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Structure of the fruit is exactly that of the northern forms, 

 but the plants are much larger and afford great varia- 

 tions in the leaves, some of which are cordate at base, 

 10 cm. long and 8 cm. wide, irregularly dentate, more or 

 less 3-5 lobed. The upper ones are divided nearly to the 

 base and the uppermost narrowly linear. — Common 

 about San Jose del Cabo. 



50. SiDA HEDERACEA Torr. — San Jose del Cabo. 



51. SiDA Xanti Gray. — Common, Todos Santos, La 

 Paz, San Jose del Cabo. 



52. SiDA DIFFUSA HBK. Entirely without pilose 

 hairs, but apparently otherwise the same. — Miraflores. 



53. SiDA RHOMBiFOLiA L. — Todos Santos, San Jose 

 del Cabo. Common in cultivated fields. 



54. Abutilon incanum Don. — San Jose del Cabo, 

 La Paz, Todos Santos. 



55. Abutilon Palmeri Gray. — La Paz, Todos San- 

 tos. 



56. Abutilon Californicum Benth. — San Jose del 

 Cabo. 



57. Abutilon Xanti Gray. Proc. Am. Acad, xxii, 

 301. A fine large species abundant between San Jose 

 del Cabo and Triumfo. The color of the flowers in the 

 living plants is so light a yellow as to appear almost white, 

 but in the dried specimens it changes to a decided yellow. 

 The stems are simple and in some locations become 10- 

 12 feet tall, with leaves six inches wide and eight inches 

 long on petioles half a foot in length. The seeds are 

 scabrous. 



58. Abutilon crispum Don. Fine large plants grow- 

 ing about the cultivated fields of San Jose del Cabo. 



59. Sph^ralcea iNCANA Torr. ? In flower only and 



