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usually brick red at their edges, becoming yellow in the 

 center. 



39. PoRTULACA STELLiFORMis, Mocino & Scsse. The 

 size of the flowers is very variable, they are commonly 

 about three-quarters of an inch in diameter. — San Jose 

 del Cabo and La Paz, growing upon hillsides. 



40. PoRTULACA piLOSA, L. — Petals small, purple and 

 mucronate, not retuse as described by Dr. Gray, other- 

 wise it seems to agree with the descriptions and speci- 

 mens of this species. This plant is very abundant in 

 sandy soil throughout the Cape Region. 



41. PoRTULACA PARVULA, Gray. Petals small, yel- 

 low. — Common in the region about Agua Caliente. 



42. Talinum triangulare W.? In the shade of 

 cliffs near Miraflores. 



43. Talinum patens Willd.? Flowers purple with 

 yellow center, in ample paniculate racemes; the root 

 is tuberiform, 2-3 cm. thick and 8-10 cm. long. — Com- 

 mon in the hills about San Jose del Cabo. 



44. Fouquieria spinosa Torr. Throughout the 

 whole region excepting the high mountains. 



45. Hypericum anagalloides Cham. & Schlecht. — 

 Sierra de la Laguna. 



46. Hypericum, sp. A perennial species common in 

 the high mountains. 



47. Anoda acerifolia DC. — Miraflores. 



48. Anoda lanceolata H. & A. Agreeing suffi- 

 ciently well with this species. Flowers yellow with purple 

 centers. — Sierras of the interior. 



49. Anoda crenatiflora Ort. ? This seems to be 

 the same as the plant collected at Comondu and doubt- 

 fully referred to ^4. crcnatijiora. The pubescence and 



