9§ LONTRIBUTIONS TO WESTERN BOTANY 
ure 1> pearl fishing boats idle in the harbor now due they say to 
tae veds being fished out. Saw an antelope chipmunk in several — 
Piaces north of the Cape and also the pure blue bluejay. ; 
Sept. 24, Did not botanize yesterday but spent the day try- — 
ing to mire w beat to go to Espiritu island. Will walk out to the 
brusn to photo the viejo cactus, Cereus Schottii. Boatman is to — 
come for the isiaad trip tomorrow, No storm on tap for bar. is. 
novmal, Uumidity at 9am. 90%. Walked out} mile to beyond: — 
Lhe tannery tu photo cactus. leet gave out not because of heat. — 
Tue vieju cactus is a case of fasciation or cancer, and often occurs. — 
with the flowers, where the internodes are shortened and spines — 
elongated to 2-4 inches, which gives it a whiskered luek, and so — 
the uame of old man. The fruit is small, smooth, red and edible — 
wml the seeds black and smooth. Other species, as Pringlei are — 
often viejo. The petaiya is larger here, often with scems a foot — 
thick, but branehes 2-4 inches thick. Flowers like the night- 
b'ooutug-cerews. Cereus Thurberi has flowers about as in gigan- _ 
teus (apparently) and a globular fruit about an inchlong and spi- — 
hy, a3 in guummosas and red when ripe.* The abortive Opuntia — 
is taller here, often 8 ft high and corymbosely branched above, 
fruit proliferous, light-colored and nearly free from spines. Cer- 
eus Pringlei here is very large and thick. Saw the little Grahami 
Mamillaria today. The petaiya flowersand fruit arecommon here ~ 
ty 80%. 
ept. 30. Uff at 3 a. m, in a 20 ft. boat. Seasmooth, fleecy 
clouds. Once in a while a big 3-cornered flat fish like a flounder 
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great fun at it. The boatman called it a manta, apparently the 
tinterero dreaded by the old pearl divers. Recently Capt. Ander- 
son harpooned one 13 ft. across. Reached the island in 3 4 hours 
fl i . = eanic ash, and isolated 
oye mited Ai tiltes 10° plus to the west. The north end seems 
sloping northwestward. Many shells on beach. 
