REPORT ON A COLLECTION OF PLANTS MADE IN THE STATES OF 

 SONORA AND COLIMA, MEXICO, BY DR. EDWARD PALMER, IN THE 

 YEARS 1890 AND 1891. 



By J- K, EosE, 



The, collection here reported upon was made l)y Dr. Edward Palmer, 

 chietly in the States of Soiiora and Colima duriii<;' the latter part of 

 18'.K) and the early months of 181H. Tlie localities visited were Agia- 

 bampo, Maiizandlo, Colima, and Armcria. 



I )r. Palmer arrivtid at Agiabampo September 12, en route for Ala- 

 mos. Heavy showers had previ<m.sly fallen and vegetation was well 

 advanced, but few plants were as yet m flower. From this place he 

 went directly to Alamos and obtained a valuable collection, upon which 

 a report has already been made.* Wliile at Alamos one of those dry, 

 hot winds, so characteristic of this legion, occurred and seriously 

 injuredor killed many of the plants; heavy showers fell again on Octo- 

 ber 1, reviving simn^ plants which were in unexpo.sed places. Dr. 

 Palmer returned to Agiabampo October 3, and was much disappointed 

 at finding the vegetation in so poor a condition. Collecting was ditli- 

 cult and unsatisfactory, but his work under these circmnstances was 

 most admirably done, as shown by the many new and interesting plants 

 enumerated in this report. About itry species were obtained. The 

 specimens are numbered from 752 lo 815, the result of two weeks' col- 

 lecting at this place. 



The town of Agiabami)o is a small seaport on the Gulf of California, 

 in the extreme southern part of Sonora. It is 145 miles southeast of 

 Guaymas and about (JO miles from Alamos, the latter of which is almost 

 wholly dependent upon Agiabampo for supjdies. Alter finishing the 

 work at Agiabampo, Dr. Palmer visited Carmen Island and returned 

 toCiuaymas, where the trip to the State of Colima was planned. 



Manzanilh) was reached by steamer December 1. This village is a 

 small one, containing only about 500 inhabitants, has an excellent har- 

 bor, and is situated at the foot of a low range of mountains. It is the 

 sea])ort of Colima and is connected with that city by railway. Dr. 

 Palmer spent the month of December, 1890, about Manzanillo, collecting 

 chielly in the mountains and in the low, marshy places about the bay. 



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