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3.5-5 cm. long, persistent and becoming compound on old stems and 

 branches. 



Borders of oak woods, near Bedford Springs, Bedford County, 

 B. H. Smith and C. S. Sargent, (No. 8 type) September 17, 1908, 

 B. H. Smith, May 26, 1908, May 22, 1909. 



9. Intricat.e. 



Leaves usually cuneate; petioles short, glandular; flowers large, open- 

 ing late, in small few, usually 3-7-fiowered corymbs, with gener- 

 ally large conspicuous glandular bracts and bractlets; stamens 

 10 or less in the following species; fruit late-ripening, subglobose 

 to short-oblong or obovate, sometimes broader than high, red, 

 orange color, bright yellow or russet green more or less blotched 

 with red, 1-1.5 cm. in diameter; flesh hard; nutlets 3-5, rounded 

 at the ends. 

 Anthers yellow. 

 Leaves and corymbs glabrous. 

 Fruit short-oblong to subglobose. 



Leaves ovate to oval, 4.5-6 cm. in length, glabrous when 

 young; flowers 2.5-3 cm. in diameter, in 5-8-flowered 



corymbs 1. C. Twiningii. 



Leaves ovate, 3-4 cm. in length, slightly hairy above while 

 young; flowers 1.5-2 cm. in diameter, in 4-6-flowered 



corymbs 2. C. leptalea. 



Fruit short-oblong, orange red. 



Leaves ovate, deeply lobed; flowers on slender pedicels, in 

 5-flowered corymbs, their bracts and bractlets small 

 but conspicuous; fruit occasionally slightly obovate, 



8-10 mm. in diameter 3. C. jructuosa. 



Leaves ovate to oval, only slightly lobed; flowers on stout 

 pedicels, in 5- or 6-flowered corymbs, with large bracts 

 and bractlets; stamens 6-8; fruit up to 1.4 cm. in 



diameter 4. C. Icetula, 



Fruit oblong-obovate. 

 Leaves oblong-ovate. 



Flowers on long slender pedicels; fruit russet green with 



a red cheek 5. C. Kinzcrce. 



Flowers on short pedicels ; fruit orange color. 



6. ('. intricate,. 



Leaves oblong to oval 7. C. apposita. 



Leaves scabrate; corymbs villose. 

 Fruit short-oblong to subglobose. 



Leaves rhombic to oval, narrowed at the base; flowers in 



5_7_flowered corymbs 8. C. confusa. 



Leaves ovate, rounded or abruptly cuneate at the base; 

 flowers in 3-5-flowered corymbs 9. C. contortula. 



