ec^rnriBUTiOKs to wi^tern botanv no. n 



Fouqaferf^ peniBsularis Nasli. Tliis species replaces F. splendent 

 fh^ ^oafh btft i* not alwi^rs semrable from it easily. Splendent has 



trunk bttC ^ many^ cafies^ ccffii& out at Ute ground 

 leldem larger ^aa walking sticks. Penihsularis lias a main trunk belo« 

 fb^. first brancRe*- and is often racemoseljr brancBed above with mostiy 

 ^stsd branches. At San BU« Sinaloa and at San Antonio^ Lower Cali* 

 fomia, ft reached 2(^feet KghV^tK'a^ ttiHik srt least a foot thick at base, 

 and with the main trunk 10 feet high. It has the sam^ flaky bark, and 

 fsf common all the way south of Carboy jawing in the brush along with 

 Ca<:tUit and Leguminosae; In winter aTways^ in fiill leaf. 



D;Jea marifima Brandegee. This grows on the v'^nd spit across the 

 Ir^y from La Fax. It seldom rises more than 2 feet high but spread* 

 alr^ig tht ground wi^ the Lateral branched prostrate and often 6 feet lOTg 

 and >?endej^. Flowera purple and^ white; Strongly odorous, perennial, and 

 ^•nmftimf^* a Tittle sSruJ^by below^ a vigorous grower with the habit of an 



Acacfa. Tliis genus ii^Ba^ balled* upv containing fleshy-fruited and 



!fot-fruited sp^fes; 



Diplandra lopezioides H. & A. Standley in Shrubs and Trees of 

 Mexico, page 1075, says of thi a species: Leaves "serrate." They are not 



eau're but so figured^ in Fot. Bfeeclk fig; 60. 



Ewphorbfa Preslii and Frasilirasis rest on very flHn lines. The only 

 f?i!Ferei>ce T can see h that PresKi has fine wrinkles ott the face of th« 

 ^eed, and Brasilensis has two ribs. 



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This is a red flowered bush 6-8 feet 



high, erect and very buafiy BrancBed from base. The oMer bark is tougl 

 fengtjiwise. The twfgf are glaucous-blue-green, rigid but not spinose 



t-eaves oblanceolate and almost sessile. Calvx a merp niHimpnt and 



f.ate.- 



raJrantly tO-grooved 



trun- 

 which 

 ftllow- 



outaidc. Stamens 



(^ hairs, no filaments FhiH * spHerical and pulpy .(l-seeded ?) berry 

 or (?) Corolla falls when ripe. Anthers wide and short. La Paz. Feb- 

 mtiry 9, 1928, on the cast 



Cereus Allied to Eiigehnanni. This grows in clumps several feet 

 square, is about 8-12 racSes BigR, and^ 2-3 inches wide. Spines some- 

 hmes 4 inches long and flkt below. Fruit very spiny. No flowers. It is 

 * fast grower. TTiis is common at Todos Santos and occurs at La Paz. 

 The Mamillarra also grows in it at times. 



Cereus Scliottii varies greatly in the thickness of the stems, and rarely 

 bas whiskers oa the top: (then becomes the vieto) and then has been 



called by another name, lait this tendency to have 



species of Cereus that become big. Often there are prostrate stems 



among 



is a i^iamillaria with slender stems 

 tubercles that leads ooe to think it 



(east of Xfiraflores). This 



be 



