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Fagonia Palmeri n. sp. Stout perennial, woody at base, 1 to H feet high, more or 

 less {4landiilar pubescent : leaves iii)po8ite, digitate ; leaflets 5 to 7, linear, with 

 spiny tips, 4 to T) lines lonif; stipules long erect spines: petals 4 lines long, 

 deep rose color.— Santa Eosalia, February 24 to March n. 



This species very ninch resembles F. Calijornica in fruit and flowers, but of 

 very difi'erent habit, leaven, and upright stipules; and in its 5 leaflets diflers 

 from all the other described species of this genus. Dr. Palmer saja of it: 

 grows in a bunch from several stems I to 1^ feet high, the lower ones often 

 lie on the ground. It is very spiny. The leaves, especially upon the lower 

 two-thirds of the plant, have a decided golden hue, which is very noticeable 

 at a distance. No. 209. 



RHAMNACEiE. 



Colubrina glabra Watson. Proc. Auicr. Acad. XXIV. 44. The plant is much larger 

 than tlie one from Gnaymas. It is here a small tree or bush 5 to 12 feet 

 high, scrubby in character. The branches are often slender and peudant. Dr. 

 Palmer thinks thin is owing to the soil and moisture, for in dry and stony places 

 they are short and straight. Only a single plant found in flower, and they of a 

 yellowiHh-green color. It is very common iu stony gulches. Santa Rosalia, 

 March 15. No. 267. 



SAPINDACEiE. 



Paullinia (t) sp. Climbing or trailing over bushes : leaves 3-foliolate : flowers in small 

 clusters : i)etals 4 : stamens H. Agueda, March 4 to 0. Most of the leaves had 

 fallen ; the remaining ones closely resemble B. Sonorce. The fruit (immauire) i» 

 ditfereut and is apparently tuberculate. Only 3 plants seen in a sandy gulch at 

 Santa Agueda, March 4 to 6. No. 263. 



LEG-UMINOS-ai. 



Hosackia strigosa Nutt. The same form as collected by Palmer at Los Angeles Bay 

 (t)02), in lHrt7. Only three plants found, in a caiiou near Santa Rosalia, March 

 1. No. 201. 



Dalea Parryi Gray. Santa Rosalia, February 2?. No. 181. 



Dalea mollis Hentli. Not common. Santa Rosalia, February 23. No. 200, 



Dalea Emoryi f Gray. This seems to be the same glabrous form that Mr. Brandegee 

 got at Santa Maria. Conuiion in low, sandy places, growing about 3 feet high. 

 It yields a yellow dye. Santa Rosalia, February 24 to March 13. No. 179. 



Dalea megacarpa Watson. Proc. Amer. Acad. XXI. 3:)[). A large bushy plant 2^ 

 feet high ; ilowers yellow, with an agreeable honey-like odor. Common in ar- 

 royos. Santa Rosalia, February 24 to March 5. No. 182. 



Tephrosia Purisiraae Brandegee. Proc. Cal. Acad. 2nd ser. II. 149. Hardly 

 <iistinguishable from T. I'aJmeri except iu tlie purple flowe s. It was about 

 past flowering March 1, when Dr. Palmer visited this region. It grows sparsely 

 in a canon near Santa Rosalia. No. 198. 



Parkinsonia microphylla Torr. Called "Lebon" (f) Dr. Palmer says the young 

 brancTaes are much relished by domestic animals and are largely gathered by 

 the natives for this purpose. No. 265. 



Cassia Covesii Gray. Branching at base, 3 to 5 feet high ; a free bloomer. The pods 

 about 8 in a compact cluster. The stipules are longer than described, being 

 5 tot) lines long. The pubescence isof a yellowish hue. Dr. Palmer .says it 

 diflfers from the Guay mas form and in appearance is somewhat diti'erent from 

 our herbarium specimens. Palmer's Los Angelos plant {557 of 1887) is the same 

 as this one. Santa Rosaliii, March 5. No. 192. 



