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LIST OF PLANTS COLLECTED BY DR. EDWARD PALMER IN LOWERCALIFORNIA IN 1889.BY DR. GEORGE VASEY AND JOSEPH N. ROSE.Dr. Edward Palmer was employe! by the Department of Agricultureto luake botanical investigations and collections in California and ad-jacent parts. In January, 1880, he began his collections at San Quentin,in Lower California; next he proceeded to Lagoon Head; then to CedrosIsland and San Benito Island, and lastly off the west coast to Guada-lupe Islands.The specimens were all carefully examined and determined, so faras possible, at the herbarium in the Agricultural Department, andfinally corrected by a study of the types in the Gray herbarium. Dr.Sereno Watson very kindly and willingly looked over our specimensand gave very valuable suggestions as to where certain puzzling formsshould go.
1. PLANTS COLLECTED AT SAN QUENTIN.During January and the first part of February last, Dr. Palmer wasengaged in collecting in the region about San Quentin Bay. Althoughsome of our best collectors have visited this region, yet none probablyhave collected so largely aud thoroughly. While a number of newspecies were found, the collection is also especially valuable in thenumber of old but rare species, aud in extending the range southwardof other more common ones.In this paper each species is preceded by the number under which itis to be distributed. Those numbers under 700 were collected in Jan-uary, while 700 to 7-40 were collected in February.600. Platystemon Californicus Beuth.680. Meconopsis heterophylla Benth.739. Eschscholtzia Californica Cham.707. E. peninsularis Greene.611. Draba cuneifolia, var. brevipes Watson.734. Cheiranthus asper C. & S.725. Sisymbrium canescens Nutt.731. S. reflexum Nutt.723. Tropidocarpum gracile Hook.Very rare and only two specimens collected. This extends its pub-lished range considerably southward.671. Capsella divaricata Warp.621, 673. Lepidium nitidum Nutt.728. Frankenia Palmeri Watson.732. Tissa macrotheca Britton. (Lepigonum macrothecum, F. & M.)This extends the range of this species south of that given by Mr.Britton in his recent paper on the genus.
528 PLANTS FROM LOWER CALIFORNIA.733. Calandrinia caulescens II. 1$. K., var. Menziesii Gray.Very common.712. C. maritima Nutt.Steins 2 to 10 inches high, erect and simple, rarely with spreadingbranches at base ; flowers in an umbel like cluster ; pedicels 3 to 8 lineslong; petals 5, small, reddish ; stamens 3 or 4; stigma capitate, barelythree-lobed. This is a very rare and little-known species, only havingbeen previously collected by Nuttall, Thurber, and Parry. This yeanalso by Lieutenant Pond.709. Claytonia parviflora Dougl.Common.616. Malvastrum Thurberi Gray.681. M. exilis Gray.Leaves deeply cleft and more sharply toothed than the species.693, 624. Sphaeralcea ambigua Gray.Not before reported from Lower California, although Orcutt probablygot it from Japa.676. Erodium cicutarium L. Her.618. E. moschatum L. Her.715. E. Texanum Gray.666a. Lupinus.Stems 5 to 10 inches high, branching at base, pubescence of long anscant hairs; leaflets (3 to 6 lines long) oblanceolate, on long petiolesflowers scattered and small (3 to 4 lines long), violet with yellow keelpods one-half inch long, five to six seeded ; seeds brownish, mottled witblack, only one line in diameter; bract deciduous. As we have thegenus represented in the National Herbarium our plant seems nearestto L. ArizonicuSj Wat. Its small and scattered flowers also seem toplace it in this section. A comparison with the Cambridge specimensindicated a close relationship with L. nanus. Orcutt and others havedistributed as L. micranthus, Dougl., a somewhat similar form. Withso many uncertain forms before us we leave this until a revisiou of thegenus is made.666. Lupinus micranthus Dougl.716. L. afliiiis Agard.697. Trifolium tridentatum Lindl.613. T. gracilentum T. & (i.669a. Hosackia maritima Nutt. ?Form, growing with the next.669. H. stigosa Nutt.The typical form ; very common.690. H. (Syrmatium) Watsoni u. sp.Stems shrubby at base, 1 and 2 feet high, branches weak ascendinggrowing parts silky, older parts puberulent; leaflets mostly three, 2 to4 lines long, obovate to oblanceolate, abruptly acute; umbels two tomany flowered, on peduncles I to 2 inches long (sometimes shorter),
