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lycibus suhvillosis, laci- I villous, the segments sub 

 Dus subulatis, integris. | ulate, entire. 



Sp. pi. 2. p. 1004. 



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Pursh, 1. p. 338 



A small tree. Leaves large, plaited, doubly toothed near the sum- 

 rait, hairy underneath at the branching of the nerves. Corymbs to^ 

 pentose, /^rwif yellow, dotted, (Mich.) sometimes red, (Willd.) 



Grows in the upper districts of Carolina. Mich. 



5. TURBINATA. Pursll. 



C. inermis, glabra ; fo- [ Unarmed, glabrous • 

 Ills cuneato-obovatis, in- leaves cuneate obovate' 

 cisis, serratis ; corjmbis notched, serrate ; co' 

 paucifloris ; pedicellis lymbs few flowered • 

 brevibus ; fructibus tur- pedicels short ; fruit tur- 

 binatis. Pursh,s.p. 735. | binate. 



Resembling C. spathulata, but distinguished by its fruit from everT 

 other American species. Pursh. ^ 



Grows in Carolina and Virginia. 

 Flowers 



6. Elliptica. 



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^ C. spiiiosa ; foliis elh'p- Sphiy ; leaves elliptic, 

 tlcis, insequliter serratis, unequally serrate, gla- 

 glahris ; petiolis calyci- brous ; petioles and ca- 

 busque glandulosis ; bac- lyx glandular ; berries 

 CIS globosis, pentasper- globular, 5 seeded, 

 mis. Sp. pi. 2. p. lOOS. I 



Pursh, 1. p. 337. 



Segments of the calvx obtuse. Fruit small, red. Pursh. 

 Grows in copses and dry swamps. 

 Flowers April — May. 



To this species probably belongs theMespilus ^Estivalis of Wirfter. 

 A shrub 8—10 feet high. Leaves elliptic or obovate, uuequallj 

 ^nd rather coarsely serrated, hairy underneath at the aiils of the 

 leaves, on short petioles, without glands. Flowers in small corymbs: 

 rrnit large, red, acid, used for tarts or preserves. 



Grows in ponds. 



Flowers February— March. Ripens its fruit io June. 



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