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3. ConpaLia Parryi (Torr.) Weberbauer, in Engler & Prantl, 
Nat. Pflanzenf. 3, ab. 5: 404. 1895. 
Zizyphus Parryt Torr. Bot. Mex. Bound. 46. 1859. 
Type locality: “Gravelly ravines near San Felipe, California.” 
Distribution: Western borders of the Colorado Desert south- 
ward to Lower California. Lower Sonoran. 
Specimens examined: Morongo Canyon, altitude 1000 meters, 
Parish 2969; Whitewater Canyon, Pringle, March 25, 1882; San 
Felipe, Parry, 1850; Jacumba Hot Spring, Abrams 3650. 
2. RHAMNUS. BucxTuorn or COFFEE BERRY. 
Flowers polygamo-dioecious; petals none; leaves pungently toothed. 
Branches spinescent; leaves obovate, 6-12 mm. long; calyx-lobes tri- 
angular. 1. R. crocea. 
Branches not spinescent; leaves 12-40 mm. long; calyx-lobes lanceolate. 
Leaves becoming glabrous and shiny; anthers 1 mm. long. 
2. R. tlicifolia. 
Leaves more or less pilose; antherso.5 mm.long. 3. R. pilosa. 
Flowers perfect; petals minute, emarginate; leaves not pungently toothed. 
Leaves green and glabrous beneath. 4. R. californica. 
Leaves canescent beneath. 
Leaves entire, tomentulose beneath. 5. R. tomentella. 
Leaves serrulate, hirsutulose beneath. 6. R. cuspidata. 
1. Roamnus crocEA Nutt. in Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Am. 
£52655 (51638: 
Type locality: “Around Monterey, California.” 
Distribution: Coast Ranges of central California, southward to 
northern Lower California. In southern California it occurs on 
dry exposed ridges in the lower part of the chaparral belt, espe- 
cially on the footslopes of the mountains. Upper and Lower 
Sonoran. 
Specimens examined: Montecito, Franceschi, 1894; Big Tejunga 
Wash, Abrams 1370; Arroyo Seco, near Pasadena, Grinnell, July 
30, 1903; mesas near San Bernardino, Parish, May 26, 1898; 
San Diego, Jones 3087; Brandegee, 1889; Coronado, Dunn, April 
7, 1891; Tia Juana, Abrams 3400. 
2. Ruamnus I1iciFoLia Kell. Proc. Calif. Acad. 2: 37. 1863. 
Rhamnus crocea tlicifolia Greene, Fl. Fran. 79. 1891. 
Type locality: ‘Vicinity of Clear Lake.” 
