OTHER PLANTS.
Alternanthera repens Tr.
Anisolotus trispermus (bird's-foot trefoil) 186
Aplopappus gracilis 1,030
Apodanthera undulata (melon loco) 55
Astragalus nuttallianus (milk vetch) 630
Ayenia microphylla Tr.
Boerhaavia wrightii 885
Chamaecrista leptadenia (partridge pea) 5
Echinocactus wislizeni (visnaga) 5
Eriogonum polycladon 35
Eschscholtzia mexicana (Mexican poppy) 250
Gaertneria tenuifolia (franseria) Tr.
Collomia gracilis (false gilia) Tr.
Heterotheca subaxillaris Tr.
Kallstroemia laetevirens Tr.
Lupinus sparsiflorus (lupine) Tr.
Martynia altheaefolia (small devil's-horns) 12
Mollugo verticillata (carpetweed) 324
Oenothera primiverus (evening primrose) 15
Opuntia discata (prickly pear) 15
Loeflingia pusilla Tr.
Lepidium lasiocarpum (peppergrass) Tr.
Plantago ignota (plantain) 818
Polygala puberula (milkwort) Tr.
Portulaca suffrutescens (purslane) Tr.
Prosopis velutina (mesquite) 1,570
Sida diffusa (spreading sida) 30
Solanum elaeagnifolium (742 fruits) (trompillo, prickly solanum) 156
Puffballs and fleshy fungi (undetermined) 12
Total species, exclusive of fungi, 41.
It will be seen from Table 3 that while a large number of species of
plants are represented in the totals from so many dens, a majority of
them are of very minor importance, and that the seeds of grasses are the
principal storage and probably therefore the principal food material.
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