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3-10 mm lg in axils or along- branchlets, 

 clavate. cleft half-way into 3-5 acumin- 

 ate, somewhat pungent lobes, 3-5-fld- 

 bractlets m a single sr, ovate, hyaline,' 

 cihate, much sh er than inv: fls r, as lg 

 as inv, developed successively, exserted- 

 perianth-seg. obtuse, pubescent externally! 

 the outer thick, the inner dilated and pet- 

 aloid on margins: sta exserted; anth oolj?- 

 ova (immature) gla. Agua Dulce. This 

 is another of the intermediate sp which 

 lessens the distance between Eriogonum 

 & Oxytheca." — Br 2:202 

 CHORIZANTHE FLAVA Br 2:202. 



"Branching from near base, 2-18 in lg 

 floccose-tomentose or glabrate; the' sh 

 plants erect, the longer prostrate; sts 

 y ish-r: lvs all radicle, tomentose on both 

 sides, oblg-lanceolate, tapering into a 

 lger petiole: bracts linear-acuminate & 

 pungent: inv scattered, spreading; tube 

 nearly cylindrical, tomentose, 4-5 mm lg, 

 at length much surpassed by 3 broad,' 

 somewhat recurved, subequal, straight- 

 awned lobes, tomentose aoove, near the 

 base; the intermediate ones nearly ob- 

 solete: perianth y, glab, sh'ly stipitate, 

 exserted 1-third its length; seg ovate- 

 acummate, entire or crenate on margins, 

 less than 1-third as lg as tube: sta 9, 

 attached near base of tube; fil glab, ex- 

 serted; anth oblg: ova nearly as lg as 

 tube; embryo straight, linear; radicle 

 1-third as lg as cotyledons. Calmalli."— 

 Br. 2:202. 



CHORIZANTHE M U T A BIDS Br 2:203. 



"Blanching at base, erect or procum- 

 bent, 3-12 in. lg: sts stramineous, r'ish 

 or pale: lvs all near base, lanceolate, ta- 

 pering into petiole: bracts linear-acerose, 

 soft: mv solitary or in sh spikes in axils- 

 tube slightly pubescent, ribbed, divided 

 above into 3, broad, spreading, somewhat 

 corrugated, sh'ly awn-tipped lobes, at 

 length flattened & much exceeding tube, 

 & 3 intermediate, very much sm'er & 

 sh'er, sometimes almost obsolete ones- 

 perianth sh'ly pedicellate, 6-7 mm lg- 

 tube & throat y; seg half as lg as tube,' 

 w or rose-color, lg-hairy on back, oblg. 

 obtuse, crenate or entire, undulate: sta 9, 

 attached near base, about as lg as tube- 

 fil giab; anth oblg: ak as lg as tube; em- 

 bryo linear, cotyledons nearly twice as 

 lg as radicle. SEnrique." — Br 2:203. 

 (To be continued.) 

 o 



hSlSed^mil^ 1 * f possesses about seven 

 nunarea miles of ocean shores anrl <d Y 

 hundred miles of gulf coast its north 

 eastern boundary commencing at a noint 



P? rti °n of the peninsula nearest 

 full ??n bay i ? x , ten ding south for a 



fi 5 p ° f nd i nla nd to the confines 



ot the Colorado Desert, is one of the 



fertility, m no wise inferior to the most 

 favored portion of the state of CalS- 

 nia, the climate, like that at San Diego 



GULF OF CALIFORNIA. 



LOWER CALIFORNIA. 



"If thou seekest a beautiful peninsula, 

 behold it here." 



In 1867 Thomas Sprague wrote that 

 "the peninsula of Lower California can 

 be made the garden-spot of the world." 

 The climate was spoken of as "undoubt- 

 edly one of the healthiest in the world," 

 and for persons of consumptive habit, 

 without a parallel." 



Lower California begins at the north 

 three miles south of San Diego bay, in 

 Alta or New California, ending at the 

 south in Cape San Lucas. The Pacific 

 ocean on the west, and the Gulf of Cali- 

 fornia on the east, form its remaining 



This great arm of the Pacific, which 

 penetrates the American continent deep- 

 er than any other, runs from near the 

 twenty- third degree north latitude to the 

 thirty-first degree thirty minutes, a 

 length of near six hundred geographical 

 miles, to where it receives the waters of 

 the Rio Colorado of the West. It ac- 

 quired its name of the Golfo de Cortez 

 (Gulf of Cortes), or Mar de Cortez (Sea 

 of Cortes), from the great captain, who 

 visited it in 1537. After the explora- 

 tions of Ulloa and Alarcon, from 1537 to 

 1540, it received the name of the Red Sea 

 (Mar Vermiglion, Mar Rojo, and Mar 

 Vermijo), from the reddish color of the 

 waters, and the accounts given of its 

 shores by Nuno de Guzman and his offi- 

 . cers, the first conquerors of Sinaloa. 



After the discovery of Kino, in 1700, it 

 became known as Mar Laurentano, from 

 the Virgin of Loretto, patroness of the 

 Californian missions, Seno California, 

 Mar California, and in the Jesuit maps 

 from 1730 to 1772 it is set down as Golfo 

 de California (Gulf of California), by 

 which name it is best known today. It 

 forms the western boundaries of the 

 states of Sonora and Sinaloa. 



In its northern parts it is full of sand 

 bars, shoals, hidden rocks, shallow 

 soundings, and dangerous currents, while 

 its southern portions contain the finest 

 harbors, bays, and anchorages, with the 

 safest navigation for the major part of 

 the year. In width it ranges from 20 

 miles at its head to 250 miles between 

 Cape San Lucas and the port of Mazat- 

 lan. 



ISLANDS OFF THE PACIFIC COAST. 



The islands off the west coast of Baja 

 California are about fifteen in number, 

 briefly described as follows, chiefly from 

 published notes by Captain C. M. Scam- 

 mon. 



LOS CORONADOS: merely two rocky 

 islets, of trap formation, situated in 32 

 degrees, 24 minutes to 32 degrees, 26 

 minutes, north latitude, six miles from 

 the coast line; several smaller rocks are 

 scattered between the two largest; an- 

 chorage can be found on the southeast 

 side of the most southern one, the larg- 

 est,, a mile in extent. A fine quarry of 



