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166. Cv^SALPiNiA PULCHERRiMA S\v. "Tabachiii." 

 In cultivation at San Jose del Cabo. 



167. C^SALPiNiA (Pomaria) placida. Shrubby, 

 1-2 m. high, branching from the base; bark dark brown 

 glabrous : pinna? a single pair and an odd one ; petiole 

 I cm. or more long, glandular; leaflets 4-6 pairs, nar- 

 rowly oblong, obtuse, crenulate, about 7 mm. long; 

 racemes 6-12 cm. long: flowers 10-15 o" pedicels 1% 

 cm. long or less, jointed above the middle; calyx lobes 6 

 mm. long, ovate-obtuse, imbricated in the bud, glandular, 

 dark red; petals exceeding the calvx. bright 3'ellow, 

 bearing numerous yellow glands upon their lower half: 

 stamens 10, hairy below: ovary densely glandular; ovules 

 4: pod 4 cm. long, i cm. wide, somewhat falcate, bear- 

 ing numerous reddish stipitate glands. 



The dark red stipitate glands abound on all parts of the 

 inflorescence excepting the petals. It is a very handsome 

 species, the bright yellow colored petals contrasting strik- 

 ingly with the dark red of the sepals, pedicels and pe- 

 duncles. It blossoms in February. Common about La 

 Paz and also collected there by Dr. Palmer. 



168. Hv^MATOXYLON BOREALE Watson. — La Paz. 

 Todos Santos, San Jose del Cabo. 



169. Parkinsonia. Torreyana Watson. — San Jose 

 del Cabo. 



170. Cassia bicapsularis L. Introduced. — Todos 

 Santos. 



171. Cassia emarginata L. ''Palo de Zorillo." 

 A small tree common along the base of the mountains. 



172. Cassia villosa Mill. — San Jose del Cabo to San 

 Bartolome. 



173. Cassia Tora L. — Miraflores. 



