1925) PALMER 



105 



DD. Leaves at flowering time villous beneath 



aspera Sarg. Fruit short-oblong to subglobose, scarlet, 10-12 mm. diam- 



eter. 



AA 



B. Stamens about 10 



C. Leaves of flowering branches mostly cuneate or narrowed at base (on vigor 

 ous shoots rounded to truncate, rarely subcordate) 

 D. Leaves at flowering time glabrous 



brachypoda Sarg. Fruit subglobose, green, red tinged, becoming dull red, 



10-12 mm. diameter, 

 delawarensis Sarg. Fruit subglobose, dark red, 11-12 mm. diameter. 

 rara Sarg. Fruit depressed-globose, dull dark red, 12-14 mm. diameter. 



DD. Leaves at flowering time scabrous or pubescent 



inusitula Sarg. Fruit short-oblong, dull greenish-red, pale dotted, about 



10 mm. diameter. Leaves scabrate above. 



sicca Sarg. Fruit subglobose to short-oblong, becoming light orange- 

 yellow, pale dotted, about 10 mm. diameter. Leaves more or less 

 villous above. 



C. Leaves of flowering branches broader, mostly rounded to truncate at base 



(on vigorous shoots cordate), at flowering time glabrous 



depressa Ashe. (?) Color of anthers unknown. Fruit characters as given 

 above. 



BB. Stamens about 20 (15-20) 



C. Leaves of fruiting branches mostly cuneate or narrowed at base (on vigor- 

 ous shoots rounded or truncate, rarely subcordate) 

 D. Leaves at flowering time glabrous 



ambitiosa Sarg. Fruit obovoid, crimson blotched with green, pale dotted, 



10-12 mm. (or more) diameter. Anthers described as yellow faintly 



tinged with pink in bud. 

 aperta Sarg. Fruit subglobose, dull green, red tinged, about 10 mm. 



diameter, 

 bedfordensis Sarg. Fruit short-oblong to slightly obovoid, green turning 



pale red, dark dotted, 8-10 mm. diameter, 

 caerulescens Sarg. Fruit obovoid, dull red, 7-8 mm. diameter, 

 callida Beadle. Fruit depressed-globose, green and red or russet and 



red, 8-10 mm. diameter, 

 callosa Sarg. Fruit globose or depressed-globose, green becoming dark 



red or cardinal, blotched and punctate with dark olive-green or 



russet, 13-16 mm. diameter. 

 cestrica Sarg. Fruit subglobose to obovoid, dark crimson, dark dotted, 



12-15 mm. diameter, 

 cognata Sarg. Fruit pyriform or oblong (or depressed-globose), 12-14 



mm. diameter, 

 conjuncta Sarg. Fruit subglobose or depressed-globose, dull orange-red 



blotched with green, dark dotted, about 10 mm. diameter, 

 duracina Sarg. Fruit subglobose to slightly obovoid, red blotched with 



green, 8-10 mm. diameter. 



