(357) 
more southward through the upper San Joaquin Valley and the 
deserts of southern California. 
Specimens examined: Near Lancaster, Abrams t9 McGregor sar. 
5. DONDIA. 
1. Donpia suFFRUTEscENS (S. Wats.) Heller, Cat. N. Am. PL. 3. 
1898. 
Suaeda suffrutescens 8. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 9: 88. 1874. 
Type locality: “Western Texas to southern California and 
northern Mexico, in saline plains.’ 
Distribution: Saline soils along the coast of southern California, 
eastward to western Texas. Very common in the Colorado 
Desert. Upper and Lower Sonoran. 
Specimens examined: Long Beach, Mc Clatchie, May 30, 1891; 
Chula Vista, Abrams gror; North Island, Coronado, Chandler 
5185. 
6. SARCOBATUS. 
Leaves glabrous or nearly so; body of fruit 8-9 mm.long. 1. S. vermiculatus. 
Leaves pubescent with branched reflexed hairs; body of fruit 4-5 mm. long. 
z. S. Baileyt 
1. SaRcoBaTUS VERMICULATUS (Hook.) Torr. in Emory, Notes 
il. Reconnois. 150. 184 
Batis vermiculata Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 12. 1838. 
Fremontia vermicularis Torr. in Frem. First Rep. 95. 1843. 
Type locality: “Common on the barren grounds of the Columbia 
and particularly near salt marshes.” First collected by Douglas. 
Distribution: Alkaline places in eastern Washington and Ore- 
gon, and southward through the Great Basin to Arizona and the 
eastern parts of California. I have not seen any specimens of 
this species from our range, but it is common east of the Sierra 
Nevada about Owens Lake. Upper and Lower Sonoran. 
2. Sarcopatus BarLeyi Coville, Contr. Nat. Herb. 4: 184. 1893. 
Type locality: “In the valley near Thorpe’s quartz-mill, Nye 
County, Nevada.” 
Distribution: Western Nevada and extending into the borders 
of California in Inyo and Mono Counties, according to Coville. 
This species has not been collected within our limits, but it may 
