Mirabilis oligantha (Standl.) Standl.

Hesperonia oligantha Standley, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: 363
1909.
Plants fruticose at the base, much branched, the branches slender, finely and sparsely puberulent or glabrate, the internodes 2.5-5 cm. long; petioles one third as long as the blades; leaf-blades deltoid-ovate, subcordate or rounded at the base, the lower ones rounded at the apex, the upper acute, sparsely puberulent; peduncles nearly as long as the involucres; involucre 9 mm. long, finely and densely viscid-puberulent, the lobes lance-triangular, acute, slightly longer than the tube; perianth about 12 mm. long; stamens long-exserted ; fruit cylindric, acutish at both ends, 7-8 mm. long, almost 3 mm. thick, dark-brown, smooth.
Type locality: Calmalli, Lower California. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.

Hesperonia oligantha Standley, Contr. XL S. Nat. Herb. 12: 363
1909.
Plants fruticose at the base, much branched, the branches slender, finely and sparsely puberulent or glabrate, the internodes 2.5-5 cm. long; petioles one third as long as the blades; leaf-blades deltoid-ovate, subcordate or rounded at the base, the lower ones rounded at the
apex, the upper acute, sparsely puberulent; peduncles nearly as long as the involucres; involucre 9 mm. long, finely and densely viscid-puberulent, the lobes lance-triangular, acute, slightly longer than the tube; perianth about 12 mm. long; stamens long-exserted ; fruit cylindric, acutish at both ends, 7-8 mm. long, almost 3 mm. thick, dark-brown, smooth.
Type locality: Calmalli, Lower California. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.