73 



odor. First collected by Xautiis (No. 47) and recently by Brandegee. Thia 

 southern form seems distinct from B. Juncea. No. 108. 

 Trixis angustifolia DC. Abont 2 feet high. No. 7. 



APOCYNACE^. 



Vallesia dichotoma Ruiz &, Pavun, A shrubby plant, 10 to 12 feet high, in alkali 

 soil near sea-beach. Fruit white, "flowers white," drying orange. No. 89 



ASCLEFIADACEiG. 



Asclepias subulata Decaisue. " Called Yaniete." Only collected in flower. Xantus 

 (No. 91) collected it in fruit. No. 56. 



POLEMONIACEiE. 



Losselia ciliata ]j. Only a few poor specimeus seeu on the edge of ravine, in sandy 

 soil under bushes. Corolla blue. The leaves are not so spiuosely toothed as in 

 the specimeus collected by Palmer in 1885. So far as known it has not before 

 been reported from Lower California and is rarely collected in Mexico and 

 Central America. No. 9. 



HYDROPHYLLACE-a:. 



Phacelia scariosa Brandegee. Proc. Cal. Acad. 2ud Ser. II. 185. Grows on sandy 

 beaches near the ocean, A very handsome species. No. 105. 



BORRAGINACEiE. 



Cordia sp. "Very much like 6'. cijUndrisiachija, also near C. Palmeri but leaves too 



crenate." S. Watson. No. 39. 

 Heliotropium parvifolium DC. Three to four feet high; flowers yellowish-white. 



In low creek bottoms in shade of trees. Not common. No. 45. 

 Bourreria Sonorae Watson. Proc. Amer. Acad. XXIV. G9.. A bush 10 to 12 feet 



high, with a few upright and many lateral stems. The large black fruit edible 



and of tiie taste of hawthorn. No. 113. 

 Krynitzkia microineres Gray ? Tliis differs somewhat from the northern forms of 



this specie.s, but it seems to be the same as Xantus's No. 76, made apart of this 



species by Gray. No. 111. 

 Krynitzkia leiocarpa F. & M. Perhaps this species, but material not suflScient. 



No. 26. 



CONVOLVULACE^. 



Ipomcea bracteata Cav. No. 69. 



Jacquemontia abutiloides Benth. Commou along ravines and among thick bushes 

 on niesa.S; climbing about 5 feet high. No. 35. 



Evolvulus linifolius L. Only a few plants seen. The leaves are very narrow and 

 the flowers very small, abont 2 lines in diameter. The specimens of Palmer's 

 from Guaymas have much larger flowers (over 5 lines long) and seem to ap- 

 proach JS. Arizoniciiti. Xantus collected H. aUinoxden at Cape St. Lncas, but 

 this species has much broader leaves. No. 1. 



Cuscuta Pcdmeri Watson. Proc. Amer. Acad. XXIV. 64. Parasitic on Euphorbia 

 sp. ; found on sandy mesas. No. 90. 



Cuseuta Americana L. ? Perhaps new; the bracts are large and flmbriate. The 

 seeds 4, etc. No. 141. 



SOLANACE^. 



Solanum Dulcamara L "Cultivated, but said to be native." Fifteen feet long, 

 climbing. It has long bunches of violet-colored flowers and chocolate-colored 

 berries. No. 74. 