1888.] PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 529with an ovate bract; calyx 2 lines long with short and acute, teethflowers 4 to 5 lines long, dark purple in bud, becoming orange ? pudstwo or three seeded, slightly incurved.This plant is nearest H.jiuicea, but differs in its long pednneled um-bels, acute calyx teeth, etc. We take pleasure in dedicating this new-species to Dr, Sereno Watson.637. H. Palmeri n. sp.Seemingly nearest H. prostrata, Nutt. Annual, 1 to 2 feet high,branching, pubescent when young, becoming nearly glabrous: leaflets,three to seven (mostly five), 4 to lines long, on a somewhat wingedrhachis, ovate to oblong, obtuse ; the capitate umbels many-flowered(sometimes one or two), with ovate bract, on sleuder peduncles (I to 1.',inches long); calyx pubescent even in fruit; teeth minute; flowers, 2 to3 lines long, "scarlet;" style glabrous; pods two-seeded, much coiled.Differs from H.prostrata in its more erect habit, larger, less crowdedleaflets, longer peduncles, and coiled pods, etc.614. Astragalus didymocarpus II. & A.646 and 700. A. Hornii Gray.719. A. triflorus Gray.Also collected here by Orcutt in 1880.619. Rosa minutiflora Engl.Has also recently been collected by Orcutt, Priugle, and Parry.670. Lathyrus paluster L.741. Ribes Palmeri n. sp.Stems several feet high, the younger parts with a close white pubes-cence, leaves 6 to 10 lines broad, oval, three to five lobed, lobes cre-nate; racemes, ten to fifteen (sometimes only two to five), flowered, infruit becoming a compact spike on short, stunted branches ; calyx tubeshort, 1 J lines long, reflexed lobes almost as long; anthers sessile, petalsminute, fruit red, 2 lines in diameter, ten-seeded. In fruit in February.Also collected by Orcutt in 1883 in Guadalupe Mountains, Lower Cali-fornia, in Herb. Gray.738. Eulobus Californicus Nntt.San Quentin, February, 1889. Lagoon Head, November 10 (SOU).We find no specimens of this species from Lower California, either inthe National or Gray Herbarium.617. CEnothera micrantha Ilorneniann.Stems 1 to 20 inches high, erector prostrate, the petals often redden-ing on drying, and having a black spot at base, as in (E. bistorta.Later on, a peculiar form was collected, acaulescent or with shortbranches (with much the habit of (E. breviflora); capsules many, crown-ing the slender tap-root, about lines long, becoming reflexed.663. CBnothera trichocalyx Nutt. .'Auuual or biennial, acaulescent (sometimes caulescent) from a lougslender root, leaves 2 to 8 inches long, lyrate-piuuatind, or the lowerProc. N. M. 88?34 ^t^lH^
530 PLANTS FKOM LOWER CALIFORNIA.ones often entire, on long petioles ; calyx tube, 14 inches long, slender;petals obco relate, 9 lines long; capsules becoming reflexed in age andburying themselves in the sand ; Mowers rose-colored. The whole plantmore or less purplish, much resembling (E. primiveris, but capsule andseeds very different.668. Megarrhiza.Perhaps distinct but nearest M. Californica. Fruit globose, 2 inchesin diameter, covered with weak, slender spines 8 to 10 lines long by 4to 5 broad. The large root is used as a medicine.643. Apiastrum angustifolium Nutt.678. Galium aparine L., var. Vaillantii Koch.635. Aplopappus fasciculatus n. up.Belonging to the ? Aplopappus proper. Herbaceous, a foot or twohigh, glabrous ; leaves entire, linear-spatulate (1 to 1? lines long), acute,fascicled in the axils ; heads five to ten, in cymose clusters, 3 to G lineshigh; bracts well imbricated in three or four series with indefinite greentips; rayless; akeues pubescent; style tips short, broadly ovate.724. Pleuchea borealis