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minus pilosa; inflorascentia laxe paniculata ; corolla I mm. 
longa; fructus ovatis I y 2 mm. longis; calycis limbo breve 
papposo-coronatus. 
Yungas, 6,000 ft. (871, 8^5); Unduavi, 10,000 ft. ( 8^2^ 
877). Sorata, 10,000 ft. (1237). Nearest to V scandens , 
L. The same as Mandon’s 313 and 315. I may have in¬ 
cluded more than one species in this description, but I do not 
see any satisfactory way of separating the several specimens. 
I am regarding No. 871 as the type. 
VALERIANA Rusbyi, spec. nova. Herbacea, erecta, pubescens, 
40 cm. 50 cm. alta. Folia simplicia, integra vel undulata, 
ovato-lanceolata, petiolata 3 cm. 5 cm. longa, acuminata, basis 
cordatis. Corolla 4-5 mm. longa. Inflorascentia repitite dich- 
otomis ramis primariis 2-3 cm. longis ; fructus ovato-oblongis, 
2 mm. longis. 
Unduavi, 8,000 ft. (2097). 
VALERIANA (?) ANDINA, spec. nova. Herbacea, glabra, erecta, 
1525 cm. alta. Caulis subaphyllis. Folia radicalia, spathu- 
lata, 5-7 cm. longa, grosse undulato-dentata, apice obtusa. 
Bractae 1-2, foliacea. Inflorascentia corymboso-capitata. 
Corolla 1 mm. longa. Near V. oblongifolia , R. & P., of 
which there is a type in Herb. Mus. Brit. 
Near La Paz, 10,000 ft. (878). The same as Mandon’s 307. 
VALERIANA Mandoni, spec. nova. Herbacea, glabra, erecta, 
caule simplicio, 30-50 cm. alto, glabro. Folia radicalia longe 
petiolata, ovata, cordata, sinuato-dentata, 2-3 cm. longa, apice 
obtusa; folia caulina similia minores, sessiles vel breviter 
petiolata. Inflorascentia e cymulis laxifloris confecta. Co¬ 
rolla 3 mm. longa. Achenia late ovata 2 mm. longa. 
Sorata, 10,000 ft. (874) ; Unduavi, 5,000 ft. (882). Same as 
Mandon’s 303. Near V Hrticcefolia, H.B.K. 
DIPSACE^E. 
Scabiosa maritima , Linn. Amoen. Ac. iv. 305. Tacna(i788). 
CALYCERE^E. 
Acicarpha procmnbens , Less. Linnsea, 1831, 527. Sorata, 10,000 
ft. (1376). 
