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Silene greggi Gray. Local near Metcalf. September. In the 
last edition of the Synoptical Flora this has been reduced 
to a variety of laciniata, but the broader leaves and to- 
tally different habit of growth justifies its being retained 
aS a species as Gray described it. It grows in dense 
clumps a foot or so in breadth and about two feet in 
height, with upright stems very different from the iso- 
lated, decumbent, straggling laciniata as seen in South- 
ern California. 
PORTULACACEA. 
Portulaca lanceolata Engelm. Common. September. 
Portulaca stelliformis M&S. Blue River. September. 
Portulaca pilosa Metcalf and Blue River. September. 
Portulaca parvula Gray. Blue River. September. 
Talinum lineare HBK. Rocky slopes. September. 
Talinum patens Willd. Shady canyons. Metcalf and Upper 
Frisco. 
Calyptridium monandrum Nutt. Clifton. 
FICOIDEA. 
Trianthema portulacastrum lL. Common. September. 
Mollugo cerviana Seringe. Metcalf. September. 
TAMARISCINEA: 
Fouquieria splendens Engelm. Common and used as a garden 
fence by the Mexicans. It readily roots when so planted. 
MALVACE. 
Spheralcea fendleri Gray. Common; flowering all summer 
and very variable as to fruit and foliage. 
Anoda triangularis DC. Frequent above 4,000 ft. alt. Sept. 
Anoda pentaschista Gray. With the last. 
Sida lepidota Gray. Local near Duncan. September. 
Sida diffusa HBK. Common on rocky ground. 
Abutilon sonore Gray. Two large specimens of this hand- 
some plant were found near Johnson’s Ranch on Blue 
River. This is the first record of this Mexican species 
having been found in the United States. 
Abutilon incanum Sweet. Frequent. 
Hibiscus denudatus Benth. Not uncommon. The involucels 
are usually eight and sometimes nine in number. 
Malvastrum exile Gray. On the river bank above Clifton and 
probably not uncommon though not hitherto credited to 
Arizona. 
STERCULIACEAS. 
Ayenia pusilla L. Frequent. 
LINACEA. 
Linum lewisii Pursh. Common, especially on the Lordsburg 
Plains. 
Linum aristatum Engelm. Local on Frisco River.. August. 