Gray.605. Styloclyne gnaphaloides Nntt.699. Gnaphalium Sprengelii H. & A.But a single specimen collected.674. G. microcephalum Nutt.Not common.622. Franseria chenopodifolia Benth.This species, which for so long a time was unknown and variously re-ferred to F. deltoidea and F. eriocentra, seems to be rather widely dis-tributed. Orcutt collected it at All Saints Bay, 1885, by means ofwhich Dr. Gray re-established Beutham's species; also collected byHinds at Bay of Magdalena, E. L. Greene at Cedros Island, aud nowby Dr. Palmer at San Quentin.664. Viguiera laciniata Gray.661, 662. Encelia Californica Nutt.677. Leptosyne Douglassii D. C.Its most southern range.602. Layia elegans T. & G.The rays are only yellow near the base, the remainder purple orwhite, three-quarters of an inch long, the hairs on the pappus sparseand hardly woolly, and about one-third their length. Stems mostly sim-ple; only the uppermost leaves entire. Orcutt has also collected apurple-flowered form at All Saints Bay (1885).634. Baeria gracilis Gray, var. paleacea Gray.Plant much brauched and spreading at base; heads 2 to 3 lineshigh; bracts six to eight, erect and close; rays small (1 to2 lines), barelyexserted. Collected by Orcutt in 1881 and distributed as the var. tener-rima. This plant differs somewhat from the var. paleacea in mostherbarium specimens, but Orcutt's plant was referred here by Dr. Gray.
1888.] PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 531736. Baeria uliginosa Gray.This plant differs somewhat from most of the forms of this speciesseen. The receptacle is obtusely conical and puberulent, the involucralbracts narrower and longer, and the stem 1 to 2 feet high. The leavesare mostly eutire towards the base, with the apex cat into long linearlobes. Our plant most resembles 466 of Kellogg & Harford, which wasdistributed as B. Fremontii, but referred by Dr. Gray in his Herbariumto B. uliginosa, and yet from his notes he considered it a peculiar form.665. Cheenactis lanosa D. C.Grows very plentifully about San Quentin, but not before reportedso far south.644. Senecio Lyoni Gray.Before only reported from San Clemente Island by Nevin & Lyon(1885). The present plant differs somewhat from the type. It is tallerand more branching, the wool in the axils not quite so abundant, thepedicels longer (sometimes 2 inches), aud somewhat spreading.659. Senecio peninsularis u. sp.Two feet high, much branched, glabrous ; leaves bipiuuate, segmentslinear, and with a broad auriculate base; the heads in a corymbosecyme; the longest pedicels 2 to 3 inches long; heads large (6 lineshigh), rays conspicuous and dark yellow; involucre somewhat open,with tapering black tips, hairy when young. Akeues with a short densewhite pubescence. Closely related to 8. Lyoni, but differs in the broadauriculate base of the leaves; no wool in the axils; rays larger auddarker colored.606. Senecio sylvaticus L.691. Trixis angustifolia D. C.The typical form is rarely collected so near the coast.615, 625, 626. Microseris linearifolia Gray.This species is quite variable here, but the smaller forms are morecommon.607. Sonchus tenerrimus L.Supposed to have been introduced from Southern Europe, but rarelymet with, and only reported by Nuttall and by Orcutt in 1884.639. Philibertia linearis (Jray, var. heterophylla Gray.650. Gilia (Siphonella) laxa n. sp.Annual, sweet-scented, 4 to 9 inches high, slender and weak, eithersimple or ranch branched ; leaves divided into three to five linear seg-ments (5 to 10 lines long), upper ones often alternate; calyx 2 hueslong, cleft almost to the base; corolla lobes but 2 lines long; capsule1 line long, four seeds in each cell. The characters of the sectionSiphonella must be somewhat enlarged to admit this species, as its rela-tionships are certainly here, notwithstanding these differences. It isnearest G. floribunda, but differs in being an annual, in its weak andstraggling habit, more simple inflorescence, and smaller flowers.
