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one common in the central part of the peninsula. Abun- 

 dant in the high mountains. It may be a form of Z. Ari- 

 zoniciis. 



118. Melilotus parvifolia Desf. San Jose del 

 Cabo. 



119. Trifolium involucratum Willd. — Sierra de la 

 Laguna. 



120. HosACKiA GLABRA Torrev. — Sierra de la La- 

 guna. 



121. HosACKiA RiGiDA Benth. Often prostrate. Ap- 

 parently a reduced form of this species. Sierra de la 

 Laguna under the pines and oaks. 



122. PsoRALEA RHOMBIFOLL4 T. & G. Teeth of the 

 calyx more nearly equal than those of Texas specimens 

 but otherwise the same. — Sierra de San Francisquito. 



123. Dalea Emoryi Gray. — Abundant near La Paz. 



124. Dalea maritlaia. Perennial, branching, nearly 

 prostrate, silky pubescent: heads 2-3 cm. long terminat- 

 ing the branches or apparently lateral: leayes 2^ cm. 

 long; leaflets 8-1 1 pairs, sparingly glandular, 3 mm. 

 long, oblong-ovate, stipellate ; stipules small subulate: 

 calyx 2 mm. long, furnished with large glands, promi- 

 nently ribbed, equaling the linear-lanceolate bracts, gla- 

 brous excepting the silky-ciliate teeth which are shorter 

 than the tube: corolla purple, twice the length of the 

 calyx: anthers glandless : oyary and pod glabrous, beset 

 by four rows of glands; ovules two. 



Growing in the sand of the ocean beach, just above 

 high water mark, at Todos Santos and La Paz. The 

 stems and branches of the Todos Santos specimens are 

 densely white silky and the numerous black glands so 

 conspicuous on the La Paz plants are completely hidden. 

 Collected also by Dr. Palmer at La Paz. 



