CHECK LIST OF FOREST TREES 169 



Parkinsonia microphylla Torrey. Little-leaf Horsebean. 



Range. — Southern Arizona (Desert region); southern California (Desert 

 region adjoining Arizona); Lower California (adjoining California); Mexico 

 (Sonora). 



NAMES IN USE 



Desert Bush. Horse Bean (Ariz.). 



Jerusalem Thorn. Little-leaf Horsebean. 



Palo Verde (Calif.). 



CERCIDIUM Tulasne 



Cercidium floridum Bentham. Texas Palo-verde. 



Range. — Western Texas (Matagorda Bay to Hidalgo County) to Mexico 

 (mouth of Rio Grande, Sierra Madre). 



NAMES IN USE 



Green-barked Acacia. Acacia. 



Palo Verde (Tex.). Texas Palo-verde. 



Cercidium tgrreyanum (Watson) Sargent. Palo-verde. 



Range. — Southern California (Colorado Desert) and southern Arizona (lower 

 Gila River Valley; Santa Catalina, Rincon, Dragoon, and Santa Rita Divisions 

 of the Coronado National Forest); south into Mexico (Sonora) and Lower Cali- 

 fornia. 



NAMES IN USE 



Green-barked Acacia. Palo Verde (Ariz.). 



SOPHORA Linnaeus 



Sophora secundiflora (Cavanilles) de Candolle. 91 Frijolito. 



Range. — Southern Texas (Matagorda Bay) to New Mexico (mountain 

 canyons) and southward into Mexico (mountain canyons of Nuevo Leon and 

 San Luis Potosi). 



NAMES IN USE 



Coral Bean. Evergreen Coral Bean (lit.). 



Frijolito (Tex.). Mescalbean (lit.). 



Sophora affinis Torrey and Gray. 93 Coralbean. 



Range. — Southern California (along the Southern Pacific Railroad to Mohawk 

 Arizona, to vicinity of Imperial Junction) ; Arkansas (from Arkansas River) to 

 Texas (San Antonio River and westward to the upper Colorado River; vicinity 

 of Chisos Mountains), and southern Oklahoma (Love and Choctaw Counties) 

 Southwestern Arkansas (near McNab); Louisiana (vicinity of Shreveport). 



NAMES IN USE 



Pink Locust (Tex.). Deciduous Coral Bean (lit.). 



Beaded Locust (Tex.). Coralbean (Tex.). 



11 Leaves persistent (evergreen). M Leaves deciduous. 



