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adnate. but easily separable their whole length from the 

 perianth, and alternate with the staminodia. In Behria 

 the lower fourth of the perianth is adnate to the stipe of 

 the ovar3% but easily separable from it. The saccate 

 portion is not therefore basilar as in Brevoortia in which 

 the stipe is free. The basilar "crown"" mentioned in the 

 original description is not very apparent, the filaments 

 being simply dilated at their point of union with the peri- 

 anth. — Todos Santos, San Jose del Cabo to the summits 

 of the high mountains. 



583. NoLiNA Beldixgi Braudegce, Zoe, i, 305. — 

 High mountains of the interior. 



584. Yucca baccata Torr. \ar. — T. valida Brande- 

 gee is probably referable to some of the so-called yarieties 

 of this species. 



585. Yucca caniculata Hook.? Growing in the 

 mountainous region. The leaves are thin in texture, two 

 to four feet long, bending downward, usually entire- 

 margined, bright green, and giving to the plant a resemb- 

 lance to Nolina. The frviit is that of r. haccata and 

 more or less beaked, maturing in January. The plants 

 are two to ten feet high and rarely branched. 



586. CoMMELiNA NUDiFLORA L. — Growing along ir- 

 rigating ditches of Todos Santos. 



587. Commelina V^irginica L. — San Jose del Cabo, 

 Todos Santos. 



588. Tradescantia crassifolia Cav. ? — San Jose del 

 Cabo. 



589. Tradescantia venustula Kunth ? — San Jose 

 del Cabo. 



590. TiNANTiA MODESTA. Branching, glabrous, i m. 

 high: leaves elliptical-lanceolate, narrowed to a petiole, 

 8-12 cm. long, 2-3^ cm. wide, sparingly hirsute above. 



