; leaves spatulate, obtuse, 



coarser and thicker than those of (No. 32) ; pappus long. On the crest of the Andes. 

 Gnaphalium (No. 58 j. Seemingly stemless ; depressed to the general level, and growing 



in beds ; leaves a fourth of an inch long, obtuse ; five to six flowers ; the calyx-scales 



long, pointed, dark-green. In the environs of Casa-Cancha. 

 ? (No. 59); resembling the last species. Smaller; cespitose, and forming beds; 



the upper surface of the leaves sometimes green ; flowers not seen. In the environs of 



Casa-Cancha. 



(No. 60) ; incano-lanate ; leaves and flowers crowded; the calyx-scales silvery. 



In the environs of Casa-Cancha. 



(No. 61). Two to three inches high ; incano-lanate ; flowers crowded, the calyx- 

 scales blackish. In the environs of Casa-Cancha. 



(No. 62) ; lanate ; the leaves very small, crowded ; the flowers also crowded, but 



rather large ; brown calyx-scales. In the environs of Casa-Cancha. 



(No. 63). Cespitose; stemless, or rather the stem buried to the general surface ; 



leaves nearly destitute of tomentum, obovate, a fourth of an inch in length, recurved, 

 entire ; flowers minute, solitary, sessile. On the crest of the Andes. 



(No. 64). Growing in beds ; white-tomentose ; leaves broad, a fourth of an inch 



by an eighth, obtuse ; flower solitary, sessile. On the crest of the Andes. 



Culcitioid (No. 1). Having the habit of Gnaphalium; leaves incano-tomentose, an inch 

 in length, broad-sputulate ; scape or peduncle an inch high, terminating in a single 

 flower three-fourths of an inch in diameter; calyx-scales biserial, spreading. On the 

 Alpamarca mountain-peak. 



(No. 2) ; a second species ?. Having the habit of a one-flowered Gnaphalium ; 



half an inch to an inch high, growing in beds; lanate; leaves narrow-obovate, obtuse; 



