422 TREES OF NORTH AMERICA 



A slender tree, 25-30 high, with a tall trunk 4'-5' in diameter, covered with 

 pale scaly bark, small short branches forming a narrow head, and slender branchlets 

 dark olive-green and villose when they first appear, becoming light red-brown and 

 glabrous during their first summer, and ultimately dull light gray, and armed with 

 thin straight bright chestnut-brown lustrous spines f'-lf long. 



Distribution. Low rich forest glades near Fulton, on the Red River, Arkansas. . 



VII. MOLLES. 



Stamens 20. 



Anthers pale yellow {color unknown in 59). 



Leaves mostly broad and rounded at the base. 



Leaves broadly ovate, thick and firm ; fruit short-oblong to subglobose, scarlet, pu- 

 bescent, ripening in August and September. 56. C. mollis (A, C). 

 Leaves oblong-ovate, membranaceous ; fruit obovate-oblong, dull dark red, slightly 

 villose or pubescent, ripening in October. 57. C. sera (A). 

 Leaves oblong-ovate to oval, thick and leathery ; fruit short-oblong or rarely obovate, 

 bright crimson, very lustrous, slightly tomentose, ripening at the end of October. 



58. C, Arkansana (C). 

 Leaves broadly ovate, thin ; fruit depressed-globose, red, ripening in August and 

 September. 59. C. gravida (C). 



Leaves mostly narrowed at the base. 



Leaves ovate to oval, membranaceous ; fruit subglobose, often broader than high, 



crimson, lustrous, pubescent, ripening late in September. 60, C. Treleasei (C). 



Leaves ovate, thin and firm ; fruit short-oblong to subglobose, crimson, lustrous, 



slightly villose, ripening early in October. 61. C. Canadensis (A). 



Leaves oblong-obovate to oval, thin and firm, dark green and lustrous above ; fruit 



short-oblong to subglobose, scarlet, ripening after the middle of October. 



62. C. Berlandieri (C). 

 Anthers rose color. 



Leaves mostly broad at the base. 



Leaves ovate, firm and rigid, dark yellow-green, bright and lustrous ; fruit short- 

 oblong to obovate, bright cherry-red, lustrous, ripening at the end of September. 



63. C. corusca (A). 



Leaves ovate to suborbicular, thin and firm, dark yellow-green and smooth above ; 

 fruit subglobose to short-ovate, bright yellow, ripening at the end of September. 



64. C. Kelloggii (A). 



Leaves mostly narrowed at the base. 



Leaves broadly ovate, thick and firm, dark green and lustrous above ; fruit short- 

 oblong to slightly obovate, bright scarlet, puberulous at the apex, ripening at the 

 end of October. , 65. C. Texana (C). 



Leaves ovate to obovate, membranaceous, dark green and scabrate above, canescent 

 below ; fruit subglobose, dark red and glabrous, ripening after the middle of 

 October. ^Q. C. quercina (C). 



Leaves oval to broadly ovate, thin and firm, lustrous, scabrate above ; fruit obovate, 

 bright cherry-red, ripening in October. , 67. C. pyriformis (C). 



Leaves ovate to suborbicular, subcoriaceous, dark blue-green, lustrous and scabrate 

 above ; fruit subglobose to short-oblong, dark crimson, slightly hairy at the ends, 

 ripening late in October. 68. C. lanuginosa (C). 



Leaves oblong-ovate, membranaceous, dark yellow-green and scabrate above ; fruit 

 short-oblong, crimson or reddish yellow, lustrous, ripening the middle of October. 



69. C. induta (C). 

 Stamens 10. 



Anthers yellow-; leaves mostly broad and rounded at the base. 



