LIST OF PLANTS COLLECTED BY DR. EDWARD PALMER IN 
1890 ON CARMEN ISLAND.' 
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This i~land if:! Ritna.tt~(l ill tht> IOWPI' p :Il't of the Gulf of California, two­
tlairdR of tho wa,y tiUWlI the Lower (J,difol'uia coast, almost in sight of 
land. It i8 l~O miles Houth of Unaymas. It is made up mostly of low 
lUounta,ills, or hills, whidt iu the IIUl't,1I are only ahout ZOU feet high, but 
ill the south rise from HOO to 1,000 feet, aud arc cut by lllany deep canOQs. 
The sUI'J'aee is rocky, with very IH)OI' or no soil. No tJ'(~es are found here; 
a few sbruhs, sOllwtillles 15 feet high, giv~ t,he fll'omiHHllt floral features 
to t~e isla Ild_ 011 the west side is " great salt bet! covering about 640 
acreH to a depth "f l~ feet, estimated to "olltaill about l:l,UUO,OOO ton" 
of a very fille quality of salt. This isl,,"d is bwnetl autl COil trolled by a 
gentlemall at La 1',tz, alld a large qualltity of the salt is shipped both to 
Uuayma~ and San Fl'anci8Co, and, when the ~mlt is ground, sells a..'i the 
very best quality for tatJle use. 'l'be source' of t·his v.."t salt. deposit is 
said to come from t~e sunounding hills aud lIIountains. All t~e creeks 
and call om; open into t.hi~ lake aud, from expel'iment8 made, their waters 
are loun<l to be "hargell with chloride of sodiulII_ After the raiD" have 
ceased, in alJOut fifteen days, the wate.r evapora.tes and the work of ex· 
cavatioll eall go ou. 'fbe only hotallist or colled.or, 80 far as I know, 
who 1Ji.1S vis ited this island is DI'. Edward P IIIUler. He has made two 
visits " .. <\ has very t~oroughly colledet! the plants of the island. His 
first visit was Jalluary 1 and 2, IH70. I have lIot been able to learn the 
numbm' of specie$ c:ollected, yet it wa.s uot la.rge. No report was pub­
lislwd on the plant. ... , a.!though mo~t, ot'them were then uew species. One 
or more of them ha ve hee .. identified from time to time as belonging to 
new spenies and pllblishcol as part of tile type_ Most of the others have 
beeu collected elsew~ere by Ilft-.lJrandegee or by Dr. Palmer himself, aud 
published as new, without having seen the Carmen Island forms_ Dr. 
Palmer made" sceolld visit la8t November and remained a week (No-
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'oJ In Bnl1etin Nu. SI of the U. t'$. Hy(lru~l'a"hic Otlit~e (p. 28) it i~ statorl, howe\'er, 
that a,lthough the lakl~ i:'i HOparu.wu from the occau by a Ittl'ip of hea eit a qllurtc r of 110 
mile wide, over which the sea never !lows, yet the water .. i8~llUd fall8 witlJ th~ tide, 
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Goeaypium HBrknelillU Brandg. Proc. Cal. Acad. !Jar. 2. ii. 136. A lar~e bll~h 4 to 6 
foot high: It'a.vlj8 very dnrk green: Uowers lomon-colur. In calions, l.\ot COnl­
mono No. 8~. 
Collected by Mr. T. S. firatillegcH on Santa. Margltrita Ishmd, and by Dr. Palmer 
from this island in 1870 (~o. 3): t,he laft,er diHtl'ihuted tl!l U. Barbadell8e. 
lI4elochia tomentoaa L. {n C8.1\OIlIl, few plaut,1I seen. Nt),823, 
Fagoni_ Californica llcnth. Alwut. tlw mouth of :\ CUfiOll, Collected in 1870 (No 
13). No. 830. 
Buraera microphylla Gra.y. Cmullumly called wroroto/' Common in the cniioll~ 
and all mount·:du }lidoH. No. SK-I. 
Cardioapermum Palmeri Vaij6Y :md Rosc. Proc. Nat. Mug, ix. 147. Climbs over 
bushes in caueJUM. No. 851. 
Dalea Parryi Gray. Not very COHlIIWJl. No. ~". 
Tephro.ia Palmeri Watlloll . Proc. Amer. Acad. xxiv. 46. In canons. No. 8,17. 
SBchynomene nivea HfllUlig. Pme. Cal. Acad. sor. 2. ii. 150. Ouly a few lllrmts 
!!ICeD among rocks in a canon. No. ~18. 
