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Ionidium polygal/EFOLIum, Vent. Among rocks in dried creek- 

 beds ; 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 canf.scens, Gray, var. ; slightly pubescent, and leaves 

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



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

 (248.) 



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

 high. At Los Angeles Bay. (541.) 



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



Portulaca oleracea, Linn. " Verdulaga ; common all over 

 the country." Guaymas. (116.) 



Anoda pentaschista, Gray. Guaymas. (661.) 



Horsfordia NEWBERRYr, Gray. Flowers orange. On rocky 

 hills at Guaymas. (314.) 



Horsfordia rotundifolia. Annual, erect, slender, 2 feet high 

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

 cordate, obtuse or retuse, creuate, 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-yellow, 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-pubesrent 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.) 



Sida carpinifolta, Linn. Guaymas. (316.) 



Abutilon crispum, Don. Guaymas. (95.) 



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

 (104, 288.) 



Abutilon Palmeri, Gray. Guaymas. (239.) 



