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Sonora and Baja California; type from Magdalena Bay, Baja California. 

 A procumbent spreading viscid herb 1 m or more in diameter and locally 

 forming extensive dispersed colonies; the sticky stem often with adher- 

 ing sand particles, the long petiolate leaves cordate to oricular. The 

 Papago Indians still use the tough fibers of the fruits in weaving baskets. 



BiGNONIACEAE 



Tecoma stans (L.) HBK., Nov. Gen. & Sp. 3:144. 1789. 



Canyon above Puerto Escondido, Sierra Giganta, March 13, Rempel 

 166, hillside. 



Widely distributed in tropical and subtropical America. It is often 

 cultivated locally for its showy yellow blossoms and one of its most 

 common names is ''lluvia de oro." In the Cape District it is commonly 

 found in the rocky swales where run-off adds to the precipitated soil 

 moisture. 



Acanthaceae 



Beloperone californica Benth., Bot. Voy. Sulph. 38. 1844. 



Puerto Refugio, Angel de la Guardia Island, March 20, Rempel 

 275 (sterile) ; January 27, Dawson 1029. Puerto Escondido, March 13, 

 Rempel 165. Punta Frailes, February 16, Dawson 1141. San Jose del 

 Cabo, February 17, Dawson 1217. Cabeza Ballena, Rempel 65. San 

 Carlos Bay, Sonora, February 8, Dawson 1070. 



A subshrub with long flowering branches bearing orange-red flowers 

 in the spring through the California Gulf Region and adjacent areas, 

 and south to central Sinaloa along the sandy coast (Isla Tachechilte, 

 January 20, Gentry 7127). 



Beloperone Purpusii Brge., Zoe 5:172. 1903. 



San Jose del Cabo, February 17, Dawson 1175. 



Known only from the Cape District of Baja California; type from 

 San Felipe. The lower anther only is mucronate, the upper lip is bicus- 

 pidate. It is suffrutescent or grows to a small shrub. Rarely collected. 



Berginia Palmeri Rose, C.N.H. 1:86. 1890. 



Island in Concepcion Bay, March 16, Rempel 197, 208. Puerto Es- 

 condido, February 11, Dawson 1098. 



Known only from the southern part of the peninsula and adjacent 

 Carmen Island ; type from Santa Rosalia. 



This is a small usually nondescript shrub with brittle shiny branches, 

 sparse foliage, and lavender or pink flowers. It is rare in collections and 

 has often been confused with B. virgata. Though very similar in appear- 

 ance to the latter it is distinguished by the stalked glands of the inflor- 



