Commicarpus brandegei (Standl.) Standl.

Commicarpus brandegei Standley, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb
12: 374. 1909.
Boerhaavia elongata Brand. Proc Calif Acad. II 2: 199 1889 Not B.eUm&e Salisb. 1796. Commicarpus Brandegei glabrior Standley, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: 374. 1900.
Plants much branched, 2 meters long or more, prostrate or clambering over shrubs, the branches slender, glaucescent, often sparsely short-villous when young but soon glabrate; petioles slender, 5-15 mm. long; leaf-blades broadly cordate-ovate or ovatedeltoid, 2-5 cm. long, 1.5-3 cm. wide, cordate at the base and slightly unequal, acute or attenuate at the apex, minutely puberulent when young but soon gabrate; flowers in 3-6-flowered umbels on long slender peduncles, the pedicels 1-2 cm. long, shortvillous or rarely glabrate; bracts linear, 2-3 mm. long, green, short-villous, caducous; perianth 7-10 mm. long, 10-15 mm. broad, white, short-villous outside, at least below; stamens 2, exserted; fruit narrowly clavateoblong, 5-10 mm. long, 2 mm. thick, dark-green, glabrous, bearing numerous glands arranged in 3 or 4 transverse bands.
Type locality : San Pablo, Lower California. Distribution: Southern Lower California.

Commicarpus brandegei Standley, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb
12: 374. 1909.
Boerhaavia elongata Brand. Proc. Calif. Acad. II. 2: 199. 1889. Not B. elongala Salisb. 1796. Commicarpus Brandegei glabrior Standley, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: 374. 1900.
Plants much branched, 2 meters long or more, prostrate or clambering over shrubs, the branches slender, glaucescent, often sparsely short-villous when young but soon glabrate; petioles slender, 5-15 mm. long; leaf-blades broadly cordate-ovate or ovate-deltoid, 2-5 cm. long, 1.5-3 cm. wide, cordate at the base and slightly unequal, acute or attenuate at the apex, minutely puberulent when young but soon gabrate; flowers in 3-6-flowered umbels on long slender peduncles, the pedicels 1-2 cm. long, shortvillous or rarely glabrate; bracts linear, 2-3 mm. long, green, short-villous, caducous; perianth 7-10 mm. long, 10-15 mm. broad, white, short-villous outside, at least below; stamens 2, exserted; fruit narrowly clavate-oblong, 5-10 mm. long, 2 mm. thick, dark-green, glabrous, bearing numerous glands arranged in 3 or 4 transverse bands.
Type locality: San Pablo, Lower California. Distribution: Southern Lower California.