GOLDMAN—PLANT RECORDS OF LOWER CALIFORNIA. 827 
Dicraurus alternifolius (S. Wats.) Uline & Bray. 
First met with and a flowering specimen taken at about 600 meters altitude 5 or 
6 miles southwest of El Potrero, on a steep mountain side toward the crest of the 
Peninsula, October 31. It was noted in a few places farther south along our route 
from La Purisima to Comandii but was nowhere very abundant. It grows as a shrub 
3 to 3.5 meters in height. 
AIZOACEAE. Carpetweed Family. 
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L. Ick PLANT. 
At least one species of ice plant was noted on the beach at Ensenada and San Quintin 
and near the Pacific coast as far south as the vicinity of San Andrés and Rosarito. 
Tt was one of the most abundant plants on the Coronados Islands and on Todos Santos, 
San Martin, and San Gerdénimo islands, growing often as the exclusive species, the 
masses dengest where most exposed to the ocean fogs. 
ALLIONIACEAE. Four-o’clock Family. 
Abronia gracilis Benth. SAND VERBEN 4, 
A little herb, discovered at Magdalena Bay, on the voyage of the Sulphur. We 
found it one of the most abundant species along the sandy coast from San Jorge south 
to the Llano de Yrais. It grows prostrate, the branches spreading 10 to 25 cm. over 
the sand, and is one of the few species which gain a foothold in and along the edges 
of dune areas and tend to check the constant drifting. Specimens in flower were 
taken a few miles north of Matancita, November 15. 
Hesperonia californica (A. Gray) Standley. 
A common little shrub in the hill country along our route from San Pablo to San 
Ignacio. It grows to a height of 90 to 120 cm. A specimen in flower was taken at 
about 360 meters altitude, near Tinaja de San Esteban, 25 miles north of San Ignacio. 
Quamoclidion triflorum (Benth.) Standley. 
First noticed along our route from Cerro Colorado to Rodriguez northwest of La Paz, 
but seen more abundantly in the hills along the basal slopes of the mountains in the 
Cape District south of La Paz. It grows as a shrub, varying from 1 to 2.5 meters in 
height. Specimens were collected in flower between Cerro Colorado and Rodriguez, 
December 16, and at 720 meters altitude, near the Rancho San Bernardo in the Victoria 
Mountains, January 20. 
PHYTOLACCACEAE. Pokeweed Family. 
Phaulothamnus spinescens A. Gray. 
Noted only at about 600 meters altitude on a northeast mountain slope 5 or 6 miles 
southwest of El Potrero on the road from Mulegé to La Purisima, where a fruiting 
specimen was taken October 31. It was growing as a shrub 1.8 to 2.5 meters high. 
Stegnosperma halimifolium Benth. 
This shrub was first noted at Calamahué. From this point south to Cape San 
Lucas it was very abundant along much of our route, especially in fertile soil along 
arroyos, ranging upward from near sea level to about 720 meters in the hills along 
the backbone of the Peninsula and on Espiritu Santo Island. This species, like 
Calliandra californica and a number of others of the region, may be found flowering 
and fruiting at almost any time of year. It is a handsome shrub 1.8 to 3.5 meters 
