Field notebook : Arizona and California, 1938-1939
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12-22-38 continued “kind of oak”says chauffeur (which it is not). F2. High altitudes before reaching Roosevelt Dam. [Acc. to R.B.K.’s memory may have been Tajoba: Goat-Nut. Simmondsia californica Nutt J607 = S. Chinenais Schneider M291. See 12-29-38 spec at Nat. Hist. Museum, San Diego] Chauffeur pointed out quite another bush whose name R.B.K. took down phonetically as “Hohobi” — information quite likely incorrect. Agave No flor (at least none remembered). [See J252; M97; Helm 29 for proo. species. B.M.] C.P. says “300 or more species”, in western hemisphere. A. americana of cultivation is from “tropical America”. Yucca Possibly old fl. stalks seen. [See J246; M95 for proo. species, also Helm 18. B.M.] C.P. says “about 30 species”] ? Sots (not named by chauffeur) but very like ill. Helm 30. Dasyleirion Wheeleri [Not in Tor M] Juniper observed Roosevelt Dam → Globe.