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pubescent leaves differ materially from leaves of other varietal popula- 

 tions of the species studied on the peninsula. According to Johnston, 

 this variety is characterized by "its very loose deltoid inflorescence, by its 

 rather small leaves, and perhaps also by its brownish sap." 



Celastraceae 



Maytenus phyllanthoides Benth., Bot. Voy. Sulph. 54. 1844. 



Puerto Escondido, February 11, Dawson 1088. Cabeza Ballena, Cape 

 District, March 3, Rempel 74 (sterile). San Gabriel Bay, Espiritu Santo 

 Island, March 7, Rempel 87 (sterile). Island in Concepcion Bay, March 

 16, Rempel 188 (mature fruit). 



Coastal from Baja California to Cuba and Florida; type from Mag- 

 dalena Bay, Baja California. 



Schaefferia cuneifolia Gray, PI, Wright. 1 :35. 1852. 



San Gabriel Bay, Espiritu Santo Island, March 7, Rempel 86, shrub 

 3-4 feet high scattered in nonalkaline soil. 



Semiarid localities of northern Mexico and western Texas ; type from 

 "high prairies of the San Felipe and on the San Pedro." In Baja Cali- 

 fornia it has been collected previously only on the slopes of Tres Virgines 

 in middle peninsula, at Muleje, and in the Cape District. It is a short stiflE 

 Condalia-like shrub with spinescent branchlets and small, obovate, thick- 

 ish, drought-deciduous, caducous leaves. 



Sapindaceae 



Cardiospermum halicacabum L., Sp. PI. 366. 1753. 



Guaymas, January 23, Dawson 1000. San Carlos Bay, Sonora, Feb- 

 ruary 8, Dawson 1069. San Jose del Cabo, February 17, Dawson 1198. 

 San Gabriel Bay, Espiritu Santo Island, March 7, Rempel 96. Agua 

 Verde Bay, March 10, Rempel 128. 



A scandent diffuse shrub or self-supporting subshrub forming a low 

 bush with interlocking stems and recurved branches. The common Mexi- 

 can name is "bolsilla," aptly referring to the inflated papery fruits, hang- 

 ing showily like unlit jack-o-lanterns through the fruiting season of late 

 fall and again perhaps in the spring. The species in the larger sense is 

 variable and subspecific names have been assigned. 



Rhamnaceae 



CoNDALiA globosa Jtn., Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. IV, 12:1086. 1924. 



Los Angeles Bay, March 19, 20, Rempel 234c (sterile). 



Known in middle and southern Baja California, on adjacent islands 

 in the gulf, and near Guaymas, Sonora ; type from La Paz. Though not 

 important in the aggregate of vegetation, this stiif low shrub with spine- 

 tipped branchlets appears to be widely scattered through the desert of 

 the California Gulf Region. 



