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Leaves coriaceous, linear or lanceo- 

 late, ^-1 inch long ; drupe pale and 

 transparent ... ... ... 7. C.cunningliamii. 



Leaves 1-2 inches, membranous, 

 ovate-oblong, acute, perfectly gla- 

 brous, areolation very minute ... 8. C. acutifolia. 



Leaves 1-4 iuclies, membranous, 

 ovate to oblong-lanceolate, areola- 

 tion not so minute as the preceding, 

 veins and stipules often hairy ... 9. C. tenuifolia. 



Tree, 20-25 feet. Leaves coriaceous, 

 ovate- or orbicular-spathulate, nar- 

 rowed into winged petioles ... 10. C. arborea. 



DIVISION B.— ^Erect, rarely prostrate, shrubs. Leaves 

 small, usually under 1 inch. Flowers in few-flowered fascicles 

 on short lateral branchlets, or solitary. (The lateral branchlets 

 are sometimes so much reduced that the flowers appear to be 

 axillary.) 



a. Leaves spathulate, suddenly narrowed 



into linear winged petioles, often 



longer than the blade. Small shrub 11. C. spathulata. 



b. Leaves orbicular to linear-obovate or 



-oblong ; petiole short. 



* Twigs usually densely pubescent 

 (nearly glabrous in C. temucauUs). 

 Leaves orbicular, orbicular-spathu- 

 late or broad oblong (often narrow 

 in C. rhamnoides). Drupe globose, 

 black or red. 



Height 4-10 feet. Branches widely 

 divaricating. Leaves |--1 inch, 

 membranous, orbicular, cuspidate. 

 Drupe often didymous, red, -J inch 

 diameter ... ... ... ... 12. C. rotundifolia. 



Height 5-20 feet ; branches fastigiate ; 

 bark pale ; leaves ^-f inch, mem- 

 branous, orbicular - spathulate or 

 ovate- spathulate, veins reticulated 

 in large areoles ; fruit dark-red, or 

 nearly black, ^-^ inch diameter ... 13. C. areolata. 



Height 5-8 feet ; branches widely di- 

 varicating ; bark purplish ; leaves 

 ■^-^ inch, orbicular- or ovate-spathu- 

 late, rather coriaceous, veins reticu- 

 lated in large areoles ; fruit globose, 

 black, ^-i inch diameter ... ... 14. C. tenuicaulis. 