PhaseoluB filiformu8 llcnth. Few SJlcCilllelll~ found. Obtained in 1870 (No.5.). 
No. 876. 
Casaia Coveaii Gray. Grow.IS in cailOll!S. Xt,.8·13. 
Dellmanthull fnltiCOIIUIJ Hose, n . 1\p. 8hmb 5 t.o 6 feet high or small troo 10 to 12 
feet, glabrolls with relldh,h br:lUclws: IC:1\'c~ largo: rhachis It to 3 ill('hcs long; 
iltipules spinescent; piUll:e 3 to <1 pail'g, 1 to 3 ill che~ IOllg with a concave ~h\lltl 
between the lowe.'lt pail' anti Oft.tllllllll' or more of the npper pairs; lcafh~ts 12 t.o:!(} 
pairB, oblong, 3 t05lilwi'! lung, 1-! to 2 lines hroad, with somewhat eccentrill midrib: 
tlowers nllmerOlH~: calyx 2 lilies ]ollg: l,et.nl~ !\1tm.h!r, one line longer than ca lyx: 
!oItalllellS 10: pod14 2! tu 3, illl·hes long, 3 lines wide, lUauy HflCdcd: ~~(\d" lIat­
Wlled , 2 lines ill diameter, the l;cmicircula.r mark on the aido ycry e1Ua.IJ.-Ill 
bottom of CaJUJIIK. No. 820. 
'!'his is D. t.'irg«luJJ Bt"lllth. Dot. Snlph. p. 14, :lnjl BrillHl~. \'roo. Cal. Ae:HI. Her. 2. 
ii.15t. AIBO f(\fm"r~d to aIJ above in Proc. Cal .. \t: ;ul.l"(~r .:t. iii. 1:')2. 
Thill spedcl'I tlill'url( fl'om D. "irgntus in itfoJ shrubby hahit, lower leo.vci!j, larger 
a.ntl morc nUnUWOllfoJ pOll", eto. Thc marking UII the side of the seed rerorrot! 
to hy Mr. Brlllltlogee ill hi14 noteB ofthi~ specie" seeHU~ to be a generic charader, 
and 38 it :t};10 varies in shape and size in different species it may be of some nRe in 
itlentifiontiull. In D. Vl1'Oll/1l8, nlthough the l'Ieo<1 is not half as large us ill the 
A.ho\'o Bp(~dl~~, tIlt} IImrkillJ,;: ikllnuch larg'('r. 
E:tPI.A,,",\TIOS 0.' I'L,\TK XIll.- A Iruitin;.: "raud] h. l'Ihnwn IlIlt.nrRI sbc; G, tLo11'el' with ClllrlL 
JOI)IiI· IIUlI 1",1.:11 .. "1I,,wlI ; b. ;, tlower; ~. Illw.t-'tl ; d, tholl-llino mlle h enlar~1. 
LyaUoma candida Unuulg. Pcoc. Cal. Ae:ul. Her. 2. ii . mao A largo bUfJh, sOllldimes 
n. slllalll.r('o. 0111\ of the mOllt cOllspiel101tR plilntl't of the ildanll, No. 8J". 
Eucnide cordata KclJ. On tho bcn.ch, but lIot l'OIllIlWIl. Nu. t{67. 
Mentzelia adhere1l5 Kell. Common at the 1ll0l1th of'l:arums. No. 831. 
Paeeiflora Palmeri Hose, n. 8p. Trailing or low-dimhill~ plant, thickly pilOBC, ill­
teritllcrsc.l with club·shaped glandular hairs tbl"(l\l~hl)llt: lea yes small, :\h()ut 1 
inch long, with 3 ohtmlolobosj stipulos small, l;H'omte: tendrils simple, longer 
thtlll thelmwcs, l)il<mo: peduncle slender, ercct, t'l'!l cx:oIl ill fruit, l-ilowcr6tl: in­
volucre bmcttl 3, itUllll1, lJecHilli ng ill (rui t a.li ttl~ long"r t han the 8~ipe, pinua.tely 
difJa,ected; liegmoot& setaceons, oxcnrrcllt ioto :\ gillud: Kcpal.8 white, 5, broadly 
linoar, Ii iuchM long, 3·uof\'oo., the central ner\'l.l thickened a.bove, 88parnting 
below and extending beyond the tip of the sepal: petals 5, 1-nerved, aLout the 
lang-th of the Keplth~: t~rown in 3 serie~ j outer of short filiform segmenu. a little 
longer thnn the tube of the calyx; inner one entire, cup-shaped: Iltamin6al tube 8 
to 9 liUCR luug, gll1brolls; fl'ee p:Lrt offil&ment ribhon-shaped, 5 lines long : O\'ary 
"ery hairy: styles ann fltigmfl,8 3, glabrous: fruit 1i incheB in diameter, pilose.­
Very plentiful on the Leach runong the 10086 coral, bu~ rare in the ca.nons. 
