Chapter M

Malacothryx _Malacothryx fendleri_ 98
Mariposa _Calochortus flexuosus_ 5
Mescat-acacia _Acacia constricta_ 28
Mexican goldpoppy _Eschscholtzia mexicana_ 20
Mohave aster _Aster abatus_ 83

N

Nama _Nama demissum_ 67
New Mexico thistle _Cirsium neomexicanum_ 96
Night-blooming cereus _Peniocereus greggii_ 46

O

Ocotillo _Fouquieria splendens_ 62
Organpipe cactus _Lemaireocereus thurberi_ 48
Owl-clover _Orthocarpus purpurascens_ 76

P

Paintbrush _Castilleja angustifolia_ 75
Palmer penstemon _Penstemon palmeri_ 74
Paperflower _Psilostrophe cooperi_ 91
Parry agave _Agave parryi_ 15
Pencil cholla _Opuntia leptocaulis_ 58
Phacelia _Phacelia crenulata_ 66
Prairie spiderwort _Tradescantia occidentalis_ 3
Pricklepoppy _Argemone platyceras_ 21
Prickly sowthistle _Sonchus asper_ 100

R

Rainbow echinocereus _Echinocereus pectinatus_ 51
Rock-nettle _Eucnide urens_ 45

S

Sacahuista _Nolina microcarpa_ 12
Sacred datura _Datura meteloides_ 70
Saguaro _Carnegiea gigantea_ 47
Sand-verbena _Abronia villosa_ 19
Santa Fe phlox _Phlox nana_ 64
Senna _Cassia covesii_ 30
Silverleaf enceliopsis _Enceliopsis argophylla_ 88
Silverleaf nightshade _Solanum elaeagnifolium_ 69
Smoke-thorn _Dalea spinosa_ 35
Snake-weed _Gutierrezia lucida_ 81
Soaptree yucca _Yucca elata_ 8
Sotol _Dasylirion wheeleri_ 13
Spectaclepod _Dithyrea wislizenii_ 23
Starflower _Gilia longiflora_ 65
Strawberry echinocereus _Echinocereus engelmannii_ 50

T

Tesota _Olneya tesota_ 37
Torrey yucca _Yucca torreyi_ 10
Trailing-four-o’clock _Allionia incarnata_ 18
Tree tobacco _Nicotiana glauca_ 71
Trumpet-bush _Tecoma stans_ 78

W

Walkingstick cholla _Opuntia spinosior_ 60
Western-wallflower _Erysimum capitatum_ 25
Whipple cholla _Opuntia whipplei_ 59
White cupfruit _Calycoseris wrightii_ 99
Woolly loco _Astragalus mollissimus_ 38

Z

Yellow mentzelia _Mentzelia pumila_ 44
Yellow pitaya echinocereus _Echinocereus dasyacanthus_ 52

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Transcriber’s Notes

--Retained publication information from the printed edition: this eBook
is public-domain in the country of publication.

--Corrected a few palpable typographical errors.

--Transcribed some text from illustrations, for the sake of the text
versions.

--Added a Table of Contents based on headings in the text.

--Added page numbers for convenient reference.

--In the text versions only, text in italics is delimited by
_underscores_.

--Provided in {curly brackets} a conjectural completion of the truncated
“Joshua Tree” entry, based on information from other published
sources.