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The plant is called "Saudia do l;v INiHwion." The llowcrs bloom early in the 

 morning and last but a part of the dny ; the* ripe fruit, which has a sweetish taate, 

 is much relished by tlie children of the island. 



This species seems nearest i*. foctida, some forms of which have very similar 

 foliaj-e, but differs in its larger flowers, smaller crown, longer stamiueal tube, and 



the peculiar tip of the sepal. 



Kxi'r.AWAi'inN- OK Plate XIV. -A brancli witli flowor.s and IViiit, shown ; natural sizo. 

 Mamillaria Roseaua ISrandg. Zoe, ii. I'J. Ctuiiitiou on tlie liillsidt's and beach 

 among loose coral rocks. Fruit of a " vermilion color," is edilde. Said to be a 

 very handsome sjiecies. No. 880. 



Cereus gamosus Engelm. Stem <i feet high, erect; rilis 8 or 9; spines straight and 

 stout; branches numerous, often prostrate upon the ground: mature fruit large, 

 dull red without, bright red within. Not in flower. No. 883. 



The fruit is edible; it is used for preserves, jau>8, etc. It is called ''Pita- 

 haya acre." 



Vaseyanthus Rosei Cogneaux. Zoe, i. 368. Grows in canons in shady places and 

 along the beach. No. 837. 



This was (irst collected at I^a Paz aud is No. 102 of Dr. Palmer's collection re- 

 ferred to Majiiinnriczia on p. 70. 



Macrosiphouia Berlaiidieri Gray. About 3 feet high with few branches; only 

 found in fruit. In canons. No. 841. 



Houstonia brevipes Rose. Couti-. Nat. Herb. i. 83. In cafions. No. 836. 



Houstonia (Ereicotis) friiticosa Rose, n. sp. Upright growing shrub, 1 to 2 feet 

 higli, much-branched, glabrous throughout: leaves linear, 3 to 7 lines loug, much 

 fascicled, and with minute stipules: dowers eyiiiose on short jiedicels or ses- 

 sile: corolla 4 to 5 lines long, salver form, the tube much longer than tlic lobes, 

 "white:" the fruiting calyx 1 line long, with hd)e8 of equal length: capsule a 

 little t)ver 1 line long, free from t lie calyx at the tip only: seeds oblong.— One 

 of the eomnu)uest ]dauts :iloug the beacih. No. 880. 



Near 11. fasciculata, but wiMi larger llowers aud leaves, and somewhat differ- 

 ent in habit. 



Hofmeisteria laphamioides Rose. Contr. Nai. Herb. i. 79. Neither in flower nor 

 fruit, Imt evidently Mils species. Found on th<; side of a canon. No. 850. 



Hofmeisteria pubesceiia Watson. About a foot high with fleshy leaves and pinkish 

 flowers. A compact plant, the numerous branches interlacing form an impene- 

 tr:iblo mass. Found on the beach and in the canons. No. 875. 



This plant has somewhat less dissected leaves than the tyi)e and approaches 

 near U fasciculata, from which it seems to differ only in being pubescent and in 

 having the leaves nuire dissected. 



Brickellia brachiata Gray, var. tii.AHi£ATA Rose, n. var. Glabrous throughout, but 

 in other respects similar to the type. Tliis is the glabrttus form referred to on 

 page 83, from Santa Rosalia. The (iuding of this glabrons form a Seconal time 

 indicates that it nniy be a conHiiott form along the Gulf, and beiug so much cmt 

 of the range of the type we have thought best to give it a varietal name. — On 

 Bide of rocky canons. No. 849. 



Aplopappua spimilosus DC. Only a single specimen seen. No. 818. 



Bebbia jiincea Greene. About 3 feet high. Found on the beach aud canons. No, 

 8t.l. 



Bigelo via diffusa O ray. Commonly called " Yerba del Jasmo." Two to three feet 

 high, (jrows oil tile beach. No. 833. 



Viguiera deltoidea Gray, var. Pakisfiii Rose. Contr. Nat. Herb i. 73. Three to 4 

 feet high. In the canons of the island, but not comnjou. No. 828. 



Alvordia glomerata jirandegee. Proc. Cal. Acad. ser. 2. ii. 174. About tlireo 

 feet high: flowers orange-yellow, with a strong oily odor. In the canons; not 

 common. No. 827. 



Recently found by Mr. Braudegee at tw^o stations not far aw:iy on the mainland. 



