86 



Beloperone Californica Benth. About 3 feet high, growing in stony gulches. 

 Gniziug animals will not eat it. Santa Agueda, March 4 to (5, No. 255. 



Berginia Palmeri Rose, u. sp. A foot and a half high, very shrubby : larj,'e8t leaves 

 broadly ovate to oblong, an inch long, (i to 9 lines broa'l : spikes rather dense, 

 1 to 2 inches long, glandular : corolla pink: seeds flattened (not rugose) pub- 

 erulent. 



A careful comparison of the type specimens as found in the Gray Herbarium 

 of Pringleophiftum lanceolaium and B. viryaia convinces us that they are the 

 same species. Mr. Brandegee, in his paper on the plants from Baja California, 

 suggested that the two were probably the same. No. 272. 



VERBENACE^. 



Lippia fastiglata Brandegee. Proc. Cal. Acad. 2ii<l series, II. 196. " Damiana." It 

 has a wide medicinal reputation. It is much used by the common people in 

 place of China tea. The flowers are pinkish and purple. Santa Agueda,^ 

 March 4 to 6. No. 264. 



NYCTAGINACEiE. 



Boerhaavia viscosa Lag. Only a few plants seen at the edge of a garden, Santa 



Agueda, March 4 to 6. No. 225. 

 Boerhaavia acandena L. Only two plants seen in a stony ravine. Flowers a 



creamy while. Santa Agueda, March 4 to 6. No. 262. 



CHENOPODIACEiE. 



Atriplex Barclayana Dietr., form. But a single plant found, in alkali ground, Santa 

 Agueda, March 4 to 6. No. 259. 



POLYGONACEiB. 



Pterostegia drymarioidea F. & M. Santa Rosalia, March 15. No. 271. 



EIJPHORBIACE.S:. 



Euphorbia, sp. Very common. Santa Rosalia, March 3. No. 187. 

 Euphorbia, sp. Common in the outer edge of a garden, Santa Agueda, March 4 to 6. 

 No. 245. 



URTICACEiE. 



Picus Palmeri Watson. Proc. Amer. Acad. XXIV. 77. The leaves somewhat larger 

 than originally described ; sometimes 4 inches long by 3 broad : found growing 

 in a crevice in the pure gypsum, without any apparent soil : the trunk only 

 about G inches in diameter, Santa Rosalia, February ii7 to March 3. No. 210. 



NAIADACEiS. 

 Fotamogetou pectiuatus L. A very common plant at Santa Agueda. No, 226. 



TYPHACEiE. 



Typha angustifoUa L. Called Tule. Much used in covering houses and for which 

 it is largely gathered and sold by the common people. The stems are often 15 

 feet high. Santa Agueda, March 4 to G. No. 212. 



PHYTOL ACC ACEiE. 



Stegnoaperma halimifolia Benth, A large, loose-growing shrub, 5 to 10 feet high. 

 Common near the sea beach. Santa Agueda, March 4 to 6. No. 258. 



