I20 CALIFORNIA ACADEIMY OF SCIENCES. 



Engler in Pflanzenfamilien iii Teil, Abt. 4, 88, de- 

 scribes Viscainoa as 5-merous. In this he is certainly 

 in error, or misled by an unusual example. The notices 

 in Proc. Cal. Acad., ser. 2, i, 228 and ii, 137, drawn from 

 abundant material, have apparently been overlooked. 

 The flowers though varying from 3-6 are ordinarih- 4- 

 merous, the stamens nearly always 8. The leaves vary 

 from I to 5-foliolate. 



85. Geranium Caroeinianum L. — Sierra de la La- 

 guna. 



86. OxAEis cornicueita L. — Common in the high 

 mountain regions. 



87. Xantiioxyeum Fagara (L.) Miraflores, Sierra 

 de la Laguna. 



88. Xanthoxylum Carib.^um Lam.? Some of the 

 specimens are spinose. The young growth is pubes- 

 cent. — Not unconunon. San Jose del Cabo, San Barthol- 

 ome. Sierra de la Laguna. 



89. Esenbeckia feava Brandegee. Zoe i. 378, pi. 

 xii. 



90. Casteea tortuosa Liebm. Very abundant 

 near the coast throughout the whole region. The male 

 flowers are not sessile, but are more shortly pedicellate 

 than the female; the anthers are 6-10, usually 8. The 

 style falls as a whole, and the branches are united at the 

 base — at least in most cases. 



91. BuRSERA FAGARioiDES Engler. B .odorata,^r?in- 

 degee. Common throughout the whole region. Speci- 

 mens from San Jose del Cabo have leaves with either 

 crenate or entire margins. 



92. BuRSERA MiCROPHYLEA Gray. Very abundant 

 between Santiago and Buena Vista near the sea shore, 

 and more or less abundant everywhere except on the high 



