4.0 PROCEEDINGS OP THE AMERICAN ACADEMY 



lONiDiuii POLYGAL^FOLIUM, Vent. AmoDg rocks in dried creek- 

 be-.ls ; Guaymas. (253.) 



Amoreuxia palmatifida, DC. " Sayas " ; the roots have the 

 taste of the parsnip and carrot, and are eaten by the Yaqui Indians, 

 and made into a preserve by the Mexicans. Guaymas. (176.) 



Krameria cankscens, Gray, var. ; slightly pubescent, and leaves 

 small and distant. Guaymas and Los Angeles Bay. (151, 565.) 



Krameria parvifolia, Beuth. The typical form. At Guaymas. 

 (248.) 



Frankenia Palmeri, "Watson. A compact shrub, 1 to 3 feet 

 high. At Los Angeles Bay. (541.) 



Drtmaria crassifolia, Benth. At Los Angeles Bay. (570.) 



Portulaca oleracea, Linn. " Verdulaga ; common all over 

 the country." Guaymas. (116.) 



Anoda pentaschista, Gray. Guaymas. (661.) 



HoRsFORDiA Newberryi, Gray. Flowers orange. On rocky 

 hills at Guaymas. (314.) 



HoRSFORDiA ROTUNDiFor.iA. Annual, erect, slender, 2 feet high 

 or more, finely and softly pubescent ; branches short : leaves round- 

 cordate, obtuse or refuse, crenate, an inch broad or usually much less, 

 white-velutinous beneath, greener above : inflorescence elongated and 

 paniculate, nearly naked ; peduncles slender, 4 to 9 lines long, jointed 

 above the middle : flowers orange to sulphur-ycdlow, 9 lines broad ; 

 calyx 2 lines long, the lobes acute or short-acuminate : carpels 6 to 8, 

 4 lines long. 2-ovuled, 1 -seeded, the thin sides of the cell strongly 

 reticulate and becoming clathrate, the erect wings lanceolate : seed 

 pubescent. — On an island in the harbor of Guaymas. (351.) 



HoRSFORDiA Palmeri. Erect, 3 to 6 feet high, stout and branch- 

 ing, densely stellate-pubescent throughout : leaves lanceolate, obtusish, 

 cordate at base, entire or subcrenate, 3 inches long or less : flowers ax- 

 illary, solitary or clustered, on slender peduncles 6 or 8 lines long and 

 jointed above the middle: calyx 3 lines broad ; corolla " light pink," 

 turning blue, an inch broad: carpels 10 to 12, 4 lines long, 1-seeded, 

 the basal portion strongly reticulated, the wing obliquely deltoid: 

 seed puberulent. — On broken stony ground near Los Angeles Bay. 

 (558.) 



Sid A CARPiNiFOLTA, Linn. Guaymas. (316.) 



Abutilon crispum, Don. Guaymas. (95.) 



Abuttlon incanum, Don. (A. Texense, Gray.) Guaymas. 

 (104, 288.) 



Abutilon Palmeri, Gray. Guaymas. (239.) 



