FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS OF ARIZONA 333 



1. Berberis harrisoniana Kearney and Peebles, Wash. Acad. Sci. Jour. 



29: 477. 1939. 



Known only from the Kofa Mountains, Yuma County, about 2,500 

 feet, in rocky side canyons of Palm Canyon, and from Pitahaya 

 Canyon. Ajo Mountains, Pima County {Nickel in 1939), February 

 to March, type from the Kofa Mountains (Peebles and Loomis 6768). 



2. Berberis repens Lindl, Bot. Reg. 14: pi. 1176. 1828. 



Odostemon repens Cockerell, Univ. Mo. Stud. Sci. 2 2 :125. 

 1911. 



Apache. Navajo, Coconino, Gila, and Yavapai Counties, 5,000 to 

 8.500 feet, chiefly in coniferous forests, April to May. Wyoming to 

 British Columbia, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. 



Oregon-grape. The creeping rootstocks of this low shrub make it 

 an excellent ground cover, protective against erosion. 



3. Berberis wilcoxii Kearney, X. Y. Acad. Sci. Trans. 14:29. 1894. 



Odostemon wilcoxii Heller, Muhlenbergia 7:139. 1912. 



Xear Jerome Junction, Yavapai County, and in the mountains of 

 Graham, Gila, Cochise, Santa Cruz, and Pima Counties, 5.500 to 

 8,000 feet, April, type from the Huachuca Mountains (Wilcox in 

 1894). New Mexico, Arizona, and Sonora. 



A straggling shrub, frequently 2 m. high, the flowers fragrant. 

 The plant is closely related to B. dictyota Jepson, of California, and 

 is, perhaps, not specifically distinct. 



4. Berberis fremontii Torr., U. S. and Mex. Bound. Bot. 30. 1859. 



Odostemon fremontii Rvdb.. Torrev Bot. Club Bui. 33:141. 

 1906. 



Apache County to eastern Mohave and northern Yavapai Counties. 

 4.000 to 7.000 feet, often with pinyon and juniper, May to July. 

 Colorado and Utah to Xew Mexico and northern Arizona. 



In the valley of the Little Colorado River it is a roundish shrub 6 

 to 8 feet high, but is reported as occasionally reaching tree size in 

 the Grand Canyon National Park. Various articles are made from 

 the wood by the Hopi Indians. 



5. Berberis haematocarpa YVooton, Torrev Bot. Club Bui. 25: 304. 



1898. 



Southern Apache County to Hualpai Mountain (Mohave County"), 

 south to Cochise, Santa Cruz, and Yuma Counties. 4.500 feet or lower, 

 common, usually with scrub oak and other chaparral plants. February 

 to April. Xew Mexico and Arizona. 



Algerita. Mrs. Collom reports that the flowers are fragrant and 

 that a delicious red jelly can be made from the fruits. The ranges 

 of this species and its near relative, B. fremontii, scarcely overlap 

 in Arizona. 



44. MEMSPERMACEAE. Mooxseed family 



1. COCCULUS. Sxailseed 



Plant woody, climbing; leaves alternate, with entire, thiekish. 

 semievergreen, lanceolate to ovate blades: flowers dioecious, regular, 



small, in axillary panicles; sepals, petals, and stamens 6; anthers 