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The plant i~ called HSo,udin. de la Pa~!!ioll." The fiOWt'I'A hloom early in the 
Jlloruin,!{ anillast but l) purt of tbcduy; tilt, ripe fruit, which hatt a !!weeti&h ~a8te, 
it! much rs lbllletl by the childrell of the island. 
This species !leOllla Otlarest r. jmtida, some fortos of which have very 8imilar 
foliage, but tlift'erH in itlJ larger flow ers, Rmal1er Cl'OWD, longer sta.mineal tuhe, a.nd 
Um pecnlill.r tip ut' t,he !lelm!. 
}<;X:Pl..\NATlHN U~' PI.ATE X 1 V.-A urauch with fh,wcht Ami frllit Hl.town : IIltnral Ibe. 
M'amillaria Roseana Ul':llulg. Zoe, ii. Itt. COllllllon on tilt! hill,.id,'.H a.nd beach 
among IOOHCl t!orall'od'M. :Frnit. lIt'a" vcnnihOIl color," i ~ 1:l1i\,1.). Said to be ,\ 
very handsome ",peeit~H . No. AAO. 
Cereml gamo.us Eng'nlm. StoOl Ii feet, high, (,:l'l ~~ t.; rill .. 801' 9; ilpille>l stmight aUll 
8tout; br:mdwli IlUme rOUIi, oft.cu ))rol'ltnatc ullon f·ho grouml : lO"t·nre fruit large, 
t1ull rod without., Lright.n·d ",iUliu. Not. ill tloWt\r. No. Bg:i. 
The frnit i" edible; it is used for IJl·CIWI'VC", jams, etc. It is called "Pita­
haya ltCre." 
Vaseyanthus Ro.ei Cogne:11Ix. Zoe, i. 368. UI'OWS in CaflOlIM ill Hhady pll\ce8 and 
alung WIC b,';u:b. Nu. s;r;. 
This W:lti tirAt (~olle (' tetll~t. La Pilot. amI i8 No. lO:! of Dr. Palmer'l! collection re­
ferred to MIIJ'imowiczilf. on I). 70. 
MacrolSiphonia Berlandierl Gray. A bout 3 feet high with few brunch os; only 
fUllnd in fruit. 111 ca lilllll'l. Nu.8,Jl , 
Houstonia brevipea ROSt'. Confl-. Nnt. Herl,. i . 83. III Cafll)ll8. No. 836. 
Houstonia (Ereicotis) fruticosa HU~I', II. 1I}1. ( · p riJ.-tht·growillg ~hl'uh, 1 to 2 feet 
high, lIIuch-branched, glahl'ollH throl1 ~hout: It<:t\'~ \~ lillear, a tu 7lilWH ]ong, DlIICh 
i':uwi('lcll, (unl with milltLtc Rtipnlp,:o>: flOWtll'H t'yJilUSO 011 Kluu·t )I(~di('e]8 or sea­
Mile: cdrolla 4 to 51inf'1t IIIII~. ~a.h"t)r form, tlH~ tulle IlIut:h lougt.'r than tb~ 10l)l'H, 
Hwhitc:" the fl'uiti llJ.; calyx 1 Iill ~ IUlIg, with luhc~ of (,tina) h 'ngth: capsule a 
little u\,(-\f 1 liue long, frell from Hie (·al.yx at, till) t.ip ouly : ~eetls oblou~.-Olle 
of' 11IP eOIIlIllOlH~i'ot ]Ilauts along the ileaeh. No. 88fl. 
Near H. fa Bl:iculata, hut with largor tlowcrli :l.ud leaves, lind somewhat. differ­
ent ill habit. 
Hofmeisteria laphamioidea Hoso. CHllt,r . Nat .. UrriJ. i. 79. Neither ill dower nor 
fruit, (JIlt ", ... idently this I'IpeeieH. Found 011 tho 8ide of:t eafwn. No. 850. 
