400 Flora of the Cape Region. [zoe 



on the high summits of Sierra de la Laguna and San Francis- 

 qiiito. 



740. Ranunculus hydrocharoides Gray. Common in 

 wet places and standing water, at I^a Chuparosa and Sierra de 

 la lyaguna, the immersed plants not in flower in October, those 

 growing in wet banks just coming into bloom. 



10. Lepidium intermedium Gray. Mature specimens now 

 collected show that the cotyledons are incumbent, and this name 

 should take the place of Z.. Virginicum. Some of the specimens 

 have rather conspicuous petals like the New Mexico and Texas 

 plants. 



741. Cleome melanocarpa Watson. The specimens differ 

 from Dr. Palmer's Chihuahua plant in having slightly narrower 

 pods. The petals are white, but the plant does not belong to 

 the § Physostemoii. It is common in September on the Pacific 

 slope of the mountains. 



742. Ionidium parietari.^folium DC. (?) The same 

 plant as Dr. Palmer's No. 93, 1885, from Chihuahua, Proc. Am. 

 Acad, xxi, 415. — Common in the elevated region west of Sierra 

 San Lazaro. 



743. Alsodeia parvifolia Wats (?) — Mountains east of 

 Pescadero, September 16, 1893. 



744. Polygala glochidiata HBK. Canon Hondo. Seen 

 in but one locality. 



36. Par(3Nychia monandra Brandg. This grows abun- 

 dantly about the Sierra de la Laguna. It seems to be the same 

 as P. Mexicana Hemsley, excepting that the flower has one 

 stamen instead of five, and probably it should be considered a 

 variety of that species. 



43. Talinum patens Willd. The mark of interrogation 

 should be omitted after this species. It is very common from 

 near the seashore to middle elevations of the mountains. 



745. Malvastrum scabrum Gray. One plant only was 

 found in Caiion San Bernardo. 



746. KosTELETZKYA CORDATA Presl. Agrees well with 

 the description in Reliq. Haenk. The flowers are pale lilac in 



