( 388 ) 
Specimens examined: Diluvial banks of the Colorado, Ft. 
Yuma, Schott, Jan. 13, 1854. 
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3. CERCIDIUM. Pato VERDE. 
1. Cercipr1um Torreyana (S. Wats.) Sargent, Gard. & For. 2: 
388. 1889. 
Parkinsonia Torreyana S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 11: 135. 1876. 
Type locality: “(On the Lower Colorado River and in the valleys 
of western and southern Arizona.” 
Distribution: Colorado Desert and western Arizona southward 
into Sonora and Lower California. Lower Sonoran. 
Specimens examined: The Needles, Jones 3864; Palm Springs, 
Parish 4115; Mecca, Miss M. Mc Kibben; Coyote Canyon, Hall 
2790; Salton, Davey 8043. 
KRAMERIACEAER. Krameria Famity. 
I. KRAMERIA. 
Prickles of the fruit barbed their whole length. 1. K. parvifolia, 
Prickles of the fruit barbed only at apex. 2. K. Grayi. 
1. KRAMERIA PARVIFOLIA Benth. Bot. Voy Sulph. 6, pl. 2. 1844. 
Type locality: “Bay of Magdalena,” Lower California. 
Distribution: Tia Juana southward into Lower California, and 
eastward to southern New Mexico and adjacent Sonora. Lower 
Sonoran. 
Specimens examined: Rabbit Springs, Mohave Desert, Parish 
2334; eastern base of San Jacinto Mountains, Hall 2rr4; San 
Felipe, Thurber 632; Jacumba Hot Spring, Abrams 3662; Cleve- 
land’s specimens from the vicinity of San Diego, which are cited 
in the “Botany of California,” I have not seen. 
2. KraMERIA GRayi Rose & Painter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 10: 108. 
1906. 
Krameria canescens A. Gray, Pl. Wright. 1: 42. 1852. Not 
Willd. 1825. 
Type locality: “Prairies near the Pecos.” 
Distribution: Western borders of the Colorado Desert, south- 
ern California, eastward to New Mexico, and southward into ad- 
jacent Lower California and Sonora. Lower Sonoran. 
