purple bracts. But heads contain only ? fls with white Corollas. Herbage not at all "silvery-silky". Lack of ? fls prevents further evidence as to Tribe.) Asbet. B. viminea v B. glutinosa: Our spec very like ill (M); but mostly "sparsely denticulate" (J), "inermi- ciously 3-nerved" (M), dull green v not glutinosa. [See 6-5-'89 3-6-31 Oenothera aequalis Hook var viridescens Teps J 684: O. cheiranthifolia Harmer var. suffructi- cosa. Wats. Fl v old fs. Mission Beach, frequent. Very scrate but old fs def. quadrangular. 3-6-39 Franseria bipinnatifida Nutt. J 1107; M 545 F8 v young fs. Mission Beach. Very like ill (M) but as "sil- very" as in O. cheiranthifolia var suff. [6-3-39 Flufs. Mission Beach Fs, now purple. 3-6-39 ?? Abronia maritima Nutt J 337; M 148 F8. Mission Beach. Seems no doubt & Nyctaginaceae & nothing in TCM in that family, no genus seems poss except Abronia But see M 147 "stigma subglobose". Stigma in our plant def. linear. If Abronia, then almost surely A. maritima by desc. v close. Calyx tube (be? below hint) 12mm. Limit almost 10mm diam. (M "limb-4mm broad" poss. refers to breadth on one edge only, not to diam across mouth of calyx ?) Otherwise desc. fits well enough. Still & A. vil- losa Wats is Fig 553 2 would be good for our plant.