532 PLANTS FROM LOWER CALIFORNIA.648 and 649. Gilia dianthoides Eiidl.638. Ellisia membrancea Benth.673. Ellisia chrysanthemifolia Benth.701. Phacelia Parryi Torr.A very handsome ami common plant.692. Phacelia hirtnosa Gray.This was tbe last Phacelia described by Dr. G-ray and lias only beenfound once before: Orcutt, at San Telmo, Lower California, and now atSan Quentin.645. Phacelia tanacetifolia Beuth.660. Phacelia (Eutoca) Palmeri n. sp.Small, decumbenl or ascending, annual, pubescent and somewhat hir-sute; leaves all radical, pinnate, the alternate ones three-lobed, theothers entire, the segments small, obtuse. Flowering branches 2 to 8inches long, flowers scattered (the earliest ones often form single pedun-cles); pedicel short (L to 3 lines) at first spreading, in age broughtclose to the axis. Calyx in fruit 3 lines long ; the sepals obovate, be-coming spatul ate; corolla "bluish white,' 1 scarcely longer than calyx,barely 2 lines high, 3 lines wide, stamens included, with appendagessmall ; style cleft for two-thirds its length. Capsule pointed, very hairyalong the lines of dehiscence; seeds thirty, minute (one-fourth line indiameter), closely related to P. Douyhtsii, but differs in leaves, flower,style, seeds, etc.627. Pectocarya linearis D. C.628. P. penicillata J >. C.608. Krynitzkia intermedia Gray.695. K. muricata Gray. .Very common.631 and 695. K. Jonesii Gray.This species has been seldom collected before, but is quite commonabout San Quentin Bay. It seems quite distinct from the above species.630 and 698. K. ramosissima Greenn.Stems 3 to 7 inches high ; leaves 3 to 12 lines long; nutlets often two,and one slightly larger (2 to 3 lines long); smooth and lucid; theot her obtuse and slightly muriculate. This species seem to be too nearK. maritima.612. Amsinkia intermedia F. & M.607. A. spectabilis F. & M.704. Solanum Palmeri n. sp.Belonging in the section containing 8. triquetum. Stems angled andpubescent with branching hairs, a foot or so high. Leaves 1 to \.\ incheslong, deeply three lobed ; the lateral ones small, ovate, the terminalone ovate to lanceolate; the umbel terminal two to six flowered ; corolla3 to 4 lines wide, violet, greenish at base, five cleft, pubescent with-out; pedicels to 10 lines long, fruit yellowish ('!), 8 lines in diameter.Sau Quentin, February 1, 1889.
1888.] PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. F)'6'6647. Solarium nigrum L. Var.Leaves conspicuously angulate-deiitate, corolla (i lines wide, fila-ments hairy at base; style hairy the lower half.682. Physalis crassifolia Benth. ?Apparently an annual, the corolla (LO lines broad) is larger and thesepals acute. This seems to be the same as the Physalis collected byDr. Streets, at Cedros Island, in 1869. Perhaps new.688. Nicotiana Clevelandi Gray.A rare species. The lower leaves sometimes a foot Long, includingthe petiole.658. Linaria Canadensis Dumout.657. Antirrhinum Watsoni u. sp.Slender, erect, 1 to 1? feet high, often simple, almost glabrous;leaves 1 to 1? inches long, linear to narrowly lanceolate; pedicels ."? to12 lines long; calyx glabrous or sparsely pubescent; sepals (1 to 1?lines long) almost equal, all shorter thau the capsule; corolla pubes-cent (3 to 4 lines long), "violet, white veined," its tube longer thanthe sepals; the lips prominent; the palet covered with yellow hairs
