36 MALACEAE. 



10. C, pulcherrima Ashe. A small tree 4-6 m. tall, with dark rough or scaly 

 bark, or oftener a large shrub with one or several stems. Leaf-blades ovate, 

 oval or slightly obovate, 2-5 cm. long, 1.-5-4 cm. wide, glabrous at maturity, 

 mostly acute at the apex, narrowed or contracted, or on leading shoots rounded 

 or truncate at the base, the borders serrate and deeply incised or 3-7-lobed; 

 petioles slender, 5-20 mm. long, margined: corymbs simple, glandular-bracteate, 

 3-7-flowered: pedicels and hypauthium glabrous: sepals 3-4 mm. long, entire 

 or glandular-serrate: corolla 15-18 mm. wide: stamens 20, the anthers dark 

 purple: fruit oval, 5-7 mm. thick, 6-8 mm. long, at maturity yellow-green, 

 sometimes with flushed cheeks, the flesh thin and firm: nutlets usually 2-3, 

 rarely more, 4-5 mm. long, the hypostyle about half the length of the ventral 

 angle. 



In woods and on bunks, middle Florida. Also occurs in adjacent Georgia. 



11. C. abstrusa Beadle. A shrub or small tree 2-5 m. tall, with gray or 

 brownish scaly bark. Leaf -blades oval, ovate, obovate or orbicular, 2-4.5 cm. long, 

 1.5-3.5 cm. broad, glabrous, obtuse or slightly pointed at the apex, contracted 

 at the base, borders serrate and with shallow rounded, lobe-like incisions; 

 petioles 5-20 mm. long, margined, remotely glandular: corymbs glandular- 

 bracteate, simple, 3-7-flowered: pedicels 5-12 mm. long, glabrous, as is the 

 hypauthium: sepals triangular-lanceolate, 3-4 mm. long, serrate or entire: 

 corolla 15-20 mm. wide: stamens 20, the anthers dark purple: fruit oval or 

 f*hort-pyriform, 7-9 mm. thick, 10-12 mm. long: the flesh firm: nutlets usually 

 2-3, rarely more, about 6 mm. long, the hypostyle occupying about half of the 

 ventral angle. 



In woods, especially in sandy soil, near Tallahassee. (Endemic.) 



12. 0. assitnilis Beadle. A small tree or large shrub 3-6 m. tall, with dark 

 gray or brownish scaly bark. Leaf-blades ovate or oval, 2-5 cm. long, 1.5-4 

 ■cm. wide, glabrous, acute at the apex, contracted or rounded at the base, the 

 borders serrate and with rounded, lobe-like incisions; petioles 7-20 mm. long, 

 margined: corymbs simple, 3-6-flowered: pedicels and hypauthium glabrous: 

 sepals triangular-lanceolate, 3-4 mm. long, serrate or nearly entire: corolla 

 15-18 mm. wide: stamens 20, the anthers pale purple: fruit globose, 7-9 mm. 

 wide, the flesh firm: nutlets 3-5, about 6 mm. long, the hypostyle occupying a 

 trifle more than half the ventral angle. 



In dry woods and on hills, near Chattahoochee. (Endemic.) 



13. C. robur Beadle. A tree, sometimes 7-8 m. tall, with a trunk 1-1.5 dm. 

 in diameter, clothed with gray or brownish scaly bark, or more often a large 

 shrub with one or more stems. Leaf-blades ovate, oval or short obovate, 3-6 

 cm. long, 1.5-4 cm. broad, or wider on leading shoots, glabrous, acute at the 

 apex, narrowed or contracted, or on vigorous shoots rounded or subtruncate at 

 the base, the borders serrate and incisely lobed or acutely cleft : corymbs simple 

 or subsimple, 3-10-flowered, glandular-bracteate: pedicels 1-2 cm. long, like 

 the hypauthium, glabrous: sepals lanceolate, 3-4 mm. long, entire or sparingly 

 serrate: corolla 15-18 mm. wide: stamens 20, the anthers pale purple: fruit 

 subglobose, 7-9 mm. wide, the flesh firm: nutlets 3-5, 5-6 mm. long, the hypo- 

 style about 4 mm. long. 



In woods and on borders of fields, near Tallahassee. (Endemic.) 



14. C. conciima Beadle. A shrub 2-4 m. tall, with dark gray scaly bark. 

 Leaf-blades ovate-lanceolate, oblong or elliptic, those of the shoots ovate, 2-5 

 cm. long, 7 mm.-2 cm. wide or on the shoots 3-4 cm. wide, glabrous, acute or 

 bluntly pointed at the apex, narrowed or contracted or on leading shoots, 

 rounded at the base, the borders serrate and more or less incised, the lobes or 

 incisions rounded or on the larger leaves, acutely notched: corymbs simple, 

 glandular-bracteate, 3-6-flowered: pedicels and hypauthium glabrous: sepals 

 triangular-lanceolate, mostly serrate, 3-4 mm. long: corolla 15-18 mm. wide: 

 stamens 20, the anthers purple : fruit subglobose, 7-8 mm. thick, the flesh firm : 



