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the lobes : stamens unequdl : capsule 6 to 9 lines long, acute, 8- 

 seeded. — In moist shaded places oa the mesas and in ravines about 

 Guaymas. (196.) 



Beloperone Californica, Benth. Shaded spots- in the moun- 

 tains, at Muleje and Guaymas. (16.) 



DiANTHERA SoNOR^. Perennial (?), the herbaceous stems very 

 finely roughish-puberulent, about a foot high : leaves ovate to lance- 

 olate, shortly petiolate, acutish, sparsely pubescent on the margin and 

 veins beneath, 1 or 2 inches long; spikes dense, terminal, sessile, soli- 

 tary, Ih inches long or less; bracts imbricated, oblanceolate, acute 

 and mucronate, strongly 3-nerved and ciliate, 4 to 6 lines long: calyx 

 4-parted, the very narrow attenuate ciliate segments 2 lines long; 

 corolla cream-color, 8 lines long, the straight narrow tube somewhat 

 longer than the limb : anther-cells parallel, nearly equal, separated by 

 a rather nkrrow connective. — Xear a cretk in the mountains about 

 Guaymas. (240.) 



Jacobinia ovata, Gray, var. subglabra. Branches glabrous 

 and leaves nearly so; flowers in short spikes; otherwise apparently 

 identical with the original of the species. Shrubby, 4 to 6 feet high, 

 the flowers bright scarlet. Mountain ravines near Guaymas. (264.) 



Lantana Camara, Linn. A nearly glabrous form. "Confiturea"; 

 used as a preventive of hydrophobia. Plains about Guaymas. (284.) 



LiPPiA (Zapania) Palmeri. Near L. graveolens ; shrubby, 3 to 

 5 feet high : leaves ovate to elliptical, the blade decurrent upon the 

 short petiole, obtuse or acutish, rugose, subcrenately toothed, finely 

 substrigose-pubescent, an inch long or often much less : peduncles 

 solitary or in pairs in the axils, very short ; heads often few-flowered, 



2 to 6 lines long ; bracts decussate, the lower united to the middle, 

 the upper distinct : calyx thin, not carinate ; corolla salverforra. — 

 "Origano"; with a strong sage-like odor and used as a potherb. In 

 arroyos about Guaymas. Flowers white or cream-color (277, 644), 

 or rose-color (643). 



CiTHAREXYLUJI (CaCOCALYX) FLABELLIFOLIUM. A tall shrub, 



the younger portions more or less pubescent with short spreading 

 hairs : leaves thin, flabelliform, truncate or rounded above and cre- 

 nately few-toothed, abruptly contracted to a short petiole, h inch long 

 or less : racemes terminal or sometimes axillary, sessile, loosely flow- 

 ered ; pedicels very short: calyx 5-nerved and -angled, acutely toothed, 



3 lines long, becoming thin and dilated and loosely enclosing the 

 fruit; corolla dark violet. 6 lines long, the yellowish tube shorter than 

 the calyx, tomentose within, the broadly expanded limb with nearly 



