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22. C. Michauxii P A shrub or small tree, often : m. tall, with ipd b. 
bark: leaf-blades iue -spatulate, obovate or orbicular, 1—4 em. lon more 
nearly de to pe iei dentate, sometimes shallowly lobed, glandular: 
sepals 4 mm. lon ng o T bine ular-serrate: corolla 15 mm. broad o 
fruit subglo obose to eal 10 mm. thick or nie varying from iod o EA 
the flesh usually soft: nutlets 3-5 —W oods, river-banks, clearings, and r oad- 
sides, various provinces, Fla. to Miss. and N. C. 
23. C. floridana Sarg. A tree, reaching a height of 5 m., with dark gray or 
nearly black bark: leaf-blades spatulate OR d usually entire below, 2-4 
em. long, entire to lobed poids sepals 3 mm. long or more, gla ta I errate: 
corolla 15 mm. broad or more: fruit obovoid to boi. orange reddish: 
nutlets 3—5.—River banks, motte and hillsides, Coastal Plain and adj. prov- 
inces, Fla. to Ala. and Ga. 
24. C. macrosperma Ashe. A shrub or small tree, 1-7 m. tall, with ashy-gray 
t or brownish bark: leaf-blades oval or die truneate or cor rdate, 
serrate or lobed and serrate, glabrous: sepals 3-5 m . lon ng, entire or serrate: 
corolla 14-17 mm. broad: fruit oo to wee obion ng, 7-15 mm. thick, red 
or "pruinose-red at maturity: nutlets 2-5.—W oo slopes and Wee ee Blue 
Ridge and adj. provinces, Ga. to Ala., Tenn., Rid N. C. and more northern 
prov aces up to Minn. and N. S. 
C. lis (T. & G.) Scheele. A nd Br 10 m tall with dark-gray or 
po puc bark: leaf-blades broadly o , 4-9 em. long, rounded, truncate 
or cordate at base, acute, s arply serrate s E d Tobe d, RR or some- 
hat tomentose beneath, glabrous or Es escent above: sepals 5 mm, long or 
more, bes aen 2 Ede piss i uem road or more: fruit sub- 
globose, 13 thick more, M —(DOWNY-HAW. SCARLET- 
AW. )— Mois st ‘hillsides i rich es dude Low Plateaus and more north- 
ern provinces, Tenn. to Mo. and Mic 
26. ©. albicans Ashe. A shrub or small tree, eroe 6 m. tall: leaf-blades 
broadly 
broadly ovate to oblo E ovate, 3-8 cm. long, cordate, truncate or 
cuneate at base, serrate or doubly serrate oe lobed. rend us slightly Ds 
cent at vp sepals 5 mm. long or more > glandu ular-serrate: corolla 
mm. broad or more: fruit subglobose to comer hat sari 10-15 m mm, thick, 
red: nutlets 3—5 — Hi llsides and woods, Interior Low Plateaus and bs north- 
ern provinees, Tenn. to Mich. and W Mass. Perhaps a form of C. 
27. C. pruinosa ( Wendl.) K. Koch. A shrub or tree, sometimes 6 m. tall, with 
dark-gray or brownish bark: leaf-blades elliptic -ovate to broadly ovate or 
deltoid, the pos Meri. from broadly cuneate to cordate, serrate or lobed and 
serrate, 2— ong, acute or acuminate, glabrous in age: sepals 3-5 mm. 
long, entire or reer rl) 15-20 mm. broad: fruit globose or subglobose, 
7-13 mm. thick, reddish-green to red: nutlets 3-5 ——Woods, old fields, meadows, 
and oven eed slopes, Blue Ridge and adj. provinces, Ga. to Ala., Tenn., and 
N. C. 
28. C. monogyna Jacq. A shrub or tree, sometimes 12 m. tall: leaf-blades 
ovate or broader, sharply 3—15-lobed or -eleft, acute, the lobes iD cuneate 
A truncate at base, Ea s when mature: sepals deltoid, entire: rolla inn 
ink, about 15 mm. broad: fruit globose or nearly so, re out 6 m 
thick: nutlets usually 1.—Sparingly escaped from cultivation in ‘the NU eee 
states and perhaps also within our area. Nat. of the O. W. 
= C. D Michx. A shrub or small tree, sometimes hs m. tall ies gray 
r brown bar af-blades spatulate or oblaneeolate, 1—4 em. lon ng, n 
into winged SB obtuse or aeute, erenate or crenate- mm to Fueled, 
