282 THE FUR SEALS OF THE PKIBILOF ISLANDS. • 



Talinum G-uadalupense, n. sp. 



Leaves thick and fleshy oblauceolate, 2 to 5 centimeters long, all radical. Root 

 ftisiform, fleshy, broadening at top into a short rhizoma extending laterally. Flower- 

 ing panicles 3 to 5 decimeters in height, ascending, naked except for the deltoid 

 acuminate scarions bracts at the bases of the divaricate, scattered branches which 

 occui>y the upper half, Flowers in terminal close clusters. Sepals 2, roundish, per- 

 sistent. Petals rose-colored, broadly oborate, nearly 1 centimeter long. Stamens 

 numerous. Slender exserted style with a 2 to 3 lobed stigma. Capsule broadly ovoid 

 acute. Walls three- valved, splitting from above. Placenta basal. Seeds disk-shaped, 

 numerous. 



Sphaeralcia? 



Material scanty. Near northeast landing. 

 Malva borealis, Wallni. 

 Erodiiim Cicutarium, L'Her. Alfilarilla. 



In fruit. 

 Erodium moschatum, L'Her. 



In fruit. Contrary to Professor (Ireene's experience in 188.5, the Erodiums have 

 become widely extended over the island and form the favorite I'ood for the goats. 



Rhus Lauriua, Nutt. Laurel siiiiiacb. 



In flower. Collected from the shrubs mentioned by Franceschi in the old crater 

 on the northeast side of the island. The only ones seen. 

 Trifolium microcephalum, Pursli. 



In fruit, north end of island. 



Hosackia ornithopus, Greene ? 



Too fragmentary for exact determi nation; near northeast landing. 

 Mentzelia micrantha, Torr. iV Gr. 

 North end, in the canyon. 



Cactus Goodrichii (Sdieer.), Kuntze. ( Mamillaria (/oodiichii Hvhoar.) 



In fruit. Not many specimens observed, and all confined to the south end of the 

 island. 

 Opuntia prolifera, Engelm. Prickly pear. 



Abundant near the northeast part of the island, also near the west side anchorage, 

 and scarce at the south end in the central valley. 



Mesembryanthemum crystallinum. L. 



Near south anchorage. 

 Pilago Californica, Nutt. 

 Franseria camphorata, Greene. 

 Hemizonia frutescens, Gray. Guadalupe tar weed. 



In full flower. Abundant in the south part of the island on very rough, rocky 

 lava soil, or sand near the red lava cones. Iteijorted by I'almer in 1875 as very rare, 

 by Greene as abundant. It may have increased, as goats do not relish it. It is 

 remarkable as a suflfrutescent species in a genus of annuals, and was so observed by 

 Dr. Palmer and by our collectors in 1897, as evidenced by specimens. 



Perityle incana, Gray. 



This fine species was in full flower. Abundant in southern part of island. 