Bofmeiateria pubescBlls Wat.soll. About n. fuot high with fl eshy leaves and pinkish 
fluwtH'8, A cOlilpact plant., thtl llUlUerOlli\ hmll cial'li iutt·l"IacillJ.C form all impene­
trablo 1II:l1l8. ""mulI) Oil t.he ht'.:u:h lUld in tlto caiwll l<i. No. gia. 
This plaut bus SUllul\,·hat, It<s.." lii ~~e l'ted lean:!! than the t.ype and aPllroaches 
near 11 faBcil:lIlatlf, frvlll which it. lICOIUS to tlille !' only in heillg pubeilcent and ill 
baving the h'lLn'i\ IIlOro diilscett·d. 
Brickellia bracbiata Gr;ty, v:,r.lU.AHItATA RmlC, II. \":n. Gl:tbTons throughont, hut 
in ot-h(11' rO~ I)t:cts simil :~r to th" t1'1)". This j", t.lll: :.::labrtll1~ form referred to on 
page M3, from Sa,uta H.('ilH. Ii:~. TI.H: IiUI1ill~ uf tlti~ ~IHh)'otl" {urlll a second time 
imlicatoH that it may he a eOllllllOll form :tlOHg l.lIo Gnlf, :wd heiug so much ont 
of thf' range of the type we havc thought b&jt tn give it a varietlllua1Ue.-Oll 
!title of )'(Icky CaiI01J8. No. ~9. 
Aplopappus .pillulo8u8 DC. Onl.'· :l ~ iDg-le ~(lflCillll!ll lIcc·n . Xu. 818. 
Bebbiajuncea Qn:mH'. Abullt:3 feet Il i~ll. Fuuml Oil till' I,eacll all(1. eaf"ioIUI. No. 
>J.14. 
Bigelovia diffun (;ra.\' . (.:('1111110111 )" (:alll'!I II Y<'l'hn lI e] J:Ullno," Two to three feet 
high. Grows ou tlu' IU' :u ·b. Nt!. X:tt 
Vipiera deltoidea Gray, V;II'. ]'ARI:, 1II1 Hu.~e. Cont.r. Nnt. Hcl'1, i . 73. Three t.o 4 
feet high. In the cailUlI!'I of' tlw i .. lalld, hut !lOt, eOlhllHlIl. No. H:!S. 
Alvordia glomerata llrnllll (! ~ei" ]>)"1/1'. . Cal. Acuc.1 . St'!". :!. ii. 17·1. About three 
feet high: flowers orall~t'.-yeHow, with a si.rulIg lIily odol'. In the CllflOlISj not 
commun. No. 827. 
Recently fouud by Mr. Drauileg~e at two IIt atious nut flll· :""ny ou tlUl ruainla.nd. 
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Leptoayne dissecta GrflY. A compact hushy plant 1 to 2 feet high: leJl.'\"es more 
dissceted than iu t111~ t.ype. Only sCl-m in one t:aflOIl. No. 877. 
Perityle Emoryi TOl'r. i4)rm. A bunt:! f,wt high: lelLvcH very Illllch disst~(\ted, rat.her 
thick: heads sOllie what lar~cr than ill type: st,yle-hmuches with acute tips. 
COllllHon along the heaeh and in the ca·Hons. No. 866, 
This form W.l,S collected on the island by Dr. Pallller in 1890, and made the 
subject of a short lIote in Hot. Ca.1. i. 397, by Dr. Gray. This was a.hm oht.aiupd 
hy him last year at La Paz, awl by }[r. Bra.lldt·gt~e at the sa.me pll~ce and time. 
Porophyllum orassifolium Watson. Proc. Amer. Acad. xxiv. 57. A very COIllHlUll 
plant alollg the beach, in the eaflOlls, :mtl on the lUouutll.i1l side. No. Sill. 
It WIlS first colll'dell Ull tllis islawl. It was tIi:-ltrilmted as "P. t-/'i(l/>lIfatll'm 
Hentb." a.nd is in Palnwr's eoll\·<:tion of 1870 (;\0. H). 
Porophyllum gracile Bcnth. Very eUllIlIHHl 011 the bcac~b. No.834. 
It is called "Yerba del Ven:ulo" anlI is mndl used a!> a tea. This IJlimt was 
collected ill 1870 (No. 16). 
Phacelia scarioea Brundcgce. l'1'oc. Cal. Acutl. !>c.r. 2. ii. 185. Common 011 the 
beach. No. S32. 
Bourreria Bonorre Watson. Proc. Allier. ACfl.ll. xxiv. 62. A :-Ihmh about 6 feet 
high. In cailons. No. 82:t. 
