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and hypanthium tomentose: sepals 4-5 mm. long, glandular-serrate: corolla 

 12-15 mm. wide: stamens about 20, the anthers light yellow: fruit pyriform 

 or short-pyriform, 7-9 mm. thick, red at maturity, the flesh soft: nutlets 3-5, 

 6-7 mm. long, the hypostyle about 5 mm. long. 

 In sandy soil, near Ocala. (Endemic.) 



34. C. rimosa Beadle. A small tree, or a large shrub 2-4 m. tall, with rimose 

 bark and slender drooping branches. Leaf-blades cuneate, spatulate or oblong- 

 cuneiform, 1-2.5 cm. long, 7 mm.-2 cm. wide, or broader on leading shoots, 

 glabrate or pubescent on the lower surface, especially along the midrib and in 

 the axils of the principal veins, usually abruptly contracted, but occasionally 

 wedge-shaped at the base, either rounded, abruptly pointed or lobed at the 

 apex, the borders glandular, dentate above the middle; petioles 5 mm.-2 cm. 

 long, margined, glandular: corymbs simple, 3-4-flowered, or flowers solitary: 

 pedicels and hypanthium tomentose: sepals 3-4 mm. long, glandular-serrate: 

 corolla 12-15 mm. wide: stamens 20, the anthers light yellow: fruit short- 

 pyriform, 9-12 mm. thick, at maturity yellow or orange-yellow flushed or 

 cheeked with red, the flesh soft: nutlets 3-5, 6-7 mm. long, the hypostyle 4-5 

 mm. long, 1.5-2 mm. wide on each side of the ventral angle. 



In sandy soil, near Citra. (Endemic.) 



35. C. inopina Beadle. A small tree, or a large shrub 3-5 m. tall, with dark 

 rough or rimose bark and recurved branches. Leaf-blades obovate-cuneiform, 

 sometimes suborbicular, 1.5-2.5 cm. long, 1-2 cm. wide, or larger on leading 

 shoots, glabrate at maturity or with some pubescence on the lower surface and 

 in the axils of the large veins, usually abruptly contracted, but occasionally 

 wedge-shaped at the base, either rounded, pointed or lobed at the apex, the 

 borders entire or denticulate ; petioles 5 mm.-2 cm. long, margined, glandular, 

 mostly scurfy-tomentose : corymbs simple, 2-4-flowered, or flowers solitary: 

 pedicels and hypanthium tomentose: sepals 3-4.5 mm. long, glandular-serrate: 

 corolla 12-15 mm. wide: stamens 20, the anthers light yellow or almost white: 

 fruit pyriform, 8-11 mm. thick, 12-14 mm. long, at maturity yellow or orange- 

 yellow, sometimes cheeked with red, the flesh soft: nutlets 3-5, 6-7 mm. long, 

 the hypostyle 4-5 mm. long. 



In sandy soil, near Ocala. (Endemic.) 



36. C. villaris Beadle. A small tree, or a large shrub 3-5 m. tall, with dark 

 rough or rimose bark and drooping branches. Leaf-blades cuneate or oblong- 

 cuneiform, 1.5-3.5 cm. long, 5 mm.-2 cm. wide or broader on leading shoots, 

 glabrous or glabrate at maturity, usually abruptly contracted, but occasionally 

 wedge-shaped at the base, rounded or abruptly pointed at the apex, the 

 borders glandular, entire or nearly so ; petioles 5 mm.-2 em. long, margined, 

 glandular: corymbs simple, 2-4-flowered, or flowers solitary: pedicels and 

 hypanthium tomentose: sepals 3-4 mm. long, glandular-serrate: corolla 12-16 

 mm. wide: fruit pyriform, 8-11 mm. thick, at maturity yellow or orange- 

 yellow, cheeked or flushed with red, the flesh soft: nutlets mostly 3-4, 6-7 mm. 

 long, the hypostyle 4-5 mm. long. 



In sandy soil, near Citra. (Endemic.) 



37. C. curva Beadle. A shrub, or a very small tree 2-4 m. tall, usually with 

 several trunks clothed with dark rough bark, and crooked, drooping, very spiny 

 branches. Leaf-blades oliovate or obovate-cuneiform, 1-2 cm. long, 5 mm.- 

 2 cm. wide, glabrate at maturity or with some conspicuous pubescence along 

 the midrib in the axils of the prominent veins beneath, roundeil or al>ruptly 

 pointed at the apex, abruptly contracted at the base, the borders subentire or 

 denticulate and shallowly lobed; petioles 5-15 mm. long, margined, glandular: 

 corymbs simple, 2-4-flowered, or flowers solitary: pedicels and hypanthium 

 tomentose: sepals 3-4 mm. long, serrate, glandular: corolla 12-15 mm. wide: 

 stamens 20, the anthers light yellow: fruit pyriform, (j-9 mm. thick, at maturity 

 orange-red or orange with red cheeks, the flesh very thin: nutlets usually 3-4, 



