NO. 2 GENTRY : LAND PLANTS 59 



CUCURBITACEAE 



EcHiNOPEPON MINIMUS (Kell.) Wats., Proc. Am. Acad. Scl. 24: 

 52. 1889. 



Marah minima Kell., Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2:18. 1863. 



Cannery Bay on east side of Cedros Island, March 14, Elmore A12y 

 climbing on shrubs on the sides of dry washes. "Guisapol." 



Central and southern Baja California and the outer adjacent islands; 

 type from Cedros Island. 



It is a small scabrous vine, the leaves mostly broadly 3-lobed, small 

 white flowers, and solitary fruits rather strongly but flatly prickled. 



COMPOSITAE 



Baccharis sarathroides Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. Sci. 17 :211. 1882. 



East side of Cedros Island, July 10, Rempel 338 (sterile). 



Desert washes of the southwestern United States and northwestern 

 Mexico ; type from near Old Mission Station, San Diego County, Cali- 

 fornia. 



Bebbia juncea (Benth.) Greene, Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1:180. 

 1885. 



East side of Cedros Island, July 10, Rempel 345, fan. Cannery Bay 

 on east side of Cedros Island, March 14, Elmore J35, steep rocky slope 

 with sandy soil. 



This is a bushy broom-like shrub 1-2 m tall, long-flowering through 

 spring and summer, but with ephemeral reduced leaves, and found 

 throughout the Sonoran Desert in California, Arizona, Sonora, Baja 

 California, and accompanying islands. It is common to the banks and 

 bottoms of the desert arroyos. Type locality: Magdalena Bay, Baja 

 California. 



Encelia californica asperifolia Blake, Proc. Am. Acad. Sci. 

 49:368. 1914. 



Cannery Bay on east side of Cedros Island, March 14, Elmore A22, 

 dry wash. 



Northern Baja California and adjacent islands; type from Cedros 

 Island. This forms a low spreading bush with many radiating stems from 

 the base. It is a more xerophytic edition of the species, characterized by 

 the light brittle branches and the smaller paler leaves. 



