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Victorville, Mohave Des ---------- 2711 ft.
No. 5618. Eriogonum reniforme Torr. & Frem. No. 5619. Eriogonum pusillum - Alnus rhombifolia, a tree or two at the water gap just above the town. - Nigger-head Cactus, barrel type, same as along Colorado River - Dark cylindric-barrel cactus, same as at Swallownest Bend along Colorado River (see no. 5277). No. 5620. Eriogonum nidularium. Mesas. ---------- Belongs with p. 82. No. 5621. Opuntia acanthocarpa Engelm. & Bigel. Cactus. Three or four feet high, branching. New York Mts. Common Barnwell.
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- As I wandered thru the barrancas with their box-canon-like turns and angles a large gray-brown Coyote broke from a corner, terribly startled but not disturbing the stillness of the desert as he made off. - Lycium cooperi, no. 5329, cont. from p. 35. Corollas very large, the lobes spreading rotately or mostly a little backwards, each lobe with revolute margins. Corolla white. Branches mostly at right angles. Shrub dense and intricate, 3-5 ft. h. - Chorizanthe parryi, no. 5523 cont. from p. 92. Flowers numerous, spicate. Perianth white, its segments erosulate, the inner half as large. Involucral spines 3 large, 3 small. -- with no. 5522. - Chorizanthe californica, no. 5522, cont. See p. 94. Flowers like Eriogonum spergulinum. Perianth white, its lobes broadly oblong, very obtuse. Involucres 3 at each node, mostly with 3 unequal teeth, sometimes with 4 in 2 equal pairs, or only 2. Perianth one to each involucre, its tube slender, a little exserted in anthesis. Anthers brown -- Sandy mesa, San B. amongst Opuntia, Salvia carduacea, etc.
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