42 MALACEAE. 



6-7 mm. long, the hypostyle 4-5 mm. long, 2-2.5 mm. wide near the top of 

 each lateral surface. 



In sandy soil, northeastern Florida. (Endemic.) 



38. C. adusta Beadle. A large shrub, or a small tree 2-5 m. tall, with dark 

 gray or brownish rough bark and drooping branches. Leaf -blades cuneiform, 

 1.5-3 cm. long, 7 mm.-2 cm. wide or larger and obovate-cuneiform on the lead- 

 ing shoots, glabrate at maturity, rounded or with a short, abrupt point at the 

 apex, the borders glandular, sub-entire, or dentate near the apex; petioles 

 5-15 mm. long, margined, glandular: corymbs simple, 2-4-flowered or flowers 

 solitary: pedicels and hypanthium tomentose: sepals 3-5 mm. long, glandular- 

 serrate: corolla 14-18 mm. wide: stamens 20, the anthers almost white: fruit 

 short-pyriform, 9-11 mm. thick, at maturity orange-red, usually spotted and 

 streaked with red, the flesh soft: nutlets 3-5, about 8 mm. long, the hypostyle 

 5-6 mm. long. 



In sandy woods, near Gainesville. (.Endemic.) 



39. C. illudens Beadle. A small tree, or a large shrub with dark gray or 

 brownish rough bark and drooping branches. Leaf-blades cuneiform, 1.5-3.5 

 cm. long, 7 mm.-2 cm. wide, or broader on vigorous shoots, glabrous or glabrate 

 at maturity, rounded, pointed or lobed at the apex, the borders entire or den- 

 ticulate, glandular, sometimes lobed above the middle, especially on leading 

 shoots; petioles 7 mni.-3 cm. long, winged, glandular: corymbs 2-4-flowered, 

 or flowers occasionally solitary: pedicels and hypanthium tomentose: sepals 

 3.5-5 mm. long, glandular-serrate: corolla 14-18 mm. wide: fruit pyriform, 

 8-11 mm. thick, yellow at maturity, the flesh soft: nutlets mostly 3, about 7 

 mm. long, the hypostyle about 5 mm. long. 



In sandy soil, near Citra. (Endemic.) 



40. C, incana Beadle. A large shrub 2-4 m. tall, with dark gray or brownish, 

 rough or scaly bark and crooked recurved branches. Leaf-blades cuneate or 

 obovate-cuneate, 1-2.5 em. long, 7 mm.-2 cm. wide, pubescent, abruptly 

 pointed or rounded at the apex, wedge-shaped or more abruptly contracted at 

 the base, the margins glandular, sub-entire or shallowly lobed; petioles 5-15 

 mm. long, margined, densely white-tomentose when young, glandular: corymbs 

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

 white-tomentose: sepals 4-5 mm. long, glandular: corolla about 15 mm. wide: 

 stamens 20, the anthers nearly white: fruit pyriform, 8-9 mm. thick, at ma- 

 turity orange-yellow, flushed or cheeked with red: nutlets 3-5, about 7 mm. 

 long, the hypostyle about 5 mm. long. 



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



41. C. versuta Beadle. A shrub, or a small tree 3-6 m. tall, with dark rough 

 bark and drooping branches. Leaf-blades cuneiform, 1-3 cm. long, 5 mm.-2 

 cm. wide, or broader on leading shoots, pubescent or tomentose at maturity, at 

 least on the lower surface along the midrib and in the axils of the principal 

 veins, rounded, pointed or lobed at the apex, the borders glandular, dentate or 

 lobed above the middle; petioles 5 mm.-3 cm. long, winged, glandular, pubes- 

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

 thium tomentose: sepals 2-3 mm. long, glandular: corolla 10-12 mm. wide: 

 stamens 20, the anthers light yellow: fruit short-pyriform, 6-9 mm. thick, at 

 maturity orange or greenish yellow with ruddy cheeks: nutlets 3-5, about 6 

 mm. long, the hypostyle 3-4 mm. long. 



In sandy oak woods, Apalachicola river basin. (Endemic.) 



42. C. crocea Beadle. A small tree, or a large shrub 3-6 m. tall, with dark 

 rough bark and slender drooping branches. Leaf -blades cuneiform, 1-2.5 cm. 

 long, 5-15 mm. wide, or broader on leading shoots, at maturity smooth above, 

 more or less pubescent beneath, especially along the midrib, either pointed or 

 rounded at the apex, the borders glandular, denticulate above the middle; 

 petioles 7 mm.-2 cm. long, margined, glandular, pubescent or glabrate : corymbs 



