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Jatropha (Cnidoseolos) maculata sj). iiov. 



Multicaulis e radieibus tubera luulta gerentibus, muli(iue stiinu- 

 losa: caiilibus 3-5 cm. altis: petiolis 2-10 cm. longis, laminis uscjue 

 ad 10 cm. longis latisque, basi euneatis, ambitii orbicularibiis, alte 3- 

 vcl sub({Tiin(iue lobatis, lobis grosse inciso-dentatis in setam longam 

 terminantibus : cymis pedunculatis corymbiformibns floribus albis; 

 sepalis ca. 8 mm. longis ultra medium in tubum eonnatis; disco an- 

 nulavi ; columna staminali basi tomentosa ; staminibus ca. 10 fere ad 

 apicem columnae staminalis eonnatis: capsulis ca. 2.5 cm. longis: 

 seminibus brunneis ca. 17 mm. longis ; caruncula atro-brunnea. 



The many-stemmed clumps of this plant with their mottled leaves 

 are very attractive to the sight, but the stinging bristles discourage a 

 close acquaintance. The seeds are pleasant to the taste and are eaten 

 by the natives. The potato-like tubers are abundant. It resembles 

 J. acutidens Miill. Arg., under which name it is listed in Proe. Calif. 

 Acad. Sci., Ser. II, iii, 172. It differs in having white-blotched leaves 

 with a cuneate base, larger fruit and all the stamens united so near 

 the top of the staminal column that the free part of the filaments 

 appear to spring from the same circle. It is common about San Jose 

 del Cabo, Baja California. Collected by T. S. Brandegee, September 

 2, 1890. Type, Herb. Univ. Calif. No. 110145. 



Lycium Cooperi Gray 

 The fruit of this species does not seem to have been examined. 

 The flowers and seeds are as in Lycium proper ; but the fruit is crus- 

 taceous, longer than broad, constricted at a point some distance below 

 the top with the upper part hard, bony, and nearly solid. It never 

 reddens so far as I know. 



Lycium peninsulare sp. nov. 

 Frutex ramosus glabci-: raniis in spinas terminantibus: foliis 

 spathulatis ca. 2.2 cm. longis: tloribus tetrameris axillai-ibus fascieu- 

 latis ca. 3 mm. longis ; calyce campanulato ca. 2 mm. longo, lobis brevi- 

 bus latis acutis ; corolla late campanulata ca. 5 mm. longa, lobis latis 

 reflexis ; staminibus stylociue exsertis, filamontis basi tomcntosis: l)acca 

 ovoidea apice apiculata. 



This Lycium is very florifei-ous. The stamens are exserted from 

 the broad corolla, which by its reflexed lobes makes them very con- 

 spicuous. Collected by T. 8. Brandegee, 1899, at San Jose del Cabo, 

 Baja California. Type, Herb. Univ. Calif. No. 124646. 



