( 405 ) 
3. Conparia Parry (Torr.) Weberbauer, in Engler & Prantl, 
Nat. Pilanzenf. 38, ab. 5: 404. 1895. 
Zizyphus Parryi 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. 
ches spinescent; leaves ghee 6-12 mm. long; calyx-lobes tri- 
angular. 1. R. crocea. 
Branches not spinescent; leaves 12-40 mm. long; calyx-lobes oe 
Leaves becoming glabrous and shiny; anthers 1 mm. | 
2. R. isi 
Leaves more or less pilose; anthers 0.5 mm. long. 3. R. pilo 
Flowers perfect; petals minute, emarginate; leaves not pungently Se 
eaves green and glabrous beneath. 4. R. californica. 
Leaves canescent beneat 
Leaves entire, tomer euloud beneath. . R. tomentella. 
Leaves serrulate, hirsutulose beneath. 6. R. cuspidata. 
t. Ruamnus crocea Nutt. in Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Am. 
: 261. 183 
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 3490 
2. Ruamnus inictrouia Kell. Proc. Calif. Acad. 2: 37. 1863. 
Rhamnus crocea ilicifolia Greene, Fl. Fran. 79. 1891. 
Type locality: “Vicinity of Clear Lake.” 
