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Solanum Hiudsianum Benth. Bot. Sulpli. p. 30. This species was collected b.v Xan- 

 tua (No. 84), and referred by Dr. Gray iu Proc. Amer. Acad. vol. V, and also in Syn. 

 Flora to S. elwaf/nifoUum, but io a recent note he says " perhaps distinct," In 

 habit the two are very similar, but in our species the flowers are much larger 

 , (H inches in diameter) as well as the fruit, and on shorter, thicker, a id mostly 

 erect pedicels. Dr. Palmer says of it : "A common upright growing plant with 

 few stems an<l sliowy light purple flowers." Found on mesas. The following 

 linvebeen referred to this speci.-s : Prinyle {I86i), Sonora,; Painter, Guaymas ; 

 Orcutt (18rt6) San Quentin. No. 25. 



PhysaliB crassifolia Beuth. Flowers 6 to H lines broad. Yellow, with a dark eye. 

 Antheis yellow, called " tomate capotillo." The fruit is edible. Mr. Ikande- 

 gee thinks /'. glabra should be referred to this species. Our plant is not the 

 same as P. glabra of Xantus's collection from Cape St. Lucas. Only a few plants 

 collected, growing uuder shade of bushes. No. 76. 



Lycium umbellatum Rose, u. sp. Large, compact, shrubby plant, 8 to 12 feet high, 

 with somewhat viscid pubescence: leaves fleshy, oblong to ovate-oblong, 1 to 

 li inches long: flowers solitary in the axils of the leaves or in umbellatecluster 

 at the end of the branches; pedicels 4 lines long: calyx 2^ lines long, with 

 acute lobes: corolla purple, 7 lines long, five-lobed : stamens included, glandu- 

 lar-pubescent at base.— Very common in alkali land or in sand near the beach. 

 A species near L. Fremonii of Arizona. No. 13. 



lijcium Andersonii Gray ? A loose-growing plant, with many stems, 6 to 8 feet 

 high: flowers white, berries red, edible: leaves narrowly spatulate, sometimes 

 over an inch long; pedicels of variable length: corolla 4 lines long, the sta- 

 niensexserted : fruit smaller than in L. J«dersowii.— Grows in alkaline soil near 

 the ocean. No. 101. 



Niootiana trigonophylla Dunal. This is called ' ' tobacco cayotte," and was formerly 

 u.sed by the Indians. Common iu the sandy arroyos. Formerly referred to N. 

 ipomopsiflora (Xantus, No. 88), but in Syn. Flora placed under this species. Mr. 

 Brandegee, however, keeps it distinct. No. 75. 



SCROPHULARIACEiB. 



Antirrhinum cyathiferum Beuth. This jilant has been collected at Magdalena Bay, 

 Hinds, Brandtgec; Guaymas, Palmer and Echrenberg; and in Arizona, PaU 

 mer. From the latter collection was made Gray's A. chytrospermum (Proc. 

 Amer. Acad. vol. XII.), since very properly referred to the above species by 

 Mr. Watson. The calyx teeth and length of corolla tubes upon which Gray's 

 species was founded are variable characters. A good figure of this species 

 appears in the Botany of the Sulphur (r. ID), but the calyx teeth are some- 

 what exaggerated. Grows in sandy spots not far from the ocean. "Purple 

 flowers, fleshy stems." No. 91. 



Conobea intermedia Gray. Plant very rare about La Paz on rocky ledges. Corolla 

 purple. This is the only specimen we have seen from Lower California. No. 81. 



BIGNONIACE^. 



Tecoma stana Juss. A small tree 10 to 15 feet high and 6 to 8 inches in diameter. 

 The wood used by the ancient Indians for their bows and arrows, and hence 

 the name " Palo de arco." The large yellow flowers are very fragraut. Com- 

 mon along arroyos. No. 70. * 



ACANTHACBiE. 



Elytraria tridentata Vahl. Called "Cordoucello." Used as a hot tea for pains in 

 the stomach. Grows on rocky ridges. No. 6. 



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