K.Dixon 1952 Plant Catalogue Jan. 30. 11 mi. NW Jourdan, 700 ft., Atascosa Co., Texas 465. shrub 3 ft. growing with the following 466. shrub (2 ft) at edge of brush patch 467 shrub to 7 ft. - no flowers - some with leaves shed 468 shrub 6 ft. rigidly- branched, somewhat spiny, few blackened fruits remaining Jan. 31. same locality 469 shrub 2 ft high 470 green-leaf with small dried fruits 471. ? Atriplex - common under_ shrub in mesquite brushland. 472. dark green leaves, pinnate, kept closed; bark dark grey with whitish lichens overall aspect from distance resembles juniper. (shrub, low spreading - to 5 ft) 473 ? Diospyros undershrub of mesquite occasionally growing alone (one 6" diameter at base) All the above growing on somewhat sandy soil - mesquite trees up to 18 ft. apparent dominant.