(420 ) 
Specimens examined: Cuddy’s ranch, Rothrock 278; San Ysabel, 
Henshaw, May 12, 1893; Lytle Creek Canyon, altitude 1250 
meters, Abrams 2696; near Elizabeth Lake, Abrams McGregor 
404; Soldier’s Camp, near Fort Tejon, Abrams &F McGregor 272; 
Rock Creek, Abrams & McGregor 615. 
FRANKENIACEAE. Franxenta Famity. 
1. FRANKENIA. YeErpa rEuMa. 
1. FrRanKENIA Patmeri S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 11: 124. 1876. 
Type locality: “Lower California, upon the gulf side.” 
Distribution: Vicinity of San Diego, southward along the coast 
of Lower California, and on the adjacent islands. Lower Sonoran. 
Specimens examined: National Ranco, near San Diego, Cleve- 
land, May 11, 1880; borders of salt marshes, National City, 
Pringle, May 3, 1882; San Diego, Herre, Aug. 8, 1902. 
Another species, Frankia grandiflora, which is a perennial, her- 
baceous plant, is abundant in low saline ground along the coast. 
FOUQUIERACEAE. Fovauirra Famity. 
1. FOUQUIERA. OcorTILLo. 
1. FouquiERA sPLENDENS Engelm. in Wisliz. Mem. 
Tour. North Mex. 98. 1 
Type locality: ‘From the Journada del Muerto in New Mexico, 
to Chihuahua, Saltillo, and Monterey. 
Distribution: Desert slopes of the Cuiamaca and San Jacinto 
Mountains, eastward to western Texas, and south through north- 
ern Mexico. Lower Sonoran. 
Specimens examined: Near Signal Mountain, 4drams 3164. 
CISTACEAE. Rocxrose Famity. 
1. HELIANTHEMUNI. Rocx rose. 
Petals 4-6 mm. long; calyx-lobes 3-5 mm. long in flower. 1. H. scoparium. 
Petals 8-13 mm. long; calyx-lobes 6-7 mm. longin flower. 2. H. wfidersont. 
