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WESTERN 



The seeds of Washington! a Sonorae are exactly those of t)-pical 



about 4 mm 



oblong, black and shining or with a glaucous bloom, round in cross- 

 section except a little flattened on the chalaza of the seed. The pulp is 

 less than 1 mm. thick, is juicy and sweet as In E. edulis. When dry the 

 seeds have a wrinkled coat from the dried pulp. The seeds themselves are 

 decidedly flattened on the chalaza side and a little so on the other, chest-- 

 nut-colored, round in longitudinal cross-section, and about 4 mm. long, 

 and with hard coat. The chalaza is not in the middle of the side bur 

 nearer one end, and forms a scar, but not a pit as in Erythea. The 

 mtlorescence is a long raceme of grapelike clusters, the whole mostly 

 ^nger than the leaves, and on a long peduncle, and mostly pendent. 

 i^ach cluster has a conspicuous and white bract, 1-2 feet long by 2-3 

 '"-hes wide and rounded on the end. The clusters of fruit are about as 



Ion 



to conditions, and a solid mass of hundreds of fruits. In the 

 TOousta some fruits are almost spherical, while others are normal. 

 Washingtcnia Arizonica Cook is intermediate between typical fili- 



from either s-pecifically, 

 normal. The snm^ fnr 



separate 



prunmg. 



ape. The 



Sde\ r ' ''x'P' /" r't' ''''-'''' ^^ ^' ^^^ mountains, and such 

 Loin ai;r:,;r-tV ' ^°"^' ^^^^ ^^^ °^^«^ ^^^^^^^^^^^ besides the S. H 

 iZ^Zt^.^'ln':^.^^^'}}^' -/-.-ly the one locality is 



ould 



erow^ Nnlln-. rx'.L^r. •• i ^ ; ' ^^""^ aiuiuae. xignt beside it also 

 C %en evidenf t''i • '°T ^'^°^^''?"' Califomica. There was no alka- 

 patnsTow nor w.l ^\"' ^'-^ ^"^'"^^ ^^ Califomica where the 



Califomica where the 

 This locality is about 75 miles 



BKthe-rho-nix rmHr A t. '"'^^%^^"* oi Quartzite (which is on the 



van robu^ ^ "h It no^T^ T '^^ 'T ^'">' ^^^ ^^'^' '' *^ 

 north of Yuma a tip C I ?'^' ^^"^ ^* ^^' ^^P' -^^^^^ion, 12 rnile.^ 

 was glaucous ' '^^^''' ^^^ ^^P^^^^^^^^ f™it, and the fruit 



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r^r^'r^^.^^ ^'"^ ^' r^'.^'f'"' ^^"^ -^«^ fl°--^ perfect or 

 introkced." C\Sef hivf atl"'^^ "^'"'^ -'^^ Califomian coast where 

 lack the marginal Ar ad of W V ' '"'P^"°" ^^ ^^'"S S^^^^^^^' ^"^ 

 scattered ones! Vrhan^ on fn '""^r^' ^'^'^'''' ^^^^P^ ^ ^^^ ^^^^' 

 great .cheaths that the var roK,,.. a '"^ 7'^'" ^"^ ^^ "^^ ^O"" *e 

 they hung on as long/ VceSnth^f: ^^^^^l. they would do so. if 

 long as in anv fomis of fHifp?, f! . ' ^^"^ '^°'^' ^^t over half a^ 

 along the base of The 4io ! at oth ?'' '^'' ^^^^"^ ^^^^'^ '^^^ ''''' 

 rapid grower. On the ^the hand T\lT "'' ^'"- ^^' ^^^ '' '' 

 the most part if not entirely sT A^^ ^l^ / '^'^' *^ ^^ dioecious fc 

 inch wide) and less cop ot Th^two 'n'^^^' ""''' '' '''^-' <^^^^ ^' 

 — -. has conspfcuous'spi.es Id ^ucr^ir ? ?1^^^^^ .^^^H-' 



Armat 



perianth 



