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nutlets 3-5, about 5 mm. long, the hypostyle about half the length of the 

 ventral angle. 



In woods and on borders of swamps, western Florida. (Endemic.) 



15. C. galbana Beadle. A small tree 5-6 m. tall, with a short trunk some- 

 times 1-1.5 dm. in diameter, clothed with dark gray or brownish black bark, or 

 more frequently a large shrub with one or more stems. Leaf-blades oval, 

 obovate or round-ovate, 1-4 cm. long, 1-3 em. wide, glabrous at maturity, acute 

 or rounded at the apex, rounded or contracted at the base, the margins irregu- 

 larly dentate: corymbs simple, 1-5-flowered: pedicels short, like the hypan- 

 thium, pubescent: sepals 3-5 mm. long, serrate and glandular: corolla 15-20 

 mm. wide: stamens 20, the anthers light yellow or nearly white: fruit globose, 

 9-13 mm. in diameter, at maturity red, the flesh orange-yellow, succulent: 

 nutlets 3-5, about 8 mm. long, 3.5-4.5 mm. deep, the hypostyle about half the 

 length of the ventral angle. 



In woods and on borders of swamps, near River .Junction. (Endemic.) 



16. C. abdita Beadle. A shrub or small tree 3-6 m. tall, with dark ashy gray 

 or brownish bark. Leaf-blades obovate, oval or suborbicular, or on leading 

 shoots sometimes broadly ovate, 1.5-3.5 cm. long, 1-3 cm. wide, glabrous or 

 glabrate at maturity, rounded or abruptly pointed at the apex, narrowed or 

 contracted, or occasionally rounded at the base, the margins irregularly 

 dentate: corymbs simple, 3-5-flowered: pedicels mostly 10-15 mm. long, like 

 the hypanthium, white tomentose: sepals 5-6 mm. long, serrate and glandular: 

 corolla 15-20 mm. wide: fruit globose, 10-15 mm. in diameter, at maturity red, 

 the flesh orange or orange-yellow, succulent : nutlets 3-5, 7-9 mm. long, 

 3.5-5 mm. deep, the hypostyle 5-6 mm. long. 



In woods, mostly in sandy soil. River Junction. (Endemic.) 



17. C. consanguinea Beadle. A tree 5-7 m. tall, with a trunk 1-2 dm. in 

 diameter, clothed with ashy gray or brownish black, scaly bark, or often a large 

 shrub with one or more stems. Leaf-blades obovate, round-ovate or nearly 

 orbicular, 1-4.5 cm. long, 1-4 cm. broad, or larger on the shoots, glabrous at 

 maturity, acute or abruptly pointed at the apex, contracted or rounded at the 

 base, the margins serrate or serrate-dentate and shallowly incised; petioles 1-2 

 cm. long, margined, glandular: corymbs simple, 1-5-flowered: petioles and 

 hypanthium pubescent: sepals 4-5 mm. long, glandular: corolla about 2 cm. 

 wide: stamens 20, the anthers purplish: fruit globose, 9-12 mm. broad, at 

 maturity red or orange flushed with red, the flesh succulent : nutlets 3-5, 7-8 

 mm. long, the hypostyle 4-5 mm. long. 



In woods, mostly in sandy soil, middle Florida. (Endemic.) 



18. C. visenda Beadle. A tree sometimes 10 m. tall, with a trunk 2.5-3 dm. 

 in diameter, clothed with dark gray or brownish rough bark. Leaf-blades 

 ovate, obovate or orbicular, 2-4 cm. long, 1-3.5 cm. broad, glabrous in age, 

 acute or abruptly pointed or occasionally rounded at the apex, contracted at 

 the base, the borders finely dentate and usually with several acute tooth-like 

 lobes; petioles 5-15 mm. long, margined, glandular: corymbs simple, 3-6- 

 flowered: pedicels and hypanthium pubescent: sepals 4-5 mm. long, glandular, 

 serrate: corolla 16-20 mm. broad: stamens 20, the anthers pale purple: fruit 

 pyriform, 10-12 mm. thick, 12-15 mm. long, at maturity orange, diffused or 

 cheeked with red, the flesh yellow or orange-yellow, soft: nutlets 3-5, mostly 

 3, 7-8.5 mm. long, the hypostyle two-thirds as long as the ventral angle. 



In sandy soil, near Bristol. (Endemic.) 



19. C. egregla Beadle. A small tree 4-6 m. tall, with dark and very rough 

 bark. Leaf-lilades ovate, oval or obovate, 1.5-3.5 cm. long, 7 mm.-3 em. broad, 

 glabrous at maturity, acute at the apex, narrowed or contracted at the base, 

 the borders glandular, broken by several large, shallow, blunt, or rounde^ 

 lobes; petioles 5-15 mm. long, margined, glandular: flowers produced in simple 

 few-flowered corymbs: pedicels and hypanthium sparsely pilose-pubescent: 



