ROSAOEAE (ROSE FAMILY) 



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3 rum. thick ; a tree, with a narrow open 

 crown, 4-8 m. high. (C. Brownii Brit- 

 ton ?) Woods and banks of streams, s. 

 Ont. to.centr. la., s. to centr. Pa., w. Va., 

 and Mo. Fl. May ; fr. Oct. 



12. C. viridis L. Leaves 2-8 cm. long, 

 2-5 cm. wide, serrate ; flowers 1-1.5 cm. 

 wide ; calyx-lobes slightly pubescent in- 

 side ; styles 4-5 ; fruit globose or de- 

 pressed-globose, bright red, glaucous, 4-6 

 mm. thick; nutlets usually 5, 3.5-5 mm. 

 long; nest of nutlets 3.5-5.5 mm. thick. 

 Moist soil of the lowlands, Chesapeake 

 City, Md. (Warff), Va. (Clayton) to Mo., 



to Fla. and Tex. Fl. May ; fr. Oct. 



13. C. nitida (Engelm.) Sarg. Leaves 

 cm. long, 2-6 cm. wide, coarsely ser- 



rt<> ; corymbs many-flowered, 1.2-2 cm. 

 wide ; calyx-lobes lanceolate, acuminate ; 

 fruit globose to short-ellipsoidal, dark dull 

 red, 6-9 mm. thick ; flesh yellow, mealy ; 

 nutlets 3-5, 4.5-7 mm. long ; nest of nut- 

 lets 5-7 mm. thick ; tree sometimes 9 m. 

 high, with a broad crown. Rare, s. 111. 

 tos.e. Kan. Fl. May ; fr. Oct. FIG. 771. 



5. INTRICATAE Sarg. (BOYNTONIANAE Beadle; BILTMOREANAE Beadle.) 

 Leaves elliptic-ovate, acute and varying from attenuate to truncate, doubly 

 serrate or lobed (the teeth gland-tipped}, subcoriaceous, yellow-green, 

 bright above; petioles 1-3 cm.long, glandular, slightly winged above ; young 

 foliage usually yellow-green; corymbs 3-7-flowered; bracts very glandular, 

 deciduous ; calyx-lobes lanceolate-acuminate or acute, for the most part 

 strongly toothed toward the apex, often entire at the base; stamens about 

 10 ; anthers usually yellow ; styles 2-5 ; fruit greenish or reddish-yellow to 

 reddish-brown, globose to pyriform, bluntly angular; calyx prominent, its 

 lobes reflexed; flesh of the fruit hard, thick; nutlets usually 3-4, strongly 

 ridged on the back ; irregularly topped shrubs or small trees, 1-8 m. high 

 (with occasional spines), preferring rocky woods and cliffs, more common 

 and typical in the southern mountains. 



Foliage, corymbs, and fruit glabrous, 

 (.'alyx-lobes nearly entire ; fruit globose, yellow-green ; nutlets 3-5; leaves 



ovate or oval 



Calyx-lobes serrate ; nutlets usually 3 t. 



Leaves ovate to oval ; fruit globose, red-brown or orange-red . 

 Leaves elliptical-ovate ; fruit usually pyriform, yellow-green, tinged with 



red 



Foliage and fruit pubescent ; corymbs villous. 

 Fruit globose : anthers yellow. 



Mature fruit reddish-brown ; nutlets 3-4 



Mature fruit yellow ; nutlets 4-5 



Fruit pyriform, yellow ; nutlets 3-4 ; anthers pink 



771. C. nitida. 



14. C. Boyntoni. 



15. C. foetid a. 



16. C. apposita. 



17. C. coccinea. 



18. C. biltmoreana. 



19. C. Stonei. 





14. C. Boynt6ni Beadle. Leaves broadly ovate or oval, glabrous, 2-5 cm. 

 long, 2-5.5 cm. wide; corymbs glabrous; flowers about 2 cm. broad; calyx- 

 lobes entire, except near the apex ; styles 3-5 ; fruit globose or depressed-glo- 

 bose, yellow-green, tinged with red, 1-1.5 cm. thick; nutlets 3-5, 6-8 mm. long ; 

 nest of nutlets 7-9 mm. thick. In woods and on banks of streams, between 

 400 and 900 m. elevation, s. w. Va., N. Car., and Tenn. Fl. May ; fr. Oct. 



15. C. foetida Ashe. Leaves elliptical-ovate to oval, 4.5-7 cm. long, 4-6 cm. 

 wide, glabrous ; corymbs glabrous; flowers about 2 cm. wide ; styles 3-5; fruit 

 subglobose, 1-1.5 cm. thick, orange-red or red-brown; nutlets usually 3-4, 6-8 

 mm. long; nest of nutlets 6-9 mm. thick. (C. Baxteri Sarg.) Common, 



Mass, to s. Ont., s. to Va. Fl. May ; fr. Oct. 



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