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Coriandrum sativum L. 



Canar: flowers white, the fruit ("Guiana"©") used as condiment and also for 

 colic; near the village of San Marcos (5-8 km. northeast of Azogues), April 1, 

 1945, E-2453 (collected by F. Prieto). 



Daucus montanus H.&B. 



Azuay: flowers white, usually with pink tinge; the eastern Cordillera, 1-8 km. 

 north of the village of Sevilla de Oro, 8000-9000 ft. elevation, August 12, 1945, 

 E-4651; flowers white, "Cuy-guanuna' ' (said to kill guinea pigs if fed to them); 

 near union of Rfos Tarqui and Yanuncay, vicinity of Cuenca, 8200-8900 ft. alti- 

 tude, April 14, 1945, E-2665 (collected by F. Prieto). Chimborazo: corolla white, 

 the fruits with purplish spines; canon of the Rio Chanchan near Huigra (mosdy 

 scrub- chaparral with a few seepages and small swamps along the river), 4000- 

 4500 ft. elevation, May 7-14, 1945, E-3064. Loja: bristles on the fruit purple; on 

 the edge of the paramo in the protection of the sotobosque, Cerro Villanaco (ca. 7 

 km. west of the city of Loja), 8000-9500 ft. elevation (from pass to top), July 28, 

 1944, E-244. 



Lilaeopsis andina A. W. Hill f. subulata (Wedd.) Perez-Moreau. 



Azuay: perianth white; in moist meadow along the Matadero west of Cuenca, 8500- 

 9000 ft. elevation, March 3, 1945, E-1921. 



Department of Botany, University of California 

 Berkeley 



