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nica. The order is much in need of 

 careful revision." — Br 2:194. 

 LIPPIA BARBATA Br 2:196. 



"Zapania. Shrubby: lvs pinnate-veined, 

 crenate, round-ovate, obtuse or a little 

 decurrent upon the sh petiole, 15-25 mm 

 Ig & broad, rugose -veined, soft pubes- 

 cent beneath, rough-strigose above: ped 

 solitary in axils, stout, sh, much exceed- 

 ed by oblg hds: bracts silky pubescent, 

 broadly ovate, all distinct',. :aJ little sh'er 

 than the w(?) cor: cx noV half as Ig as 

 bracts, ' formed of 2, lateral, navicular, 

 acute seg covered with Ig w hairs, clos- 

 ing over the cohering nutlets & decid 

 with them: cor 7-8 mm lg, bilabiate, up- 

 per lip erect, entire; lower spreading, 3- 

 lobed; sta sessile, nearly equally at- 

 tached hi in the throat: sty sh: stig 

 somewhat 2-lobed. Described from frag- 

 ments brought for culinary purposes by 

 a Mexican of Comondu from 'La Gigan- 

 ta,' a neighboring mountain." — Br 2:196. 

 LIPPIA FASTIGI ATA Br 2:196. 



"Shrubby about a ft hi, with num slen- 

 der, fascicled, w-tomentose branches: lvs 

 densely tomentose, sessile, cuneate- lan- 

 ceolate, & broadly crenate above middle, 

 com opp, but sometimes ternate, 10-20 

 mm lg, 4-6 wide: ped solitary, stout, 2-4 

 times as lg as lvs; hds hemispherical to 

 oblg, few-fid; bracts ovate, distinct, cx 

 much exceeding bracts; densely covered 

 with sh w wool, lobes 2, united nearly 

 to top & truncate: cor w(?), 5 mm lg, a 

 third Ig'er than cx; tube cylindrical; 

 limb bilabiate, upper lip 2-lobed, lower 

 3-cleft, lobes all crenate: sta unequally 

 inserted on fil lg'er than anth; cells 

 somewhat separated & oblique on a di- 

 lated connective: pistil very sh the sty 

 only 0.5 mm lg, disk-like stig attached 

 to the front of upper half, ovules 1 in 

 each cell. Given to me at SBenito by a 

 Mexican who collected it from some 

 point nearer the Pacific & used it as a 

 tea under the name Damiana." — Br 2:196. 

 SALVIA CALIFORNICA Br 2:197. 



"Heterosphace. Shrubby, 2-3 ft hi, 

 densely w-tomentose, with branching 

 wool: lvs sessile, oblg, 15-25 mm lg, irr 

 coarsely dentate or lobed, lobes some- 

 what acutely pungent: fr'g spike elon- 

 gated, interrupted; verticils remote, 4-8 

 fid; bracts ovate-acuminate: cx campan- 

 ulate, 6 mm lg, scarcely bilabiate, sh'ly, 

 acutely & nearly equally 5-toothed, the 

 posterior a little lg'er: cor light blue, 12 

 mm lg; tube slender, cylindrical; poster- 

 ior lip 2-cleft, anterior as lg as tube, 

 lateral lobes much sh'er than the trian- 

 gular-ovate, fimbriate, middle one: con- 

 nectives free, lg-exserted; the lower 

 fork 1-third as lg as upper, & termin- 

 ated by a sm antheriferous cell: sty fili- 

 form, exceeding sta, sh'ly & unequally 

 2-lobed. Calmalli, Cardon Grande." — Br 

 2:197. 



BOERHAAVIA ELONGATA Br 2:199. 



