158 . New Species of Lower California Plants. [ZOE 
rolla ochroleucous, the keel the most prominent; bractlets decid- 
uous; pod somewhat twisted, of 4-5 rhomboidal, glabrous, retic- 
ulated joints. 
Among more than a dozen specimens only three bear each a 
single trifoliate leaf. At maturity the pod soon falls to pieces, 
leaving a single joint attached to the pedicel. None of the speci- 
mens bear a dozen flowers. 
Collected on Sierra El Taste, Nov., 1902. 
Phaseolus rubescens. Annual, stems twining, 2 m. and less 
high, retrorsely hispid-pubescent; petioles 2-5 cm. long, pubes- 
cent; leaflets 3, broadly oval, entire, obtuse or mucronate, pubes- 
cent especially beneath, 3 cm. wide, 4 cm. long, the lateral ones 
oblique and sessile, stipules lanceolate, 5-6 mm. long; stipels 1 
mm. long; racemes 1.5-3 dm. long, floriferous along the upper 
third, pubescent and retrorsely hispid; bracts linear- lanceolate, 4 
mm. long; pedicels single or in pairs 1 mm. long; living flowers 
brick-red, when dried wings violet and banner greenish; calyx 
3-4 mm. long, 5-toothed, vexillum 8-9 mm. long, 7 mm. broad; 
legume 6-7 cm. long, 3 mm. wide, slightly falcate, acuminate, 
pubescent, 
The roughness of the stems is not caused by the rather evi- 
dent long hairs with which they are covered, but by minute 
bristles. The species is common after a rainy season throughout 
the lower elevations of the Cape Region. 
GALACTIA ACAPULCENSIS pends is No. 158 of my first collection 
from the Cape Region. 
Erythrina Purpusi. A small tree or large bush, 3-4 m. high, 
the young branches bearing stout curved spines 5 mm. long; ter- 
minal leaflet much the largest, minutely pubescent, 7 em. long, 
8-9 cm. wide, broadly cordate-deltoid, cuneate at base, obtuse or | 
sometimes slightly obtusely pointed, lateral leaflets similar, ra- 
chis about 12 cm. long, bearing often 1-2 small spines, petiolules 
5 mm. long; banner dark red, 6-7 cm. long, 10-14 mm. wide when 
unfolded, retuse at apex; wings 15 mm. long, including the long 
acuminate apex; keel about 18 mm. long; calyx 10-1 5mm. long, 
lanate-pubescent, becoming glabrous, truncate, sometimes ob- 
scurely bilabiate, bearing a large gland on the lower lip; ovary 
