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Transactions. — Botany. 



Height 2-8 feet ; dense or open ; 

 branches hiterlaced ; leaves very 

 variable, orbicular to narrow ob- 

 long, i-f inch long, fruit globose, 

 red, ^-^ inch 

 ** Twigs densely pubescent. Leaves ob- 

 long to linear-oblong or -obovate. 

 Drupe (unknown in C. ciliata) glo- 

 bose. 



Height 4-10 feet ; leaves oblong, ^-f 

 inch, densely ciliate 



Height 5-15 feet ; branches slender, 

 often spreading in a horizontal 

 plane. Leaves obovate or linear- 

 oblong, -g--! inch, obtuse, coria- 

 ceous 

 *** Twigs nearly glabrous. Leaves vari- 

 able. Drupe oblong (sub-globose in 

 C. crassifolia) , usually yellow. 



Height 4-12 feet ; branches exces- 

 sively rigid, interlacing ; leaves or- 

 bicular, very thick and coriaceous, 

 J-f inch; fruit sub-globose, ^-^- 

 inch ... 



Height 4-15 feet; branches stout or 

 slender, often interlacing ; leaves 

 orbicular-spathulate to oblong, rather 

 coriaceous, i-f inch ; drupe oblong 

 or obovoid, i-^ inch 



Height 4-10 feet ; branches divari- 

 cating, leaves rounded-oblong or 

 orbicular, thin, ^-f inch; drupe 

 oblong, \ inch 



Height 4-10 feet ; branches slender, 

 interlacing; leaves ovate-spathulate 

 or elliptic-spathulate, thin, small, 

 \-^ inch ; drupe oblong, greenibh- 

 yellow, \-\ inch ... 



c. Leaves narrow-linear, J --J- inch x -gV 



inch. A rambling or lu'ostrate 

 busli, 1-5 feet high ; branches flex- 

 uous, interlaced 



d. Leaves narrow, linear- oblong, \-^ 



inch X j^ inch. A large shrub, 

 8-20 feet high; branches widely 

 divaricating ... 



15. C. rhamnoides. 



16. C. ciliata. 



17. C. parvifiora. 



18. C. crassifolia. 



19. C. rigida. 



20. C. rubra. 



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21. C. virescens. 



22. C. acerosa. 



23. C. propinqua. 