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persistent style (1 to 1? lines long) glabrous, equaling the slightlyoblique, globular capsule. Flowering February to March. Closely re-lated to A. Kingiij Watson, but of entirely different range, and dower-ing earlier; also in its long pedicels, equal sepals, larger dowers, etc." Northwestern Mountains," Sonora (Priugle, March 26, 1881), Los An-geles Bay (Palmer, 1887), and now at San Quentin.Antirrhinum Kingii, var., Watson, Proc. Am. Acad., Vol. xxrv, p. 66.735. A. subsessile Gray.720. Galvesia juncea Gray.This is Antirrhinum junceum in Syn. Flora, Good specimens werecollected in flower and fruit in February. San Quentin. First collectedon Cedros Island by Dr. Streets.642. Castilleia affinis H. & A.Considerably out of its range.620. Salvia Columbariae Heuth.With small forms barely 2 inches high ; the largest forms sometimesbearing 3 whorls of flowers.610. Audibertia stachyoides Benth.The more glabrous form; stems slender, leaves oblanceolate, 7 t.> 1.1inches long. Three to six very distant and small heads; the bractsand calyx not oval, pubescent, the latter with teeth almost equal : sta-mens barely exserted.654. Plantago Patagonica L.Commou. Collected at various places representing various forms.The var. nuda (653), 609 also, San Benito (!H(?).640. Mirabilis Californicus Gray.Stems glabrous below, viscid, pubescent, and even scabrous above;
534 PLANTS FROM LOWER CALIFORNIA.leaves (1 iuch long) triangular, cordate at base on petioles almost aslong; " flowers light pink."721. Abronia maritima Nutt.737. A. umbellata Lam.689. Rumex hymenosepalus Torr.653. Nemacaulis Nuttallii Benth.This species was found in great abundance. While some specimensagree with the published descriptions, yet others have stems perfectlygreen, taller (I to 1? feet high), erect, and with leaves 4 inches long.Besides the collectors given in Bot. California it has been found byPringle (1882) and Orcutt (1886), Parry, Cleveland, and J. C. Neviu(1882).722. Chorizanthe Lastarriaea Parry. (Lastarricea Chilensis Remy.
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Very rare here, but common in southern California. Supposed byDr. Watson to have been introduced from South America. (Rarelyfound in herbaria.)657. C. Parryi Wats.652. C. procumbens Nutt.729. Eriogonum fasciculatum Benth.?A well-marked form, and perhaps distinct. Steins almost glabrous;the leaves are glabrous -above; peduncles very short or none; inflo-rescence more open.667. Pterostegia drymarioides F. & M.696. Harfordia macroptera Greene & Parry.705. Aphanisma blitoides Nutt.Said in Bot. California to have been sparingly collected at San Diegoby Nuttall and Cleveland, but since obtained there bv most of our west-ern collectors. Very abundant about San Quentin.717. Atriplex microcarpa Diet.718. A. Califomica Moq.726. A. Julacea Watson.632. Hesperocnide tenella Torr.604. Euphorbia polycarpa Benth.711. Juncus bufonius L.A simple form ; stems 6 to 15 lines high, mostly single-flowered.623. Brodiaea capitata Benth.703. Polypodium Californicum Kaulf.633. Gymnogramme triangularis Kaulf.730. Pellaea andromedaefolia Fee.2.?PLANTS COLLECTED AT LAGOON HEAD.From March to 15 Dr. Palmer was at Lagoon Head, the Cabo-Negroof the old Spanish charts, in latitude 28 degrees. This point is said tobe the termination of vegetation on the Pacific coast before reachingthe sand waste around Scammoud's Lagoon. Not only did he collectabout the coast, but inland some 40 miles, finishing at Rosalia Bay.Here the vegetation is very peculiar, and said to be the point where
1888.] PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 535the raiDy season of southern California and Mexico unite. Here liewas very successful in collecting many rare and valuable specimens.These were collected under many difficulties and dried on ship-board.On his way to San Diego his precious cargo was almost lost in the ter-rible storm which visited the coast the last of April. Only a partiallist is now given, the remainder to follow in another paper.806. Eulobus Californicus Nutt.816. CEnothera primiveris Gray.Leaves sometimes 7 inches long, petals 15 lines long, "sulphur yel-low," becoming purple in drying, closes by day. Sandy low placesamong hills 40 miles back from the sea. This extends the range of thisspecies considerably ; it has only been reported from Utah, New Mexico,and western Texas.807. Viguiera