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Fruit subglobose to short-oblong or obovoid, green, 

 yellow or orange, villose at the ends ; leaves ovate, 



scabrate on the upper surface at maturity 



C. m o d e s t a 

 Fruit subglobose, orange-red; leaves oblong-ovate to 



oval, glabrous on the upper surface at maturity 



C. f o e t i d a 

 ** Anthers pink or pale rose color 



Fruit obovoid, dull orange-red tinged with green, on 

 drooping pedicels; leaves oval to ovate, glabrous. . . . 



C. b i s s e 1 1 i i 



Fruit subglobose to short-oblong or ovoid, yellow-green, 



tinged with red, villose at the ends, on erect pedicels ; 



leaves oblong-ovate, scabrate on the upper surface at 



maturity C. p e c k i i 



Rotundifoliae 



Leaves subcoriaceous or thin, obovate to ovate, elliptical or 

 rhombic, cuneate at the base, petioles usually short ; flowers in 

 many- or few-flowered coryml)s; stamens lo or less, or 15-20, 

 anthers yellow, white, rose color or pink; fruit subglobose to 

 short-oblong or obovoid, red, generally ripening late, mostly 

 1-1.5 cm in diameter; nutlets usually 3 or 4 {Coccineae Sargent 

 in Rhodora 3:26 (not Loudon) (1901). 

 * Anthers yellow or white 

 f Stamens 10 or less 



Leaves subcoriaceous ; flowers in glabrous or in villose 

 corymbs (var. pubera) ; fruit short-oblong, up to 1.5 



cm in diameter C. r o t u n d i f o 1 i a 



J^eaves thin 



Leaves smooth and glabrous ; corymbs glabrous ; fruit 

 short-oblong, usually less than i cm in diameter. . . 



C. d o d g e i 



Young leaves roughened above by short hairs ; 



corymbs villose, fruit obovoid ....C. caesariata 



ff Stamens 10-18; leaves thin; flowers in compact villose 



corymbs; fruit short-oblong to subglobose, scarlet.... 



C. d i V e r g e n s 

 tff Stamens usually 20 



X LIpper surface of the mature leaves smooth 



