52 ALLAN HANCOCK PACIFIC EXPEDITIONS VOL. 13 



This Mediterranean adventive is abundant on the coast through the 

 northern part of Baja California and is also common farther north as 

 far as Oregon. Rempel's collections are the first records from San 

 Benito Islands. 



PORTULACACEAE 



Calandrinia maritima Nutt. in Torr. & Gray, N. Am. Fl. 1 :197. 

 1838. 



Cannery Bay on east side of Cedros Island, March 14, Elmore AZS^ 

 gentle slope of a rocky alluvial fan; flowers purple. 



From Santa Barbara Count}^, California south along the coast to 

 central Baja California. Locally on Cedros the plant is known as "ver- 

 dolaga" and was regarded by Elmore's informant as edible. 



EscHSCHQLTZiA MiNUTiFLORA Wats., Proc. Am. Acad. Sci. 11 :122. 

 1876. 



Cannery Bay on east side of Cedros Island, March 14, Elmore J17y 

 gentle slope of rocky alluvial fan. 



From southern Utah south through the Sonoran Desert to middle 

 Baja California. The above collection is a considerable extension of 

 range for the species and an addition to the known flora of the island. 



Cruciferae 



SiBARA PECTINATA Greene, Pittonia 3:11. 1896. 



Cannery Bay on east side of Cedros Island, March 14, Elmore A32f 

 on gentle rocky slope of alluvial fan; flowers light purple. 



Central Baja California and Cedros Island; type from San Bart- 

 olome Bay (Tortuga Bay). A delicate and rarely collected winter an- 

 nual, slender, erect, with dissected leaves 4-6 cm long, the lobes remote 

 and narrowly linear, spreading. 



Capparidaceae 



IsoMERis ARBOREA Nutt. in Torr. & Gray, N. Am. Fl. 1 :124. 1838. 



Cannery Bay on east side of Cedros Island, March 14, Elmore A14, 

 dry wash and fans on exposed, sandy, pebbly, gentle slopes; flowers 

 yellow. 



Widely but irregularly distributed in the deserts of California, So- 

 nora, and Baja California; type from San Diego, California. Forms a 

 low bushy shrub on the island and flowers through February and March 

 after rainy winters. 



