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San Diego Co., Vallecito, rocky traverse at head of (La Puerta)
-"Near the center of Vallecito there are great quantities of Hesperocallis undulata. The cattle do not touch it for some time and then in two weeks they clean it up"--acc. James McMillan of Mason Valley.
No. 8625. Sphaeralcea ambigua Gray. Cor. deep apricot yellow. Stems many from the base, little or not at all branched, 2 to 3 ft. h. Stigmas 15, capitate, black.
No. 8626. Cryptantha barbigera Greene.
No. 8627. Nicotiana trigonophylla Dunal. Bushy-branching, 1 to 3 ft. h. cor. dull white or, better, very pale cream. Remarkable for its auricled leaves. Base of rocks.
No. 8628. Physalis crassifolia Bth. Cor. buckskin yellow.
No. 8629. Pterostegia drymarioides F. & M. Shade of rocks.
No. 8630. Parietaria floridana Nutt. Shade of rocks. See p. 77.
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c. 1700 ft. Apr. 17, 1920. cf. "La Puerta" p. 198 & seq.
Vegetation of the Upper Vallecito Fouquieria splendens, see p. 73. Franseria dumosa, abundant. Larrea tridentata, common but not abundant as in the Lower Vallecito. Acamptopappus sphaerocephalus no. 8622. abundant, 1 to 2 ft. h.
No. 8631. Only one individual seen.
No. 8632. Cheilanthes viscida Davenp. These two ferns, 8631 & 8632 grew in shade of rocks.
No. 8633. Asclepias albicans Wats. det. R.CB. 11/20/60 [note in determiner's hand: Unfortunately this specimen is cited in the Flora (as A. subulata)! No duplicates found.]
[Drawing with following labels:] A.= Hood with one side removed. Dif. scale from B. which shows the hood entire, the cleft running back to the out angle at X. Stems entirely leafless, one plant 9 ft. 2 in. high!
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