Plate 44 
E 
a 

stern margin of Pattie basin and Cucopa Mountains. Sea-purslane (Sesuvium sessile) in the foreground, denoting recent 
level of the Laguna Maquata. 
Next to it is a zone of salt-bushes (Atriplex), then mallows and shrubs, while a zone of 
mesquite denotes the maximum level of the water. 
