PLANTS FROM BAJA CALIFORNIA. 149 



Indigofera Anil L. — Purisima. 



Tephrosia Purisima. Perennial, decumbent, appressed 

 silky pubescent, stems a foot or two long: stipules triangu- 

 lar-lanceolate, spinose : leaflets 3-6 pairs, linear, mucronate 

 by the prolongation of the mid-rib, strongly and rather re- 

 motely veined, an inch or less in length, the rachis two or 

 more inches long: racemes elongated: Howers pedicellate, 

 solitary or in pairs, light pink with darker banner, 14 mm. 

 long: calyx 6 mm. long, teeth equal in length to the tube: 

 pod narrow, 13-15 seeded, two or more inches long, beaked 

 by the long style. — Much resembling specimens of T. 

 Palmeri, but having a different habit, flowers of another 

 color and smaller seeds, without an evident aril. — San Gre- 

 gorio, Purisima, Cardon Grande. 



Olneya Tesota Gray. "Una de gato." — Comondu to 

 Gala muj net. 



Astragalus Nuttallianus DC. — San Jorge, San Esteban. 



Astragalus Hornii Gray. — San Quintin and a form from 

 San Gregorio and Snn Jorge perennial about the lake and 

 annual in depressions of the Hats which differs from the San 

 Quintin plant in having smaller pods and leaflets. 



Astragalus candidissimus (Benth.) Hairs of the calyx 

 usually nearly black. Prostrate on the sandy ocean side of 

 Magdalena Island, and erect in depressions among the 

 dunes of Santa Margarita Island. 



Astragalus leucopsis T. & G. — El Kosario. 



Astragalus oocarpus Gray. ? — San Fernando. 



Astragalus triflorus Gray. — Llano de San Julian. 



Astragalus Orcuttianus Watson. — San Enrique, San 

 Borgia and apparently the same species in flow^er only, from 

 San Gregorio. 



Astragalus sp. Too near specimens of Pliaca Berteriana 

 Moris. — San Julio. 



