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Flowers in wide lax many-flowered corymbs; anthers 
red; fruit on long drooping pedicels, dull scarlet, 
its cavity shallow and narrow...... C. benigna 
Flowers in compact 6—12—-flowered corymbs; anthers 
light red; fruit sometimes slightly obovoid, on short 
erect pedicels, its cavity deep and narrow...... 
GC unrediata 
tt Fruit obovoid, dark crimson, lustrous; leaves oblong- 
ovate, acuminate, yellow-green, flabrous at maturity; 
SUIMELS Gealte FEU e ee. oe fk le. C. luminosa 
Coccineae 
Leaves large, thin, oblong, acutely and more or less deeply lobed; 
petioles long; flowers in usually wide many-flowered corymbs ; 
stamens I0 or less, or 20; anthers rose color, pink or rarely white ; 
fruit short-oblong to obovoid, up to 2 cm in length, flesh succulent, 
nutlets 3-5, grooved and usually ridged on the back (Flabellatae 
Sargent in Rhodora 111.22 [1go1]). 
* Anthers rose color or pink 
+ Stamens Io or less 
{ Fruit short-oblong 
Leaves glabrous on the upper surface at maturity 
Stamens usually 5; fruit on long slender pedicels 
Calyx-tube glabrous; leaves ovate to oval, acute; 
OTA AE eS Map tea 6 Ge a ar C.holmesiana 
Calyx-tube villose 
Leaves oblong-ovate, acuminate; calyx-tube 
densely covered with matted hairs, the lobes 
long and slender, villose on the inner surface; 
STETE Gls osu 0 11 -ea e Creer lagers 
Leaves ovate, acute or acuminate; calyx-tube 
slightly hairy, the lobes short and broad, glab- 
rous; anthers rose color....C. uticaénsis 
Stamens usually 10; fruit on short stout pedicels 
Leaves ovate, acute, drooping, conspicuously con- 
cave; fruit dark dull red, villose at the ends..... 
Ce pring ies 
Leaves oval to oblong-ovate ; fruit crimson, lustrous, 
PE RES er Sears Sha tines) = «4k C.lobulata 
Leaves scabrate on the upper surface at maturity 
