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Jornada del Muerto. Altitude from 1,070 to 1,410 meters. E9. 



The term applied to the plain lying east of the Rio Grande in 

 Socorro, Sierra, and Dona Ana counties. The area is a sandy plain 

 with but scanty vegetation and with no water. The name translated 

 is "the day's journey of the dead man," and various tales are told 

 explaining how it received this appellation, which alludes, no doubt, to 

 the desolation of the region. The journey across this stretch of desert 

 was much feared by the early travelers along the Rio Grande, for 

 here they were obliged to leave the rough banks of the river and pro- 

 ceed without water for about ninety miles. Doctor Wislizenus was 

 the first botanist who visited this interesting region. Prof. E. O. 

 Wooton and others connected with the Agricultural College have col- 

 lected extensively about the south end of the Jornada during the last 

 few years. Dona Ana lies at the south end of the plain and those 

 plants which have their type localities there might be listed here. 



Asclepias arenaria. Fouquieria splendens. 



Dalea sroparia. 



Kingston. Altitude, 1,950 meters. D9. 



A mining camp in the Gila National Forest in western Sierra 

 County. Mr. O. B. Metcalfe made this his headquarters in 1904 and 

 1905 in making his Black Range collection. 



Androsace platyscpala. Malcastrum digitatum. 



Argemone pleiacantha. Sicyos ampelophyllus. 



Ditaxis cyanophylla. Sphaeralcea tripartita. 

 Iledeoma pulchella. 



Laguna. Altitude, 1,740 meters. D5. 



One of the oldest, largest, and best known of the southwestern Indian 

 pueblos, in the northeastern part of Valencia County, near the Santa 

 Fe Railroad. Mr. ami Mrs. J. G. bommon seem to have collected 

 about the village. 



Talinum brachypodum. 



Laguna Colorado. J5. 



In the southern part of San Miguel County, visited by Bigelow on 

 September 22, 1853. The name seems to have been applied to a 

 small stream in this vicinity. 



Trieuspis mutica. 



Las Cruces. Altitude, 1,160 meters. E10. 



In the central part of Dona Ana County, of which it is the county 

 seat, about 2 miles east of the Rio Grande. Various collectors have 

 gathered plants here — Mr. G. R. Vasey in 1881, Dr. C. L. Herrick, 

 Professor Wooton, and several others. The "Mesa near Las Cruces" 

 and "Mesa west of the Organ Mountains," referred to upon numerous 



