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1. Mirabilis oxybaphoides A. Gray in Torr., U. S. and Mex. Bound. 



Bot. 173. 1859. 



Quamoclidion oxybaphoides A. Gray, Amer. Jour. Soi. ser. 2, 



15: 320. 1853. 

 Allioniella oxybaphoides Rydb., Torrey Bot. Club Bui. 29: 



687. 1902. 



Navajo and Coconino Counties, about 6,000 feet, August to Sep- 

 tember, apparently rare in Arizona. Colorado and Utah to western 

 Texas and northern Arizona. 



2. Mirabilis multiflora (Torr.) A. Gray in Torr., U. S. and Mex. 



Bound. Bot. 173. 1859. 



Oxybaphus multiflorus Torr., Ann. Lye. N. Y. 2: 237. 1828. 

 Quamoclidion multiflorum Torr. in A. Gray, Amer. Jour. Sci., 

 ser. 2, 15: 321. 1853. 



Almost throughout the State, 2,500 to 6,500 feet, on hillsides and 

 mesas, often among rocks and shrubs, April to September. Colorado 

 and Utah to northern Mexico. 



A handsome plant with large magenta-purple flowers and dark- 

 green foliage. According to Mrs. Collom, the powdered root is used 

 as a remedy for stomach ache. It is reported that the Hopi Indians 

 eat the root to induce visions. 



3. Mirabilis bigelovii A. Gray, Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci. Proc. 21: 



413. 1886. 



Hesperonia bigelovii Standi., North Amer. Fl. 21: 235. 1918. 

 Hesperonia glutinosa subsp. gracilis Standi., Contrib. U. S. 

 Natl. Herbarium 12: 365. 1909. 



Mohave, Yavapai, Pinal, Maricopa, Pima, and Yuma Counties, 

 3,000 feet or lower, rocky slopes, March to May, type of H. glutinosa 

 gracilis from Sabino Canyon, Pima County (Tourney 471c). Southern 

 Utah to Arizona and southeastern California. 



A straggling, weak-stemmed plant with pale-pink flowers and viscid, 

 pilose or villous herbage. A glabrate form with retrorsely scabrous- 

 puberulent stems is var. retrorsa (Heller) Munz (Hesperonia retrorsa 

 Standi.). This occurs in the San Tan and Sacaton Mountains, Pinal 

 County, and probably elsewhere in the State. 



4. Mirabilis jalapa L., Sp. PL 177. 1753. 



Cave Creek, Chiricahua Mountains (Harrison and Kearney 6132), 

 probably an escape from cultivation. Native of tropical America, 

 the well-known four-o'clock of old-fashioned gardens. 



5. Mirabilis longiflora L., Svenska Vetensk. Akad. Handl. 1755: 



176. 1755. 



Apache and Yavapai Counties to Cochise, Santa Cruz, and Pima 

 Counties, 2,500 to 7,000 feet, rich soil among trees and shrubs, August 

 to September. Western Texas to Arizona and far southward in 

 Mexico. 



Plant remarkable for the very long and slender perianth tube of the 

 white or pinkish flowers. Two forms occur in Arizona, the typical 

 form, with short-villous and very viscid stems and sessile or subsessile 



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