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Abronia umbellata Lam. — Small forms growiiio- nearly 

 in the center of the Peninsula, on sandy plains at El Llano 

 de Sautana and Calmalli. 



BOERHAAYIA SCANDENS L. — San Gregorio, Comondn. 



BoERHAAYiA ERECTA L. — Magdalena Island., San Gregorio. 

 Very common about the islands, and probably the species 

 alluded to by Bentham, Bot. Sulph. 43, as B. i^olymorpha. 



BoERHAAViA YiscoSA Lag. — San Gregorio, Comoudu, Pat- 

 rocinia. 



BoERHAAViA ELONGATA. Perennial (?). Stems slender, 6 

 feet long or more, much branched, prostrate on the ground 

 or supported by bushes, nearly glabrous, excepting some 

 spreading hairs on the younger branches, somewhat glau- 

 cous : leaves thin, cordate-ovate, acuminate, minutely pu- 

 bescent above, glabrous below, 20-50 mm. on petioles J as 

 long: inflorescence pubescent, axillary and terminal, of im- 

 perfect simple or forked umbels, 3-6 flowered, on peduncles 

 usually much exceeding the leaves: pedicels very unequal, 

 3-20 mm. long: perianth white, spreading, 15 mm. wide: 

 fruit clavate-oblong, 5-^ mm. long, 2i- wade, nearly black, 

 with broad mucilaginous glands in 3 or 4 horizontal rows, 

 or sometimes crowded towards the top. — San Pablo, Jesus 

 Maria. 



Celosia floribunda Gray. — Comondu. 



Amarantus Palmeri Watson. — Magdalena Island. 



Iresine alternifolia Watson. — Magdalena Island. Prob- 

 ably this species, but the flowers apparently hermaphro- 

 dite. 



Chenopodium album L. — San Julio. 



Chenopodium murale. — Magdalena Bay. 



MoNOLEPis CHENOPODioiDES Moq. — San Enrique. 



EUROTIA LANATA (Pursh.) ~Agua Dulce. 



