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FAMILY) 



770. C. pnnctata. 



broad; ciihj.i'-t nhc pubescent, its lobes less so; stamens usually about 20; an- 

 thers white to pink; fruit yellow (var. AI'KEA Ait.) or red (var. uriiKA Ait.), 

 1.2-2.5 cm. thick ; nutlets usually 3-4. 8-9 mm. long; nest of nutlets 8-10 mm. 

 thick. Falls of Montmorency, Que., to s. e. Minn., s. (through w. N. E.) to 1'a.. 



n. 111., and la., and along the mts. to n. <ia.; 



ascending in N. C. to about 1800 m. Fl. 



May, June ; fr. Oct. FIG. 770. Var. 



< AM'.SCKNS Britton is a more canescent 



form occasionally seen. 



9. C. suborbiculata Sarg. Leaves omte- 

 orbicular, 2-7 cm. long, 2-6 cm. wide, 

 membranaceous, dull dark green above, <jl<t- 

 brous ; petioles winged above, glandular; 

 corymbs glabrous; flowers about 2 cm. 

 broad ; calyx-lobes slightly glandular-mar- 

 gined ; stamens about 20 ; anthers rose- 

 colored ; styles 4-5 ; fruit globose or com- 

 pressed-globose, 1-1.5 cm. thick, dull green 

 to scarlet; calyx somewhat prominent; 

 flesh yellow, containing commonly 5 nut lets 

 (6-7. 5 mm. long); nest of nutlets 8-10 mm. 

 thick. Limestone ridges in the region of 

 Montreal. Fl. May, June ; fr. Oct. 



10. C. collina Chapm. Leaves obovate 

 to oval, 2-6 cm. long, 1.5-5 cm. wide, yellow- 

 green, somewhat pubescent when yonng; 

 petioles slightly pubescent, winged ; corymbs 

 and calyx pubescent; flowers 1.5-2 em. 

 wide ; calyx-lobes glabrous or slightly pu- 

 bescent inside. gl(uln]<n'-ciliate ; stamens 



about 20 ; anthers yellow ; styles 3-5 ; fruit globose or compressed-globose, dull 

 red, 9-12 mm. thick; calyx somewhat prominent; calyx-lobes persistent; flesh 

 yellow, dry ; nutlets usually 5, 6-7 mm. long; nest of nutlets 8-10 mm. thick. 

 Common, s. w. Va. to centr. Ga. and n. Miss. Fl. May; fr. Oct. 



Var. s6rdida (Sarg.) Egglestou. Corymbs rather few-flowered ; flmr,> r * 

 2.5-3.5 cm. broad; anthers pink ; nutlets 3-4. Occasional, s. e. Mo. Fl. May ; 

 fr. Oct. 



Var. Lettermani (Sarg.) Eggleston. Stamens about 10; fruit subglobose or 

 pyriform, orange-red. Occasional, s. e. Mo. Fl. May; fr. Oct. 



4. VfRIDES Beadle. Leaves oblong-ovate to oval, obtuse, acute, or acumi- 

 nate (often %-lobed) at the apex, cuneate at the b<ts<\ serrat( <>r do/i/>l>/ sir- 

 rate or lobed, dark green, shining, and glabrous above, paler and somewhat- 

 pubescent along the veins beneath, usually membranaceous ; petioles 1-3 on. 

 long, slightly winged above; corymbs few-many-flowered, glabrous; cl>j.r- 

 Inlies entire or slightly glandular-margined, trin<inl<ir t<> hmceolut, ., /rumi- 

 nate ; stamens 10-20; anthers yellow; styles 2-5; fruit <jl<ii,rnns. nJ, 

 snlxjlobose to elli/>soi<lol ; flesh hard; nutlet* :',-."> (2 in no. in. rl<l<je<l <> 

 the back; trees or large shrubs, 6-11 m. high, icith ascending r nirl<j 

 erect branches, dark brown bark, and straight spines 2-5 cm. long. 



Nutlets -J; 1'riiit lai-L'e. ^ !."> mm. thick ; lobes of the leaves m-natc . . 11. (''. Mnnj<trtttii. 



Nutlets 3-5; fruit, small, :>-! mm. thick ; lobes dentate. 



Fruit hriu'ht ivd. -lauenus, <', mm. tliick 12. <'. rh-i-li*. 



Fruit dull dark red. tJ-'j mm. thick 13. C.niti>/,i. 



11. C. Margarita Ashe. Leares 2-6 cm. long, 2-4 cm. wide, obtuse or acute 



at the apex, crcndte-loltrd, slightly pubescent when young, ^labratc ; eorymlis 

 5-12-flowered, slightly pubescent at first; flowers 1.5-2 em. wide ; calyx-lobes 

 slightly pubescent inside; styles 1 '> ; fruit dull rnshj <jr< < n to red, S-15 mm. 

 thick ; flesh yellow, dry and mealy ; nutlets usually 2, about ('. mm. long, about 



