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f t f Anthers pink ; leaves blue-green and glabrous on the up- 

 per surface at maturity ; fruit obovoid, bright scarlet .... 



C . h u n t i a n a 

 ** Stamens 15-20; anthers rose color; leaves oval to ovate, yel- 

 low-green and scabrate above at maturity ; fruit short- 

 oblong, crimson C. radians 



*** Stamens 20; anthers rose color; leaves ovate to oval, yellow- 

 green and usually scabrate above at maturity ; fruit 

 short-oblong C . f u 1 1 e r i a n a 



Dilatatae 



Leaves thin, wide, often broader than long on vigorous shoots, 



petioles long and slender; flowers large, in broad 6-12-flowered 



corymbs ; stamens 20, anthers rose color ; fruit subglobose, the 



calyx enlarged and prominent; nutlets 5, ridged on the back. 



* Leaves truncate or cordate at the wide base, broadly ovate ; 



fruit bright scarlet C. dilatata 



** Leaves cuneate at the base ; fruit crimson 



Leaves ovate to slightly obovate ; fruit ripening early in 



September and soon falling, its cavity deep 



C. hudsoniana 

 Leaves ovate ; fruit ripening late in October and persist- 

 ent until midwinter, its cavity shallow 



C . d u r o b r i V e n s i s 



Intricatae 



Leaves thin, usually cuneate at the base, petioles short, glandu- 

 lar; flowers large, opening late, in small few-flowered glandular 

 corymbs, with large conspicuous bracts and bractlets ; stamens 10 

 or less in the New York species, anthers yellow, pink or rose 

 color; fruit late ripening, usually short-oblong or obovoid, red 

 or yellow, flesh hard ; nutlets 3-5, rounded at the ends. 

 * Anthers yellow 



Fruit obovoid ; mature leaves glabrous above 



Leaves oblong-ovate, acuminate; fruit dark orange- 

 red C. i n t r i c a t a 



Leaves oval — acuminate to ovate — acute; fruit pale 



orange-yellow C. c o r n e 1 1 i i 



Fruit short-oblong to obovoid, crimson; leaves oblong 

 to obovate, scabrate on the upper surface at maturity. 



C. V e r e c u n d a 



