VOL. 5]. New Species of Lower C. altfornia Plants. 171 
cm., tube 5 mm. long; stamens included, anthers divergent; stig- 
ma bilabiate; capsule 2-3 dm. long, 15 mm. wide, glabrous, 
valves when mature indistinctly 1-nerved, seeds 1x3 cm., the 
wings about 5 mm. long. 
The flowers in dried specimens are black. The calyx some- 
times is very small, only 4 mm. long on the same peduncle bear- 
ing those of the usual size and with no difference in the size of 
the corolla. Rarely athird leaflet is represented by a tendril and 
sometimes one of the lateral leaflets also becomes atendril. The 
pubescence of the stems and leaves is variable; specimens from 
San Bernardo, a high elevation representing very pubescent 
forms. 
Cape Region of Baja California, especially abundant in the vi- 
cinity of Miraflores. No. 249 Purpus, 716 Brandegee. 
PARMENTIERA EDULIS DC. is cultivated at San José del 
Cabo for its fruit, that is usually cooked before eating. 
LIPPIA BARBATA Brandg. JZ. montana Brandg., isa common 
bush of the Cape Region. 
Tetramerium fruticosum. Frutescent, 1-3 dm. high, the 
woody stems with light-colored shreddy bark, the younger 
growth pubescent; ieaves ovate-acuminate, mucronate, slightly 
pubescent, 2-3 cm. long, including the 5-8 mm. long petiole, 
5-10 mm. wide; primary bracts ovate, mucronate, about 1 cm. 
long, short ciliate, not strongly nerved; bractlets linear-lance- 
olate, 1 cm. long, sparingly pubescent; calyx divisions narrowly 
linear-lanceolate; corolla straw color, tube 5 mm. long, the ovate 
lobes shorter; capsule 7 mm. long, pointed; seeds muricate-scab- 
rous on both faces. 
The seeds are much thicker than those of Carlowrightia. Col- 
lected at Purisima, Comondu, and throughout the Cape Region. 
489 Purpus. 
Henrya costata Gray, var. glandulosa, Very glandular through- 
out, leaves and bracts short-aristate, 
Specimens from Las Durasnillas, Sonora, are slightly glandular 
and intermediate between the Cape Region Form and Pringle’s 
No. 4634. 
