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9. C. apiifolia, Michx. Young branches, leaves, and corymbs whitened 
with soft hairs; leaves small, deltoid, pinnately 5-7-lobed, sharply toothed, 
nearly smooth when old, truncate or cordate at the base; styles 1 -3, filiform ; 
fruit globular, red. — River swamps, Florida to North Carolina, and westward. 
March and April. — A small tree. Leaves 1'—1' long. 
3. C. eordata, Ait Young branches, leaves, and corymbs softly pubes- 
cent, soon smoothish ; leaves large, deltoid-ovate, truncate or cordate at the 
base, long-petioled, 3 — 5-lobed and serrate ; spines slender; fruit globose, red. — « 
River-banks in the upper districts, Georgia, and northward. May and June. — 
A small tree. Leaves 1!-3' long. Styles 5. 
4. C. arborescens, Ell Smooth; leaves thin, oval or elliptical, acute 
at both ends, finely serrate, sometimes obscurely toothed near the apex, on slen- 
der nearly glandless petioles; corymbs very numerous ; styles 5; fruit ovoid, 
red.— Banks of rivers, Georgia and Florida, west to Mississippi. March and 
April. — A small tree, with ash-colored branches. Spines stout or wanting. 
Leaves 1! - 2' long, entire at the base, sometimes hairy in the axils of the veins 
beneath. * 
+ + Fruit large (V - 3! long) ; leaves, c. mostly glandular. 
5. C. Crus-galli, L. Leaves thick, oblong-obovate, smooth, shining above, 
finely serrate from near the glandless base; those on the young branches some- 
times slightly lobed ; spines long and stout, or sometimes wanting; corymbs 
smooth or nearly so; styles 1-3; fruit pear-shaped or globose, red. — Woods, 
Florida to Mississippi, and northward. April and May.— A shrub or small 
6. C. coccinea, L. Smooth ; leaves thin, roundish-ovate, with 3-5 short 
and sharply serrate lobes on each side, abruptly narrowed into the slender petiole, 
Strongly straight-veined ; those on the young branches often truncate or slightly 
cordate at the base, and more strongly lobed; spines stout; styles 3-5; fruit 
large, globose or pear-shaped, bright red. (C. viridis, Z. C. populifolia, ÆU.) 
— Open dry woods, Florida to Mississippi, and northward. April and May. — 
A shrub or small tree. Leaves 1/- 2! long, bright green. 
7. C. tomentosa, L. Leaves large (3'- 5! long), broadly ovate or oval, 
finely serrate, and slightly lobed above the middle, abruptly narrowed into a 
short margined petiole, pubescent, especially beneath, the veins straight and 
impressed ; corymbs large, tomentose ; styles 1-3; fruit pear-shaped, or- 
Var. punctata, Gray. (C. punctata, Jacq.) Leaves smaller and smoother, 
more strongly furrowed by the impressed veins, and more tapering at the base ; 
fruit globose, dull red, dotted with white. — Woods and swampy thickets in the 
upper districts, Georgia and Alabama, and northward. May.— A shrub or - 
small tree. Flowers and fruit large. ae 
* * Corymbs simple, 1-6 nul 
3. C. æstivalis, Torr. & Gray. Glandless; leaves rigid, pub , né 
