642 MALACEAE 
chrysocarpa Ashe. A shrub or tree, sometimes EA x^ ie with dark- 
brun n ` scaly bark: leaf-blades ovate-orbieular or obov e base broadly 
cuneate, doubly serrate with rather coarse teeth, Mic NR lobed, sub- 
coriaceous, pubescent or glabrate: sepals glandular-serrate: dps 14-18 m mm. 
broad: fruit depressed-globose or short-ovoid, red, about 1 em. thick: nutlets 
3-5. [C. rotundifolia Borckh. not Du —Woods, fields, a stream-banks, 
various provinces, N. C. to N. M., Sask., Ont., and '"N. B. 
15. C. brachyacantha Engelm. & Sarg. A tree, d 9 m. ir with dark- 
brown scaly bark: leaf-blades pois pede eolate to ovate, 1—5 . lon ng, crenate- 
serrate, gn rous a maturity: sepa ort -triangular, 2D on. eorolla 10—12 
mm. bro let 
: fruit dp ena bright- “blue at maturity, ER nutlets 3—5.— 
Borders of swamps and streams, Coastal Plain, La. to Tex 
16. C. viridis L. A tree sometimes 10 m. tall, with gray p reddish-brown 
bark: leaf-blades ovate-oblong to ovate or rho mbic-ovate, wi e base cuneate 
to rounded, 2—8 cm Pei serrate, doubly serrate or lobed, ae glabrous: 
sepals glabrous, entire o nearly so: corolla 10—16 mm road: fruit t globose or 
nearly so, bright-red or pee 5-8 mm. thick: nutlets r 5. . arbores- 
cens Ell. ]—Along i and lakes, i in alluvial soil. n provinces, 
Fla. to Tex. and Kan 
17. C. intricata Lange. A shrub or small Ha 1-7 m. tall, with dark-gray or 
reddish-brown bark: leaf-blades dowd -ovate to ovatesoblong, 2-7 cm. long, 
usually ie rounded - contracted at base, serrate or incised: sepals glan- 
dular-serrate, 4 to 9 mm. long: corolla 2 i = em. br Mad fruit globose to 
oblong, 9—1 5 mm. thick, yellow, ir ue or d (at m tunity) £ nutlets 3-5. 
i triflora ea 1— Rocky woodlands and pote p various provinees, 
. €. to Ala., Mo., N. Y. and Va. 
18. C. Harbisonii Beadle. A shrub or dies abs m. tall with ashy-gray o 
brownish bark: leaf-blades pec ida to oval or obo ovate, the Seules 
margined, dives or d rate, bro mi oues d beneath: sepals 
‘lanceolate, 4—10 mm. long, gla dd su "Corolla about 2 em. broad: fruit 
globose or short- oval, red, 10-14 mm. thick; nutlets 3—5 E nbn hills and 
ridges, Interior Low Plateaus, Ala. and Tenn 
19.: C. populifolia Walt. A cades or tree, sometimes 7 m. tall, with dark-gray 
or brownish to nearly black scaly bark: sar ae cordate to ovate ‘or 
mbic-ovate, serrate to iid. lobed, acute, 2.5— ong: sepals 3-9 mm. 
long, usually glabrous or with few hai irs: corolla 15- 0 mm. broad: fruit 
depressed-globose to somewhat pyriform, yellowish- [is to red, 8-15 mm. 
thick: nutlets 3—-5.—(POPLAR-LEAVED HAW.)—Along streams, in rocky woods 
and on ‘plufts, various provinces, S. C. to Ala., Miss., Mich., and Mas 
eo 
20. C. mendosa Beadle. A shrub or small tree, 3-6 m. tall, with ER -gray 
d) bark: jan ae oval, or ain to slightly oblanceolate, 3-6 cm. long, 
unded or co ted at base, gs or ineis ju aie sepals 3-4 mm. long, 
glandular. "serrate: pen 15- i8 m . broad: fruit globose or nearly so, 8—10 
red at maturity: 2103 3-5 — Rocky woods and glades, Appa- 
ie po Ala. 
21. C. ps Ait. A large shrub or tree, sometimes 8 m. tall, with gray or 
brownish, sealy bark: leaf-blades oval or obovate to orbieular, cordate or 
truneate Pn a contraeted into - cuneate base, crenate- serrate to dentate 
or incised: sepals 4 mm. long or more, glandular or har Rid corolla 
15 mm. 2 or more: 2 iip: to D ae hick or more, yellow, 
