LEGUMINOSiE. 



146 PACIFIC COAST PLANTS VASEY AND ROSE. 



PLANTS FROM CLARION ISLAND. 

 PORTULACACE-S!. 

 Portulaca pilosa L. 



STERCULIACEiE. 

 Waltheria Americana L. 



ZYGOPHYLLACE.a3. 

 Tribulus cistoides L. 



SAPINDACEiE. 

 Dodonaea viscosa L. 

 Sapindus, sp. 



Erythrina, sp. 



A siugle leaf of some Leguminous plant, similar to E. crista-galli, but 

 the leaflet is obovate and obtuse. 



Phaseolus, sp. 



The whole plant cinereous, pubescent, leaflet, oval, entire; peduncle, 

 6 inches long ; flower, purple. It resembles P. atropurpureus Moc. in 

 some respects, but the leaves are dissimilar. It seems nearest No. 183 

 of Parry and Palmer (from Central Mexico, 1878), having similar 

 leaves, petiole, and flowers, but the calyx lobes are more slender. 



Sophora tomentosa L. 



RUBIACEiE. 



Spermacoce, sp. 



A single specimen obtained. 



CONVOLVULACEiE. 

 Ipomoea, sp. 



Glabrous throughout: leaves three lobed, cordate at base; lobes ob- 

 tuse to acute or even acuminate: peduncles long, five to six flowered: 

 calyx with long acuminate lobes : corolla large (2 to o inches long), 

 purple. The material of this species is poor and can not be properly 

 identified. It does not match anything in the National Herbarium. 

 The calyx and corolla is very similar to /. insularis, of Sandwich 

 Islands, but the leaves are quite different. 



LABIATiE. 



Teiicrium Tow^nsendii sp. nov. 



Low and diffuse herb almost glabrous : lower leaves (1 inch long) 

 oblong with cuueate-base, coarsely dentate : floral leaves (5 to 9 lines 

 long) crowded, ovate, obtuse, entire: flowers solitary in the axils of 



