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ASCLEPIDACBiE. 



PWlibertia linearis Gray, var. heterophylla Gray. Only one small plant found 

 in a {fardeii at Sauta Agiieda, March 4 to (i. No. 231. 



Asclepias albicans Watson. Proc. Anier Acad. XXIV. 59. Santa Roaalia, February 

 2i to March H. Also collected by OrcHtt, ld89, from the Colorado Desert, Cali- 

 fornia. No. 193. 



HYDROPHYLLACE^. 



Phacelia scariosa Brandegee. Sauta Aj^tieda, March 4 to 6. No. 236. 

 Nama demissum Gray. In an old garden, Santa Agueda, March 4 to t). No. 240. 

 Ellisia chrysanthemifolia B*mth. Probably from an old garden at Santa Agueda 

 No. 239. 



BORRAGINACEiE. 



Coldenia canescens DC. Flowers rose-colored. On stony mesas and arroyos. 

 Santa Rosalia, February 24 to March :5. No. 195. 



Tournefortia capitata Mart. & Gal. A shrub 4 feet high, with many branches and 

 a profusion of white flowers which are as sweet scented as the cultivated helio- 

 trope. " Berries of a waxy- white color, and pulpy." Only 4 plants seen in a 

 garden, Santa Agueda, March 4 to 0. No. 246. 



Krynitzkia, sp. In an old garden, Santa Agueda, March 4 to 6. No. 241. 



Krynitzkia, sj). With the last. No. 242. 



Krynitzkia racemosa Gi«ene Santa Kosalia, February 24 to March :{. No. 188. 



BIrynitzkia peninsularis Rose, n. sp. Several feet high, compact, and bushy ; older 

 steui of grayish color, with a coarse, more or less compressed pubesceuce: 

 leaves numerous, especially on the short lateral branches, linear, 9 lines or 

 less long, pubescence papillose at baso : spike more or less elongated, leafy 

 bracteate: pedict-ls short, erect: calyx A lines long, deeply cleft into linear 

 divisions: corolla white, 4 lines broad: iiutle*s 4, about a line long, with a 

 large oval or triangular scar on the ventral side, below the middle; the ven- 

 tral angle sharp.— A common plant in a peculiar canon in a gypsum moantain 

 near Santa Rosalia, February 2:i to March ;}. 

 This is a peculiar species belonging to Gray's section Aviblynotua. No. 203. 



SOLANACEiE. 



I.yclum, sp. Flowers 4-merou8. A bush 5 to 6 feet high ; flowers purple. In stony 

 ravine, Santa Rosalia, February 24 to March ;5. No. 183. 



SCROPHULARIACEiE. 



Mimulus luteus L. In a waste field, Santa Agueda, March 3 to 5. No. 233. 



ACANTHACE^. 



Calophanes Californica Rose, n. sp. A very branching shrub, 3 to 4 feet high ; older 

 stems white ; younger stems and leaves glutinous pubescent : leaves lanceolate, 

 about an inch long entire: calyx deeply cleft into long slender iobea 6 to 8 

 lines long: corolla purple, 2 inches long with a broad open throat, abruptly 

 contracted into a slender tube 1 inch long: stamens mucronate at base: 

 posterior lobe of style short but evident, the anterior long filiform: capsule 9 

 to It) lines long, including the style: seeds 4, flat and thin.— Collected at 

 Sauta Rosalia, February 24 to March '3. 



The stickiness and odor is much like that of green tobacco. It has very large, 

 handsome flowers. It reseml)les very much souie species of Ruellia, but has the 

 mucronulate anthers and 4-8eeded capsule of Calophanes. No. 190. 



