638 MALACEAE 
Leaf-blades not impressed-veined. 
Corymbs Hn e aAa many- 
End pae petioles usually 
andles 
sepais cla ndolarnar ined. V. ROTUNDIFOLIAE. 
Sepals not glandular-margined. 
Sepals short- triangular, gi 
brous: corolla 10-12 
broad : fruit bright blue - VI. BRACHYACANTHAE. 
we : 
fruit varying from yellow 
to red. VII. VIRIDES. 
ODE Simple few-flowered: peti- 
landular 
zc ic ae es with sm mail stalked glands. VIII. INTRICATAE. 
Petioles uu ms pida glands. IX. FLAVAE. 
t 
dini bres at o 
Lea vid green to. E llowish- “green, the 
Mei of the blade varying from 
rounded to ML, te. 
Sepa 5m long, entire or serrate: 
, leaf blades : 2 em. long. X. TENUIFOLIAE. 
Sf ng or more, aera 
do E blades 3-9 cm. lon XI. COCCINEAE. 
Leaves. bluish. green, the base of the blade 
arying from bro adly cuneate to cor- 
date ES pals A5 mm long, entire or 
XII. PRUINOSAE. 
ta). 
where’ 6-1 nm. ong: leaf-lobes 3-15. XIII. OXYACANTHAE. 
Thorns 25 mm, long or more: leaf-lobes 3-7. XIV. MICROCABPAE. 
Petioles aoe. very short, about 2 mm. long or 
Slightly more. XV. PARVIFOLIAE. 
Leaf-blades w uously cordate-deltoid, varying to 
broadly ovate, often 3-7-lobed, pn XVI. CORDATAE. 
CRU LLI 
Leaf-blades coriaceous, undici. Dedoles 6-20 mm. long: corymbs many- 
flowered : sepals usually entire : fruit reddish or red, the flesh hard, greenish. 
Gorymbe. nien) and branchlets glabrous (at least at ma- 
Leaf edes toothed above the middle: stamens 7-12. 1. C. Crus-galli. 
ae. i. to near the base: stamens Dou 20. 2. C. Mohrii. 
Corymbs, and branchlets more or less villo 
D TE RA Pin the middle: stamens about cd 3. C. berberifolia. 
Leaf- iss n serrate or often incised- -serrate 
Pune 
II. 
Leaf-blades subcoriaceous: petioles 612 mm. long: corymbs many-flowered : 
sepals usually entire: fruit yellow to scarlet, the flesh hard. 
4. C. signata. 
Corymbs tomentose or canescent: sepals entire: fruit ellip- 
soid : leaf-blades dull gray. ae 5. C. punctata. 
Corymbs pu put to glabro 
epal ire. 
pak. PER es bright yellow-green: fruit ellipsoid. 6. C. cuneiformis. 
Leaf-blades dull gray-green: fruit ne 7. C. Margaretta. 
Sepals glandular-serrate: fruit vil 8. C. collina. 
Leaf-blades subcoriaceous: petioles usually short, winged: corymbs few-flow- 
UE oe entire or serrulate : fruit red or orange- -red, the flesh usually juicy and 
aci 
Lent blades rufous-tomentose to -pubescent beneath, cuneate- 
ong or UD to oe r 2-7 cm. long, acute or 
aa i, crenate-serrulate to few-lobed. 9. C. aestivalis, 
Leaf-blades s glabrous or nearly so (often whitish pubescent 
unfoldin 
Leaf blades abruptly contracted at the base. 10. C. maloides. 
Leaf-blades cuneate-oblanceolate. 11. C. luculenta. 
IV. MACRACANTHA 
Leaf-blades moea rhombic-ovate, A or oval: petioles 6-20 mm 
long: corymbs many-flowered, pubescent: sepals lanceolate, glandular-laciniate 
villous: fruit red, orange, orange-red to dark-red, the flesh glutin 
