﻿1890.] 
  

  

  BOTANICAL 
  GAZETTE. 
  

  

  119 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Townsend, 
  of 
  the 
  Albatross, 
  at 
  Socorro 
  Island, 
  about 
  200 
  miles 
  of! 
  

   Cape 
  St. 
  Lucas, 
  Lower 
  California. 
  

  

  18. 
  I^. 
  ral?neriW-dtson. 
  Guaymas, 
  Mexico 
  (Palmer); 
  

   I.ower 
  California 
  at 
  Commondu 
  and 
  Purisima 
  (Brandegee). 
  

   Watson, 
  Proc. 
  Amer. 
  Acad. 
  24. 
  37, 
  Brandegee, 
  Proc. 
  

   Cal. 
  Acad., 
  2 
  ser., 
  2.177. 
  

  

  19. 
  P. 
  Parryl 
  Gray. 
  Collected 
  by 
  Parry, 
  

   ecently 
  by 
  PrJngle. 
  

  

  20 
  P. 
  Fa5^j/ 
  Coulter, 
  ined. 
  A 
  new 
  species 
  from 
  Texas 
  

  

  r 
  

  

  Ha 
  

  

  (Nealleyj. 
  Nearest 
  P. 
  Parryi, 
  but 
  of 
  very 
  different 
  habit 
  

  

  and 
  foliage 
  

  

  I. 
  /^ 
  

  

  Gray. 
  Only 
  known 
  from 
  the 
  canons 
  of 
  

  

  the 
  Rio 
  Grande 
  (Parry). 
  

  

  22. 
  P. 
  JaUscana 
  Gray. 
  Collected 
  by 
  Palmer 
  in 
  1886, 
  in 
  

   the 
  State 
  of 
  Jalisco, 
  Mexico. 
  Proc. 
  Am. 
  Acad. 
  22. 
  431. 
  

  

  Explanation 
  of 
  Plate 
  XIIL— 
  All 
  figures 
  X 
  20. 
  1. 
  P. 
  Fitchii 
  (Pal- 
  

   mer 
  s 
  ban 
  Quentin 
  coll. 
  of 
  1889). 
  2. 
  P. 
  Brandegeana 
  (Palmer's 
  Lagoon 
  

  

  f 
  1 
  000° 
  • 
  °^ 
  ^^^^^- 
  3- 
  P- 
  Californica 
  (Brandegee's 
  Magdalena 
  Bay 
  coll. 
  

   01 
  i»»j). 
  4. 
  p, 
  cuneata 
  (Brandegee's 
  Lower 
  California 
  coll. 
  of 
  1890). 
  5. 
  

   ^- 
  microglossa 
  (Palmer's 
  1093 
  from 
  Mexico). 
  6. 
  P. 
  Emoryi, 
  var. 
  (Orcutf 
  s 
  

   1^0 
  orado 
  Desert 
  coll. 
  of 
  1889). 
  7. 
  P. 
  Greenei 
  (Palmer's 
  San 
  Benito 
  Isl. 
  

   coll. 
  of 
  1889). 
  8. 
  P. 
  Grayi 
  (Palmer's 
  Guadalupe 
  Isl. 
  coll. 
  of 
  1889). 
  9. 
  P. 
  

   aocorrosensis 
  (Townsend's 
  Socorro 
  Isl. 
  coll. 
  of 
  1889). 
  

  

  J^t^pirtmcnt 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C. 
  

  

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