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Boerhaavia anisophylla paniculata Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 356. 1894, not B. 

 paniculata Rich. 

 Type locality, "In territorio Mexioano." Type collected by Hartweg (no. 45). 



Specimens examined: 



Chihuahua: Rocky hills near Chihuahua, August 15, 1885, Pringle 665; moun- 

 tains of Cosihuiriachi, 1846, Wislizenus 174; vicinity of Chihuahua, alt. 1,300 

 meters, May, 1908, Palmer 199; southwestern Chihuahua, 1885, Palmer 663; 

 in the Sierra Madre near Seven Star Mine, alt. 2,150 meters, August 28, 1899, 

 Townsend & Barber 379. 

 Baja California: San Jose del Cabo, 1890, Brandcgee 487. 

 Sonora: Guaymas, 1887, Palmer 663; Sierra de Alamos, March 15, 1910, Rose, 



Standley & Russell 12874. 

 Aguascalientes: Near Aguascalientes, August 20, 1901, Rose & Hay 6199. 

 Durango: Ramos to Inde, August 11 to 14, 1898, Nelson 4688; Durango and 



vicinity, 1896, Palmer 629. 

 Oaxaca: Vicinity of Cuicatlan, alt. 550 to 770 meters, October, 1894, Nelson 



1604; Tomellin, August 14, 1910, Hitchcock. 

 Puebla: Near Tehuacan, September, 1905, Rose, Painter & Rose 10145; Tehuacan, 



August 9, 1910, Hitchcock. 

 Hidalgo: Ixmiquilpan, 1905, Purpus 1436. 

 Queretaro: Querelaro, July 24, 25, 1910, Hitchcock. 

 Without definite locality: Type collection. 

 In March, 1910, the writer saw the dead plants in abundance in cultivated fielda 

 about Hermosillo, Sonora. 



In the original description of the species two collections are mentioned, the first 

 being Hartweg's and the other Pringle's 665 from Chihuahua. There is no indica- 

 tion of which was chiefly used in drawing up the description, hence the former should 

 be taken as the type. 



4. Boerhaavia viscosa Lag. & Rodr. Anal. Cienc. Nat. 4: 256. 1801. 

 Boerhaavia glandulosa Anderss. Enum. PI. Galap. 64. 1861. 

 Boerhaavia diffusa viscosa Heimerl, Jahresb. Oberrealsch Funfhaus 23: repr. 27. 



1897. 

 Type locality, Peru. 



Specimens examined: 



Chihuahua: Southwestern Chihuahua, 1885, Palmer 212; near Chuichupa, Sep- 

 tember 6, 1899, Townsend & Barber 408. 



Tamaulipas: Vicinity of Victoria, alt. 320 meters, May 6, 1907, Palmer 200, 

 210, 426; Tampico, July 21, 1910, Hitchcock. 



Sinaloa: Mazatlan, June, 1897, Rose; near Mazatlan, March 31, 1910, Rose, 

 Standley & Russell 13771; gravel beds along the Rio Fuerte, San Bias, March 

 24, 1910, Rose, Standley & Russell 13396; Ymala, September, October, 1891, 

 Palmer 1697. 



Durango: Durango, 1896, Palmer 300. 



San Luis Potosi: Cardenas, July 19 and 20, 1910, Hitchcock. 



Zacatecas: Near San Juan Capistrano, August 18, 1897, Rose 2417; near Concep- 

 ci6n del Oro, August, 1904, Palmer 290. 



Tepic: Arroyo south of Acaponeta, April 9, 1910, Rose, Standley & Russell 14256; 

 Tepic, January, February, 1892, Palmer; Acaponeta, February, 1895, Lamb 

 528* Acaponeta, June, 1897, Rose 1844. 



Oaxaca: Valley of Oaxaca, April 2, 1896, Conzatti & Gonzales 83; Oaxaca, June 

 28, 1900, Beam; Cuicatlan, September 24, 1894, L. C. Smith 197; vicinity 

 of Yalalag, alt. 1,230 to 2,400 meters, July, 1894, Nelson 944; valley of Oaxaca, 

 alt. 1,570 to 1,780 meters, September 8, 1894, Nelson 1240; Oaxaca Valley, 

 alt. 1,530 meters; October 30, 1894, C. L. Smith 774. 



