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not certainly indigenous; at least it is not generally dis- 

 tributed about the high peaks. The species has been 

 supposed to be peculiar to the Sandwich Islands, but 

 though the habitats are widely separated Dr. Gray has 

 noted Ahiitilon incanum as having a similar distribution. 

 Dr. Watson has kindly sent specimens of the Sand- 

 wich Islant plant for comparison, and although there are 

 slight differences they do not seem to warrant giving 

 another specific name. 



472. Salvia privoides Benth. — San Jose del Cabo, 

 La Paz. 



473. Salvia Cedrosensis Greene. — Sierra de la 

 Laguna. 



474. Brunella vulgaris L. — Sierra de la Laguna. 



475. Stachys Drummondii Benth. — Sierra de la La- 

 guna, San Bartolome. 



476. Stachys coccinea Jacq. — Common in the high 

 mountains. 



477. Plantago hirtella HBK. — Damp situations 

 on the Sierra de la Laguna. 



478. Plantago major L. — Wet situations in cul- 

 tivated fields. 



479. MiRABiLis TRiFLORA Hartwcg. — Limb of the 

 corolla hardly spreading. A most handsome plant, bear- 

 ing multitudes of flowers. — Sierra de la Laguna, Triumfo. 



480. MiRABiLis EXSERTA. Hcrbaccous, 4-6 dm. 

 high; lower stem glabrate upper part and inflorescence 

 pubescent: leaves large, glabrous, cordate-ovate, acute 

 or acuminate, the lower often 2 dm. long, on petioles about 

 one-fourth their length; those of the inflorescence sessile, 

 rounded and obtuse : flowers not congested ; involucre 

 i-flowered, spreading, campanulate ; the lobes ovate, 

 obtuse, shorter than the cup: perianth white with a faint 



