76 



Hyptis tephrodes Gray. Proc. Aiuer. Acad. V. 164. A shnib f) to 8 feet high, but 



desuiilieil as "herbaceous." Witli much tbe habit, of the preceding; K^eciee. 



Found in saudy ravinea. Before only known from Xantus's collection (No. 72). 



No. 47. 

 Salvia privoides Jlenth. Bot. Sulphur, p. 150. A Central American and Mexican 



plant extending into the United States; not before found in Lower California. 



Only a few poor specinx ns seen under shade of bushes on the edge of a ravine. 



The style branches are as described by Beutham. No. 10. 



AMARANTACEiE. 



Celosia floribunda Gray. Proc. Amer. Acad. vol. V. 168. Eight feet high, with a 

 few weak stems; lower lea\ es very different from upper, from ,'> to 7 inches long. 

 This species was described by Dr. Gmy from Xantns's specimen (No. 98), and 

 has not been collected until recently by Mr. Brandegee at Comoudu. Common 

 plant on borders of ravines and on mesa-s. Benthani & Hooker, vol. III. 25, 

 wrongly credit tliis species to Moquin. No. 6. 



PHYTOLACCACEiE. 

 Stegnosperiua halimifolia Benth. Bot. 8uli)hur, p. 17. A large bushy shrub, 10 

 feet high. It is commonly called Amole, as the powdered root is used as soap. 

 The plant has the reputation of curing hydrophobia. No. 49. 



LORANTHACE.a3. 



Phoradeiidron, sp. Material insnlficient for determination. Only a few leatless 

 branches with terminal black berries collected. No. 138. 



EUPHORBIACE^.' 



Simmondsia Californica Nutt. Dr. Palmer says " this common shrub is in full 

 bloiiiu (January :{0) at Gnaynnis ; in 1887 it was in bloom in October." No. 93. 



PhyllanthuB (Menarda) ciliato glandulosus Millsp. Proc. Cal. Sci, 2nd series, II. 

 21'J; named from a specimen collected l)y Mr. T. S. Brandegee on Magdalena 

 Island, otf the coast. Very typical specimens from ravines in the shade of 

 bushes, La Paz. No. 37. 



Argythamnia sericophylla Gray. A compact plant growing on low sandy bottoms. 

 No. 44. 



Argythamnia lanceolata Miill. Arg. (1. c. ) Named from a specimen collected at Mag- 

 dalena Hay. Sorophiitum laiurohilnm Benth Ty)iical plants from La Paz. 

 No. 21. 



Euphorbia ( Anisophyllum) setiloba Engelm., var. dentata Engelni. in lift. Named 

 from a specimen collected in San Lucas, on the peninsula, by Xantus. Two 

 specimens of this variety are in the collection, a very compact form (No. O), 

 remindiug one iumiediately of the species, and a much wider spreading in- 

 dividual with quite large dentate leaves. Mesas, under trees. No. 34. 



Euphorbia polyoarpa Benth. Bot. Sulph. p. .50; the form K. viicromera Boiss. DC. 

 Prodr., XV, pt. II, 44. Common on sandy beacluis near the ocean. No. 118. 



Euphorbia tomentulosa Watson. Proc. Amer. Acad. XXII. 47(), Named from a 

 specimen colh'cted at Rosario, in the northern part of the peninsula, by Mr. C. 

 R. Orcutt. Small compact plants 4C-6P'" high, found growing upon a stony 

 ridge near La Paz. No. 41. 



Enphorbia involuta Millsp. Proc. Cal. Acad. 2nd series, II. 227. On the speci- 

 mens of this gathering the larger leaves at the bifurcation of the branches (all 

 lost from the type specimens collected by Mr. T. S. Brandegee at Comondu) an^ 

 present. We therefore add to the <le8criptiou of the type, larger leaves, oblong, 

 l*^™ long, 5""" wide; petiolate, entire, obtuse, deeply marked in the center with 

 a largo red blotch similar to that upon the leaves of E. macnlata. A. 



'The species of this family were determined by Dr. C. F. MilJspaugh. 



