LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Plates 



1. Moving a oletfera Lam. 



Fig. 1. section of branchlet with leaf x^. 

 Fig. 2. pod x^. 



2. Moringa oletfera Lam. 



Fig. 3. flower at anthesis x3.3. 

 Fig. 4. stamen xll. 

 Fig. 5. bud x5. 

 Fig. 6. sepal x6.7. 



3. Echinopepon peninsularis Gentry- 

 Fig. 7. habit x^. 



Fig. 8. node x4. 



Fig. 9. fruit prickle x6.5 to compare with. 



Fig. 10. fruit prickle x6.5 of Echinopepon minimus. 



4. Fig. 11. View on the north end of Santa Rosa Island. Grassland covers the 



more level slopes, while bushy perennials are spotted on the bluff. 

 (Photo from the Los Angeles Museum Channel Island Survey) 



Fig. 12. Braithwaite Bay, Socorro Island on a calm cloudy day in March. 



5. Fig. 13. Punta Frailes, Cape District, Baja California. The arborescent 



growth is widely dispersed on the steep rocky slopes, dense on the 

 outwash fans. 



6. Fig. 14. Vegetation above Frailes Bay, Cape District. On the basic rock slope 



the vegetation is sparse and stunted. 



Fig. 15. Dense Thorn Forest vegetation in a broad wash near Frailes Bay, 

 Cape District, Baja California. 



7. Fig. 16. View southward near Puerto Escondido, Baja California, over- 



looking a narrow coastal plain with the scarp of the Sierra Giganta in 

 the background. The foreground shows a xerophytic grass ground 

 cover with scattered tree of Bursera microphylla and Lemaircocereus 

 Thurberi. 



Fig. 17. Canyon above Escondido, Baja California. The steep slopes are 

 brecciated lavas ; the palm, Erythea Brandegeei. 



8. Fig. 18. Angel de la Guardia Island. Typically sparse desert vegetation on 



washes and fans with a scattered grove of Pachycereus Pringlei. 



Fig. 19. Angel de la Guardia Island. The effect of wind on the sarcophytic 

 tree Pachycormus discolor puhescens along a rocky crest. 



Fig. 20. Angel de la Guardia Island. Sparse Desert Shrub on an east exposure 

 with Pachycereus Pringlei on the lower gentler slopes. 



9. Fig. 21. Tiburon Island. Low Desert Shrub on the granitic terrain of the 



southeast coast. 



Fig. 22. San Pedro Nolasco Island, showing the "raw" rock surfaces, almost 

 no soil, and adventive or pioneering perennials. 



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