Junco 707 



The wood is hard, close-grained, dark brown to nearly black; its specific 

 gravity is about 1.12. The generic name is in honor of C. L, KoeberHn, a Bava- 

 rian clergyman and botanist. 



Holocantha Emoryi A. Gray, a leafless, thorny plant of the Quassia family, 

 much resembling this tree, occurs in the same region and originally described as a 

 "curious small shrub or tree," was thought to belong to the same genus. It can 

 be distinguished by its velvety younger twigs, different inflorescence, and by its 

 fruit, which is closely clustered, dry, and 3-lobed. 



