

ARTICLE VII. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF PLANTS COLLECTED ALONG THE KOUTE, BY W. P. BLAKE, 



AND AT THE MOUTH OF THE GILA. 



BY JOHN TORREY. 



Mr. Blake, the geologist of the Expedition commanded by Captain Williamson, having 



requested me to examine and report on the plants that he found in his explorations, as well as 



those collected near Fort Yuma, by Major Thomas and Lieutenant Du Barry, of the United 



States army, I have prepared the following list. The drawings for the illustrations were made 



by Mr. E. Dwight Church, a young artist of this city, and the engraving was executed by Mr. 



Prestele. 



JOHN TORREY. 

 New York, Jilay 1, 1857. 



Argemoxe Mexicana, Linn. On the Colorado^ and in other parts of California. An extremely 

 hispid white flowered variety, which seems to be the same as A. munita, Durand (Sc Hilg. PI. 

 Herm. 



Nasturtium obtusum, Nutt. in Torr. & Gray, Fl. 1, p. 74. With the last, in wet places. 

 Flowers through the summer. 



Sisymbrium deflexum, Harv.; Torr. in Bot. Whipp. Rep. Sandy places in the Colorado. 

 Varies greatly in size. 



DiTiiYRJEA Californica, Harv. in Hook. Lond. Jour. Bot. 4, p. 77. t. 5 ; Torr. in Bot. Whipp. 

 Rep. California desert ; March. 



Oligomeris glaucescens, Camh.; Gray, PI. Wright, 2, p. 16. Dry places between the 

 Colorado and the sea coast ; April, June. 



Sesuvium portclacastrum, Linn ; DC. Prodr. 3, p. 453 ; Yar floribus subsessilibus. Gray, PI. 

 Wright, \, p. \'i. Flowers on short pedicels. Stamens about 50. Sandy banks of the Colorado. 



Fagonia Californica, Benih. Bot. Sulph. p. 10. Near Fort'Yuma. This species is, as 

 Bentham remarks, closely related to F. Chilensis and F. Cretica ; but we think it more closely 

 approaches the former than the latter. (Tab. I.) 



Larrea Mexicana, Moricand ; Torr. in Emory's Report, p. 137, t. 0. This is the well known 

 Creosote-plant or Creasote bush. It grows from four to six feet high. It is very common in the 

 desert west of the Colorado, and in barren spots on the mountains near that river. 



Sph^ralcea incana, Torr. in Gray, PI. Fendl. p. 23 ; Gray, PL Wright, p. 21. River allu- 



