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and there are many pitayas on the rocky hills. The choya forms 

 groves, in which the largest plants are sometimes from 2 to 4 meters 

 in height, and gaunt at that season (January and February) from the 

 annual shedding of their joints. The sandy arroyos contain patches 

 of Parosela spinosa, and are bordered by ironwood, large and small- 

 leaved palo verde and mesquite trees. 



The settlement consisted of three adobe dwellings, a warehouse, 

 and a corral at the springs, and a small house at the garden. From 

 Quitobaquita Springs several streams flow into a shallow, artificial 

 lake, the overflow from which is conducted by an acequia to an 

 extensive field of wheat and white clover, bordered by fig trees and 

 surrounded by a brush fence. This proved to be an excellent col- 

 lecting ground for birds and mammals. A few ducks and waders 

 and oiu' pair each of the white-bellied swallow, black phcebe, and 

 vermilion flycatcher frequented the lake. Dipsosaurus dorsal/* and 

 f'tn stansburiana were common lizards. A toad (Bufo alvarius 

 Girard) was also taken. 



This station was occupied by the writer and Mr. Holzner from 

 January 25 to February 8, 1894. 



^lora of Sonoyta Valley (Monuments Nos. 164 to 174). — Trees: 



Parosela spinosa (Gray) Heller. 

 Olneya tesota Gray. 

 Ccnus glganteus Engelmann. 

 Cereus thurberi Engelmann. 

 Opuntia fulgida Engelmann. 

 Opuntia versicolor Engelmann. 

 Opuntia spinosior (Engelmann) 



Toumey. 

 Sambucus glauca Nuttall. 



Zizyphus obtusifolia Gray. — This species (specimen No. 2730, 

 orig. 108) becomes a small tree, having a trunk from 1 to 4 deci- 

 meters in diameter and a height of 3 to 6 meters, and with branches 

 all armed with very long spines. It usually branches from the 

 ground, around the main trunks, spreading so as to form an impene- 

 trable growth. It is common in valleys. 



Conspicuous plants, other than trees, are: 



Salix nigra Marshall. 

 Populus frerhontii Watson. 

 Acacia greggii Gray. 

 Prosopis odorata Torrey and Fremont. 

 Prosopis glandulosa Torrey. 

 Parkin son ia aculeata Linnsejis. 

 Parkinsonia microphylla Torrey. 

 Cercidium torreyanum (Watson) Sar- 

 gent. 



Scirpus olneyi Gray. 



Scirpus occidentalis (Watson) Chase. 



Fouquieria splendens Engelmann. 



Covillea tridentata (de Candolle) 

 Vail.o 



Euphorbia misera Gray. 



EchinocactU8 wislizeni Engelmann. 



Echinocactus wislizeni lecontei Engel- 

 mann. 



Datura meteloides de Candolle. 



Anemopsis califomica (Nuttall) 

 Hooker and Arnott. 



Aster spinosus Bentham. 



Baccharis emoryi Gray. 



Baccharis glutinosa Persoon. (Mexi- 

 can name, " batamote.") 



Pluchea sericea I Nuttall). (Mexican 

 name. " cochinilla.") 



« The creosote hush is called by the Mexicans " gobernadora " or " hediondilla," 

 and is much used as a remedy tor rheumatism in man and (asthma?) in horses. 



