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sands of crows. Now close to sea a-gain. Baccharis viminea, erect Ccreus 



feet higfe with round 'stems and 6-8 ribs. Red 



Asclepia^ subulata. Vegetation 10-15 feet high. Again the Comus-litc 

 <hrub. An A^ave "" " 



Ojxintia Tuna 



Olneya ? Now a river 150 feet 



Now a smooth 

 Lysiloma ag«in. 



- - across. Town of 1,000 people more of 



less. Cardon with burr-like fruit. Now I see a tall and white -f^arRed 



almost leafless tree with tbe big and single white flowers (Bbm&a 



ow the long-leaves Encelia. Much grass, recent rain. Vegetation 



'0-15 feet high, 2 species of Cardon, one more slender and candelabrum 



like (Thurberi). Conical hills, now a big-podded tree. Very much grass 



2 feet high. Close to set. Many trees leafless. Ambrosia, no Fou 



'^uiena yet. Now an Echinocactus with few ribs. 2 feet hich. Now an 



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Fouquieria peninsularis. Higher mountains to the cast, Mile 

 298. Ambrosia very common now (this is probably Franseria arabro- 

 Motdes), 3 feet high. Euphorbia flat on ground. A grass like Paspalurt. 

 Francisco station. BrUsh 10 feet high, flat region on west Many 

 r.egummosae, but smaller. Qoudy. No Opuntias, Agave vcxans. Every- 

 Jhtng m fruit. The slender Cereus (Thurberi) has a tapering tip, Prin- 

 m 13 blunt at tip. Opuntia prolifera Echinocactus 2 species. Phora- 

 ^"°^.„^ ^^'^Suniinosar.r Parkinsonia aculeata, gray-barked parasite is 

 near lillandsia, cardon. Vegetation is now 20 feet high. Long and 

 high mountains 20-30 miles east, nearly parallel with us. Parkinsonia 

 aoilcafa still, gray moss, mud hens. Smooth Opuntia 10 feet high. Very 

 dark-^een tree with apple top. Ohieya ? or Capparis ? Clematis. Cciba 



frees^ 30-40^ fm high. Biizzards. Grapes. Yellow^ spiked bush again 

 JO-15 feet high] *: . 



Arroyo. Chiquirita, Baccharis, cocoanuts, Franseria-leaved Ricelia, 

 Hymenoclea. Much cardon. Vegetation still 20 feet high. Lysiloma 

 vrry common^ Short-podded Cassia, 2-3 inches long pod and small flowers. 

 Msjvaceous bush 3^4 feet high. Water dirty al Sough it had rained 



mS I'onf ""^ ^ -5'^ ^^^' ^^- ^^^^*'»- Above San Bias SfnaToa. 

 .!^^n/°^^T™*'''^"'*' k?" '^^°"' ^'* ^°^ ^^ <listant mountains, much 

 rZ?l ^S^\"T^ ?* vegetation, more like at Victorville but den.ser. 

 e^-^t5,i? Nn v'"^^- *"?' ^S""g^"'> b"t ^ore slender. Legumfnosae 

 it Tt wr^ Fouquiena. Gray-barked shrub like Lysiloma but not 

 Bomber r^: T'^ ^'f ? -^i^Vivhen, some Pringlei, Dogwood t«e 

 sr^i^ri. ^i'TT^^J^* ^^Kh- ^'^ l^^s abundant^Smeter 

 ^JLf^I :^^ (Thorf^eri) everywhere. Bursera rare. Fouquieria 

 uZ^U^^i.' T ""'^^'^ ^™^" Pedilanthus, flat OpJntia, like at 

 Sr^.nS' ^^''''^^'^' '^^^- Vegetation 10-15 feet high now. Cylin- ' 

 &f Ca7dlT°''' ^r>,* *^P^^°S Cereus with very spiiy burr. 

 S^ln rn^ %V'^^'S'"* ^^"' ^^ ^^^-^« as aV La Paz 

 lw?^J.\ 1 : !>*• /''«^- Shiny green and spiny flat Opun- 

 Kn;»«et?r^!T '^v'"^-' '^^''' ?"* ^-^ ^^^^^SK also the low petaiya. 

 Ss LL •^I^^IJ'''''^. ^^ 7^^^^ ^' ^ tank here. Bottle-brush 

 Sr M fin7fl V ^^"^ Cylindropuntias. also a flat one. > No 

 gras.s. Sml fine, flat country to the north and west Cereus Prmglei has 



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