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simple, 2-4-flo\vere(l, or flowers solitary: pedicels and hypanthiuni tomentose: 

 sepals 3-4 mm. long, glandular-serrate: corolla 15 mm. wide: stamens 15-20, 

 the anthers nearly white: fruit pyriform, 9-12 mm. thick, at maturity yellow 

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

 about 6 mm. long, the hypostyle 4-5 mm. long. 

 In sandy soil, near Cltra. (Endemic.) 



43. C. audens Beadle. A large shrub, or a small tree, with dark gray or 

 brownish rough or scaly bark. Leaf-blades obovate or obovate-euneiform, 1.5- 

 3.5 cm. long, 1-3.5 em. wide, at maturity glabrate and shining on the upper 

 surface, pubescent beneath especially along the midrib and i^rincipal veins, 

 abruptly pointed, rounded or lobed at the apex, contracted or narrowed at the 

 base, the margins dentate and shallowly lobed ; petioles 5-15 mm. long, 

 margined, glandular, pubescent: corymbs simple, 2-5-flowered, or flowers occa- 

 sionally solitary: pedicels and hypanthiuni pubescent: sepals 4-5 mm. long, 

 glandular-serrate: corolla 15-16 mm. wide: stamens 20, the anthers almost 

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

 ckeeked with red, the flesh soft: nutlets mostly 3, 7-8 mm. long, the hypostyle 

 4-5 mm. long. 



On dry hills, near Chattahoochee. (Endemic.) 



44. C. lepida Beadle. A small very spiny shrub, seldom more than 1-1.5 m. tall, 

 with drooping branches. Leaf-blades obovate, round-ovate, suborbicular or spatu- 

 late, 5 mni.-2 cm. long, 4 mm.-2 cm. wide, at maturity glabrous and lustrous above, 

 more or less pubescent beneath, especially along the principal veins and in their 

 axils, rounded, truncate or short-pointed at the apex, abruptly contracted at 

 the base, or sometimes cuneate, the margins denticulate or erenate-dentate, 

 glandular; petioles 2 mm.-l cm. long, margined, glandular: corymbs 2-3- 

 flowered, or flowers solitary: pedicels and hypanthiuni tomentose: sepals 2-3 

 mm. long, glandular-serrate: stamens 20; fruit subglobose, 7-11 mm. in 

 diameter, at maturity orange or orange-red: nutlets 3-5, 6-7 mm. long, 3-4 

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



In sandy soil and open woods, eastern Florida. AJso occurs in adjacent 

 Georgia. '„ 



45. C. lacrimata Small. A small tree, sometimes 4-5 m. tall, or more fre- 

 quently a large shrub with several stems clothed with ashy gray often scaly 

 bark, the branches drooping. Leaf-blades cuneate-spatulate, 1-2.5 cm. long, 

 7—15 mm. wide, or broader on vigorous leading shoots, glabrous in age, 

 rounded, truncate or pointed at the apex, wedge-shaped at the base, the borders 

 dentate above the middle, glandular: petioles 5-15 mm. long, pubescent, 

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

 hypanthium glabrous: sepals 2.5-3 mm. long, entire or nearly so, glabrous: 

 stamens 20, the anthers light yellow: fruit globose, or subglobose, at maturity 

 yellow or orange, mostly with ruddy cheeks, the flesh soft: nutlets 3-5, 5-6 

 mm. long, the hypostyle occupying about two-thirds of the ventral angle. 



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



46. 0. condigna Beadle. A large shrub, with one or more stems, or sometimes 

 a small tree 5 m. tall, with ashy gray or brownish scaly bark. Leaf-blades 

 cuneate, obovate-cuneate or on vigorous shoots broadly obovate. 1-3 cm. long, 

 7 mm.-2.5 cm. broad, glabrate in age, rounded or abruptly pointed at the apex, 

 wedge-shaped or more abruptly narrowed at the base, the borders creuate or 

 erenate-dentate; petioles 3 mm.-l cm. long: corymbs simple, mostly 2-3- 

 flowered, or flowers solitary: pedicels and hypanthium tomentose: sepals 3.5-5 

 mm. long, serrate, glandular: corolla about 16 mm. wide: stamens 20, the 

 anthers almost white: fruit pyriform or nearly so, 7-0 mm. wide, 8-11 mm. 

 long, at maturity yellow-green or orange, flushed with red: nutlets 3-5, 5-6 

 mm. long, about 4 mm. deep, the hypostyle about 4 mm. long. 



In sandy soil, middle Florida. Also occurs in adjacent Georgia. 



