103 CONTRIBUTIONS TO WESTERN BOTANY 
After a time the men took my tarpaulin and tent and put them 
ou the roof to keep out the rain, and now we can be rv, the 
warpaulin leaks a little at first, probably will swell tight soon, 
Steadily raining; everything outside is wet. Shelrer 
leaks some but tent does not, soon a boy came on horseback, and 
now we ure 5. Rain keeps falling, but looks thin to the éast, 
waterproof cover to hat comes in handy this a. m. There is 
some wind from the west. 8 30, has stopped raining but looks 
dark all around still, Probably + inch rain fell in all. Wind 
still strong from west. Bar.200vft. 3,45 Heavy clouds frem 
the west falling below the top of the mt. and moving fast to the 
',@. Sprinkles oncein a while. Does not look good yet, Brigh- 
‘er to the n. w., but clouds still low on mt. and raining. Wind 
stilla breeze, but barely sprinkling. The palm thatch on shelter 
to Nov. e waterholes are all so dry in many places that the 
ranchers had to move out, but stock could get water in isolated 
zelia was on the rocks, and saw Eucnide there, got a bush Brick- 
ellia-like shrub stragglingly branched, 3-4 ft. high, saw Stegno- 
sperma. Got Evolvulus, a low Franseria like ambrosioides brat 
perennial (Ambrosia?), The big bush one is common, acerifola 
n. sp. Got a bush Anoda. It rains by spells a little and looks 
ing, clouds far down on the mt. and below us on the east. Mists 
a little now and then. Liable to be here all day. Could as well 
road and brought them back and saddled up and we went to the 
Cayuca ranch as noted above. 
