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RORPSON
458.
Big Bend Rio Grande
Apr. 7-8, 1934
6. Yucca glauca
7. "
baccata
8. Covillea glutinosa, Creosote bush
9. Ephedra, at least 2 species, probably
torreyana and nevadensis and possibly
a third, antisyphilitica.
10 Prosopis glandulosa, mesquite, common.
11. Fallugia paradoxa, Yacache plume, commo
12. Celtis occidentalis, Hackleberry, and
"
very probably C. pallida.
13. Seborgyrea sp. few. (2 species present).
14. Opuntia [crossed out] prickly pear
several species
15. [illegible] pin cactus
Echinocactus x Echinocereus, " "
Periocerus (the "night-blooming Cerena")
is reported present.
15. Fouquiera splendens, Acotillo, abundant.
16. Diospyros texana, Mexican persimmon,
common
17. Odoctemon, probably fremontii few.
18. Chilopsis saligna, desertwillow- common
19. Candelaria or rubber plant. Cant
find this in Coulter, but Steiger calls
it Candelaria and says Mexicans
make a gum [crossed out] or wax from it.
20. Clupothamnus, common
In the Pinos:
21. Pinus ponderosa in Ojo
22. " chilwalmana, reported