ADDITIONS TO THE FLORA OF THE CAPE REGION 

 OF BAJA CALIFORNIA. 



BY T. S. BRANDEGEE. 



The appended list contains names of such plants col- 

 lected in the Cape Region of Baja California by the 

 writer during the months of March and April, 1892, as 

 are not found in the Flora of the Cape Region, Proc. 

 Cal. Acad., Ser. 2, Vol. in. These plants were gathered 

 during the dry season of a year following a rainy season 

 of smaller rainfall than usual. The number of additions 

 to the flora is not large, but the list has especial interest 

 in the fact that it represents, in greater part, vegetation 

 not to be found in flower at any other time of the year. 



San Jose, the port of entry, was, as on previous trips, 

 the place from which excursions were made. Miraflores, 

 Agua Caliente, the Sierra de la Laguna and Sierra de 

 San Francisquito were revisited, but the mountains were 

 ascended by the Santiago trail, and many localities were 

 examined for the first time ; one of the most interesting 

 of these was La Chuparosa (The Humming-bird). The 

 trip made along the southern ocean-shore to Cabo San 

 Lucas was of great interest, for several plants of more 

 southern derivation — waifs from tropical lands — were 

 found and collections were secured from the landing- 

 places of the collectors of H. M. S. Sulphur, and the 

 region about the locality where once stood the tent of 

 Xantus. Afterward, nearly a month was spent at La Paz, 

 during which time, however, but few additions to the 

 known flora were made, for the region was much more 

 dry and barren than usual; yet, a careful examination of 

 the borders of the mangrove swamps and the saline flats 

 was rewarded by the discovery of some Chenopods that^ 

 perhaps, were overlooked on previous occasions. 



2d See. Vol. III. November 10, 1892. 



