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pink shade, 5-6 cm. long, narrowly funnelform with 

 spreading limb: stamens much exserted, about twice the 

 length of the perianth: style exceeding the stamens: 

 fruit 6-8 mm. in diameter, lo-sulcate, ovoid, or even 

 depressed-globose in some specimens, scarcely thick- 

 ened at base: surface smooth, dark-brown, marked with 

 lightier flecks; involucre moderately enlarged in fruit. — 

 Summits of the spurs of Sierra de San Francisquito. 



481. Allionia incarnata L. Flowers white. San 

 Jose del Cabo and at La Paz. 



482. Abronia maritima Nutt. — Seashore at San Jose 

 del Cabo and La Paz. 



483. BoERHAAviA scandens L. B . e/oHo-a/a Bvaude- 

 gee. Todos Santos. San Jose del Cabo. Variable as to 

 size and position of the glands upon the fruit. Flowers 

 white tinged with purple. 



484. BoERHAAX'iA Xanti Wutsou. — San Jose del Cabo. 

 4S5. BoERHAAviA ERECTA L. — San Jose del Cabo. 



486. BoERHAAViA viscosA Lagasca. Prostrate. — San 

 Jose del Cabo. 



487. BoERHAA\^iA paniculata Rich. Becoming large 

 and verv diffuse. — San Jose del Cabo, Todos Santos. 



488. Polygonum, sp. Near P. //vdropipero ides, but 

 leaves thinner and broader: the sheaths with few cilia:*. 

 Growing in shallow water. — Sierra de la Laguna. 



489. Eriogonum angulosum Benth. Proc. Am. 

 Acad., v, 167. Collected bv Xautus at Cape St. Lucas. 



490. Antigonum leptopus Hook. & Arn. Common 

 at low and middle elevations. 



491. Amarantus Palmeri Watson. Very large and 

 robust near La Paz. 



