84 



Heliopsis bupthalmoides Dunal. Only a single specimen found in a moist spot 

 at th« edjre of a garden, Santa Agutda, March 4 to (5. No. 230, 



Eclipta alba Hasskarl. Santa Agneda, March 4 to fi. No. 228. 



Viguiera deltoidea Gray, var. Parishii Rohc. Abont two feet high, Collected at 

 the edge of garden among rocks, Santa Agueda, March 4 to <j. No. 250. 



Leptosyne parthenioides Gray, var. dissecta Watson. Only a few plants won along 

 the edge of ditches in a garden, Santa Agiieda, March 4 to «!. No. 248. 



Perityle Emoryi Torr. Santa Roaalia, Marcli 4 to (5. No. 184. 



Perityle deltoidea Watson. Collected growing with /*. Emoryi. No. 185. 



Perityle aurea Rose u. sp. About 10 inches high, much branched and spreading, sonie- 

 whatpiibescentand glandular: lower leaves broader tliau long, an inch broad, ir- 

 regularly lobed and serrate ; npper leaves becoming very small : rays yellow : disk 

 corolla with slender tube abruptly passing into the swollen tnbnlar compana- 

 late throat : style broader, slender, with slender acuminate appendages : akenes 

 small (a line long), linear and straight, with ciliate margins : the pappus of a 

 crown of united squamellaj with fimbriate edge and a short awn. — Santa Rosalia, 

 February 24 to March ;i. 



It resembles /'. Emoryi most in habit and akenes, but its yellow rays, more 

 swollen corolla throat, slenderer, leas granular corolla tube and style tips 

 keep it out of this species. It grows with /'. deltoidea. but of different habit, 

 leaves, style tips, etc. No. 185 ". 



Perityle Fitchii Torr. Only a single plant seen ; this under an overhanging rock at 

 t!io outer edge of a garden. This plant is evidently taller than the species has 

 been described, as branches which Dr. Palmer has collected are 15 or more 

 inches long; many of the leaves opposite. Santa Agueda, March 4 to 6. 

 No. 247. 



Porophyllum craasifoliutn Watson. Proc. Amer. Acad. XXIV. 57. The plant is 

 deep-green, which attracts attention, as the few associated plants are now 

 dry and dead. The leaves are very fleshy and the plant has a strong aroma 

 of the cultivated Rue. Grows in canons near the sea. Santa Rosalia, Febru- 

 ary 24 to March ;}. No. 177. 

 Bebbia juncea Greene. The leaves are not entire, but strongly toothed or lobed. 

 The involucral bracts are very short and ovate. Santa Agueda, March 4 to 6. 

 No. 249. 



Encelia farinosa Gray. Very common plant everywhere, but only in sheltered 

 places, and where there was plenty of moisture, was the plant found in bloom. 

 Rays bright yellow ; free bloomer. No animal eats it. Santa Rosalia, Feb- 

 ruary 24 to March 3. No. 186. 

 Peucephyllum Schottii Gray. The pappus in our plant is different from Gray's de- 

 scription ; it is of two kinds; the outer and shorter is composed of numerous 

 capillary bristles, the inner of long linear palese with strong mid rib. Santa 

 Rosalia, March 1. No, 207. 



PLUMBAGINACE^. 



Plumbago scandens L. Only a single plant in an old garden, Santa Agueda, 

 March 4 to 6. No. 233. 



PRIMtTLACE.a!. 



SamoluB ebracteatus H, IJ. K. Santa Agueda, March 4 to 6. No. 256. 



APOCYNACEiE. 



Vallesia dichotomaRuiz &Pavon. Called " Welatave." Common; sea beaches, 

 and near akali spots. Santa Agueda, March 4 to 6. No. 260. 