Per (?). Sts slender, 6 ft lg or more, 

 much branched, prostrate on the ground 

 or supported by bushes, nearly glab, ex- 

 cept some spreading hairs on the younger 

 branches, somewhat glau: lvs thin, cor- 

 date-ovate, acuminate, minutely pubes- 



cent above, glab below, 20-50 mm on pe- 

 tioles Vith as lg: inn pubescent, axy and 

 terminal, of imperfect simple or forked 

 umbels, 3-6 fid, on ped com much ex- 

 ceeding lvs: pedicels very unequal, 3-20 

 mm lg: perianth w, spreading, 15 mm 

 wide: fr clavate-oblg, 5-6 mm lg, • 2V 2 

 wide, nearly bk, with broad mucilagin- 

 ous glands in 3 or 4 horizontal rows, or 

 sometimes crowded towards the top. 

 SPablo, Jesus. Maria. "—.Br ,2:199, 

 AT R I P L EX M AGO A L E N A E Biv 2:200. 



"Per, dioe (?) herbaceous, w-furfur- 

 aceous, prostrate with branches 1-2 ft 

 lg: lvs thin, all alt, obovate, apiculate, 

 entire, 1-nerved, 10-20 mm lg, tapering 

 into a sh petiole: stam fls not seen: pist 

 fls sessile in clusters, in upper lf'y axils: 

 frg bracts rhomboid, somewhat com- 

 pressed, nearly 4 mm lg, tips herbaceous, 

 spreading, edges below lateral angles not 

 margined or toothed, sides not appendicu- 

 late: sty nearly equalling bracts: sd flat- 

 tened, about 1 mm lg; radicle nearly su- 

 perior. Magdalena Island." — Br. 2:200. 

 ATRIPLEX LU Rl DA Br 2:200. 



"Mon. woody at base, 1-2 ft. hi, with 

 num very slender, r'ish branches: lvs 

 sparingly w scurfy, com opp or sub-opp, 

 oval to lanceolate, acute, sharply denticu- 

 late or the upper entire, 15-20 mm, taper- 

 ing into a petiole 1 to 2-3ds as lg: stam 

 fls in globose clusters on sh, axy spikes 

 either on different branches or above and 

 sometimes mixed with the pist; cx deeply 

 5-parted, 2 mm broad: pist fl clusters 

 somewhat scattered in naked panicles, frg 

 bracts sh'ly pedicellate, triangular, round- 

 ed above, 2-3 mm lg, very unequal in 

 width, com much exceeding the length, 

 upper half margined by a double row 

 of herbaceous teeth; sides 3-nerved, some- 

 what muricate: sty a little exserted: sd 

 brown, 3-4th mm lg; radicle nearly su- 

 perior. SGregorio." — Br 2:200. 

 ATRIPLEX CURV1DENS Br. 2:201. 



"Shrubby, 4-6 ft hi, forming rounded 

 clumps; branches slender, divaricately 

 spreading: lvs linear-spatulate, cuneate, 

 nearly sessile, 15-22 mm lg, 3-5 wide: 

 pist fls panicled; bracts thin, compressed, 

 nearly sessile, triangular, cuneate below, 

 truncate above, about 3 mm lg and oft 

 nearly twice as broad; upper margin cleft 

 into num linear, somewhat curved seg; 

 sides somewhat appendaged with 1 or 

 more similar processes: sds light-brown, 

 flattened, somewhat triangular, nearly 1 

 mm lg, exceeding width; radicle superior. 

 Comondu. Described from fr of previous 

 year." — Br. 2:201. 



EPIOGONUM IRRETITUM Br. 2:202. 



"Per, glau and nearly glab, 1-2 ft hi. 

 woody at base and rough, with remains of 

 the clasping petioles; branches num, slen- 

 der, drooping, oft fascicled in axils, divar- 

 icate and entangled: lvs all near base, 

 ovate, acute, 15-20 mm lg, tapering into 

 petioles broadly dilated and clasping at 

 base and 2-3 times their length; both lvs 

 and petioles sparingly hirsute and cili- 

 ate, the latter somewhat scabrous: bracts 

 linear-acuminate, sparingly ciliate: inv 

 glab, 1V 2 mm lg, solTtary, on slender ped 



