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Pentstemon virgatus ' Gray. "Corolla wbite with yellowish cast and a patch of 

 purple ou the upper part." Not common; in savidy places. Willow Springs. 

 June 10 to 20. No. 493. 



Pentstemon Wrightii Hoot.? "Corolla beneath li^ht-snuff color, the remaiMder 

 violet." Grew ou level places under piues and oaks. Willow Springs. July 5 

 and 0. No 614. 



Verbena ciliata Henth. Collected near Fort Iluachuca, 1889, 



Dracocephalum parvifiorum Nutt. Grows in rich moist bottoms. Willow Springs. 

 June 10 to 20. No. 509. 



Monarda fistulosa L., var. media Gray. Fort Apache. June 21 to HO. No. 579. 



Mouarda fistulosa L. Grows in profusion on grassy slopes aud open level places. 

 Willow Springs. July 5 and 6. No. C26. 



Amarantus retroflexus L. Called "red-root." The White Mounfain Apaches use 

 the plant very much as food ; the green herbage is cooked and the seeds gathered, 

 parched and ground into Hour, from which they make broad, mush, etc. Fort 

 Apache. June 21 to 30. No. 587. 



Chenopodium album L. Conmion. Used by the \Vhite Mountain Indians as a pot- 

 herb. Fort Apache. Juno 21 to .30. No. 587. 



Polygonum Bistorta L., var. oblongifolium Meisu. Jide, S. Coulier. Willow Springs. 

 June 10 to 20. No. 522. 



Eriogonum alatum Torr. With more corymbose inflorescence than the type. Com- 

 mon on hillsides aud river bottoms. Fort Apache. June 21 to 30. No. 597. 



Comandra pallida A. DC. Willow Springs. Jane 10 to 20. No. 502. 



Euphorbia montana En gel m. A very common plant along canons. Fort Ilnachuca. 

 April and May. No. 4.55. 



Acalypha Lindheimeri Muell, Collected in an old garden. Fort Huachuca. April 

 aud May. No. 419. 



Argythamnia mercurialina Muell. This plant is very common on dry and exposed 

 places. Fort Apache. Juno 21 to 30. No. 581. 



Tragia urtioaefolia Michx. Willow Springs. June 10 to 20. No. 491. 



Guilleminea densa Moq. Common in canons. Fort Huachuca. April and May. 

 No. 457. 



Gomphrena caespitosa Torr. Fort Huachuca. April aud May. No. 423. 



Juglans rupestris Engelni. Seen only in canons. The young trees are quite orna- 

 mental. They grow here to a height of 30 feet, and are li to 2i feet in diameter. 

 No. 416. 



Alnus incana Willd., var. A large brushy topped tree 20 to 30 feet high aud 12 

 to 18 inches in dianu^ter. The Indians use the bark in tanning. Fort Apache. 

 June 20 to 30. No. 602. 



Quercus Emoryi Torr. The acorns of this oak are gathered in great ijuantities by 

 the Mexicans and Indians. A small tree 30 feet high and 1^ feet in diameter. 

 Fort Huachuca. April 26 to May 21. No. 459ft. 



Salix nigra Marsh., var. venulosa Anders, Jide M. S. Bebb. "This varietal name 

 is retained for forms which the species assumes in its distribution from Texas 

 westward. Notwithstanding the inaccuracies of Anderson's description, these 

 originated quite naturally from certain peculiarities in Wright's No. 1877, which 

 peculiarities are now recognized as having resulted from an abnormal growth." 

 M. S. Bebb. 



Iris Missouriensis Nutt. Very common at Willow Springs. June 10 to 20. No. 499. 

 Sisyrinchium anceps L. Willow Springs. June 10 to 20. No. 490. 

 Sisyrinchium angustifolium Mill. Same habitat as the last. No. 490 a. 

 Allium Nuttallii Watson. Flowers w^hite. The bulbs are eaten by the Indians and 

 " settlers." Willow Springs. June 10 to 20. No. 574. 



'The spscimens have on them an iEcidium, which Mr. J. W. Anderson tolls me is 

 a new species JE. Palmeri. 



