Zygophyllum

Large logs of zygophyllum and caesalpinia* are thrown into the river and carried down by the stream, while the owners of the wood swim here and there to float the pieces that are stopped by the windings of the banks. ❋ Unknown (1851)

At the foot of the capparis, the bauhinia, and the zygophyllum with flowers of a golden yellow, there extends a carpet of ❋ Unknown (1851)

The plain appeared covered principally with the _zygophyllum Californicum_, already mentioned; and the line of our road was marked by the skeletons of horses, which were strewed to considerable breadth over the plain. ❋ Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont (1851)

At the foot of the capparis, the bauhinia, and the zygophyllum with flowers of a golden yellow, there extends a carpet of Bromelia, * (* Chihuchihue, of the family of the ananas.) akin to the B. karatas, which from the odour and coolness of its foliage attracts the rattlesnake. ❋ Alexander Von Humboldt (1814)

_zygophyllum Californicum_, now in bloom, with a small yellow flower, is characteristic of the country; and _cacti_ were very abundant, and in rich fresh bloom, which wonderfully ornaments this poor country. ❋ Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont (1851)

Several new plants appeared, among which was a zygophyllaceous shrub, (_zygophyllum Californicum_, Torr. and ❋ Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont (1851)