deltoidea Gray.The rediscovery of this species after a lapse of thirty years is of con-siderable interest. It was collected by L. J. Xantus in 1850, probablynear Cape St. Lucas, Lower California, and described by Gray in Proc.Am. Acad., Vol. V, p. 161. Very poor specimens were collected, andthere has been ever since considerable uncertainty respecting its habit.It is a very common plant on hills 10 miles back from the ocean, 3 to 4feet high, shrubby at base, large, showy, orange-colored flowers, andquite fragrant. It much resembles V. Parishii of more northern range,but the inflorescence is more crowded, the heads sessile or on shortpeduncles, while V. Parishii has its flowers mostly single on longpeduncles.270, Viguiera microphylla n. sp.Stems shrubby at base, about 2 feet high, covered with a white, closepubescence; leaves deltoid, entire, 3 to lines long, on short petioles;heads two to four, on long, slender, naked peduncles; heads 4 to 6lines; rays 3 lines long; akenes 2 lines long, covered with long silkyhairs; pappus two, slender palere, with one to three intermediate paleae,which are broad and laciniate. Should follow V. laciniata, Gray.I* Loose-growing plant with bright yellow flowers." Forty miles backfrom the ocean.804. Eucelia laciniata n. sp.Two to 3 feet high, woody at base, slightly pubescent, becomingglabrous; leaves 2 inches long, ovate, with a slender, cuneate base,laciniately serrate; peduncles 2 to 3 inches long. Heads 9 lines broad,nodding after anthesis ; the involucral bracts lanceolate, somewhattomentose; rays yellow, disk reddish; akenes 2i lines long, obovate,no pappus, margins long, densely villose. Grows on sand plaius andhills above the bay.805. Encelia Palmeri n. sp.Stems compact, 3 feet high, with a short white tomentum, becominggreen and scabrous above ; leaves whitish-hirsute, becoming green and
536 PLANTS FROM LOWER CALIFORNIA.glanrous, broadly ovate, cordate :it base, entire or slightly serrate, 1 toH inches long, on short, naked petioles, upper ones reduced to smallbracts, heads ou long peduncles, to 12 lines broad; rays yellow,twenty, 3 to 4 lines long; disk browuish. The involucral bracts lan-ceolate, greenish above, below covered with long, white, villose pubes-cence. Akenes 2 lines long, no pappus, the margins long-villose, thesides glabrous. Common about the Eay Lagoon Head, Lower Cali-fornia, March 7 to 15, 1880.803. Gilia Palmeri Watson.This is the second station for this recently (1889) described species.First collected at Los Angeles Bay, by Dr. Edward Palmer, in 1887,and now on the other side of the peninsula, but 40 miles back from thecoast. The specimens of this year make necessary a few changes inthe original description. The stem is biennial, very woody at base,somewhat taller, peduncles often 2 inches long. " Gravelly hills, growsscatteringly, bloom pink color." March G to 15. Lagoon Head.?08. Nama demissum Gray.The range of this plant is only given as far south as the southwesternborders of California in Syn. Flora. And so far as herbarium specimensgo, none have been seen from Lower California. It was collected 40miles back from the ocean in the .sandy valleys. Dr. Palmer speaks ofit as " a showy plant ; grows quite thick, forming large patches ; bloomviolet."801. Krynitzkia Grayi n. sp.Small annual, 1 to 3 inches high, hispid; leaves filiform, a halfinchlong ; spikes bractless, simple or in pairs, closely flowered ; calyx barelya line long, open in fruit; nutlets one-third of a line long, ovate, trigonous, grayish, nmriculate-roughened ; ventral groove broad, triangularat base, closed above; the style twice as long as the nutlets. Abun-dant in low places between hills. Growing with K. maritima. It comesbetween K. ambigua and K. mieromeres ; the calyx is more like K. <un-bigua, while the fruit resembles more closely it", micromeres, but totallydifferent from either.