Krynitzkia racemosa Grec~lle. In eallOllS, g-rowing on gravelly soil. No. 8,16. 
Beliotropium Curassavicum L. \' ery eommon. No. 869. 
Physalis crassifolia Beuth. Pl'obahl.y thi!> sl'edes, but unly a single poor specimen 
was fonnd. No. 871. 
Datura alba Nees. EMt.ahli:-lhell in :dl parts of the i.'!lanll except in the highel'parts 
of the monntain!>. Xu. X72. 
Thi:-l seCIII:-I to be the sallie as Palmer's Chihuahua plant, referred doubtfully 
to.thi!> spe(·ies. 
Nicotiana trigonophylla Dllnal. Duly a few plunts seen in cailons. No. 873. 
Calophanes Californica Ruse. Cunt,r. Nat. lIerh. i. 85. A branching Rhruh 2 feet 
hi.!.!;h: corolla purple, 11 illdwl:! ioug. CUUUllOII in cll,iloliS. No.8:l1J. 
This pIa.lIt is not 8U tall, :mel the ea.lyx and corol1a are not 80 large as in the 
ty}),', hilt otherwise t.hey Rl·t'lll to ag-ree. This t;pccics wat; alsu collected by Dr. 
Palmer on this island in IM70 (~o. 8). The sllecimens undetermined in Gray 
H~rh:uium. 
Salvia platycheilia Gray. About 3 fe('t high. Collected in a canon. No. 878. 
This waM llllule the typB of a lIew species ill Dr. Palmer's collection of 1870 
(No.7); not since eolJeetl'd until HOW. 
Boerhaavia Wrightii Hray. III vcry poor condition, but probably tbis species. 
No. S45. 
Atriplex Barclayana Diet-I'. Common plant. No. 874. 
Stignosperma halimifolia Ht"llth. About·1 feet high. Only a few plants seen. 
No. M70. 
Phoradendron sp. No. 882. 
Argithamllia Brandegei ~IiIl)jJl. I'roc. Cal. Acatl. ser. 2. ii. 220. It diffors from 
the type in having 10 stanwns. :r\u. 839. 
Croton Magdalenre Millsp. J'roc. C:d. Acad. Her. 2. ii. 220. No. 821. 
Euphorbia polycarpa Beuth, \'ar. n:STITA WatrllJll. Very common. No. 835. 
Euphorbia blepharostipula Millsp. Cuntr. Nat. Herb. i. 77. Very common on the 
island. No. 825. 
Euphorbia Carmenensis Rose, n. sp. A low, compact plant, woody at base, a 
8pan high, with many slender interlacing branches, glabrons throughout: leaves 
opposite, small, 1 to 2 Hnes long: involucre very small, i line long, axillary, 
8ubse8sile: glands 5, na.ked: seeds reddi8h, 811100th, t line ]ong.-In caftons and 
on monntain side8. No. 842. 
A pecnHar species. Our plant is abulllla.ntly covered with small oblong bodies, 
appearing like capsules, which are the result of insect work. 
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Simmondaf.a Californica Nlltt. In canons, but not common. No. 817. 
Called II Jojo Imhorry." 
Sporobolua n.rgutu8 Knutb. No. Hr,o, 
Panicum lachnanthum Vasey 3-1111 ScI'HIIl. 
Panlcum faaciculatum Vn~ny :tIul St:ritm. 
JIIIuh1enbergia debilia Trin. Nil. 853. 
Setaria letosa U OlIlIV. No. 857. 
An.tida dlpena Trin . No. SUS. 
Boutelona arlat1doldes TlIII!"b. No.8:'l9. 
Bouteloua polyatachya Torr. No. 854. 
Bouteloua racemola Lag. No. 861. 
Beterpogon oontortu. ){. and S. No. 860. 
Diplacbne Brandegei Ya~i~.v. No. ~:!. 
CeDohrua Palmeri Vasey. No. 865, 
Cyperul. Too young for determinatiou. No. R63. 
---Indeterminable shrub. A shrnb 3 feet big-b, 4 incll(':R In (lia.mflwr, with numer' 
(JUS horizontal hrauelies: ltmv8s fal'lcicled. Neither in fruit lIor Hower. Common 
Deaf the boach. No.88l. It may he Jajltl'opha ~pal'ulata Muhl. A Phoraden.drOll 
is parasitit: upon it. 
---A 10llg .. slOluler, ca.ctus-like pla.nt. No. 794. 
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