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ROSACEAE (ROSE FAMILY) 



fruit subglobose, about 8 mm. thick, dark cherry-red, shining, villous ; nutlets 

 usually 2-3, 5-7 mm. long, 2. 5-3.5 mm. thick. (C. coccinea, var. Dudley.) 



N. S. (C. B. Robinson) to Minn., s. in the mts. to 

 Va. Fl. May ; fr. Sept. FIG. 783. Var. RHOM- 

 BIF6LIA (Sarg.) Eggleston is a form with more 

 villous corymbs and smaller fruit. With the typi- 

 cal form. Var. OCCIDENT\LIS (Britton) Eggleston. 

 Leaves ovate to broadly oval, sometimes 8 cm. 

 wide. ( C. Colorado Ashe ; C. coloradcnsis Nelson. ) 



Frequent, s. Man. to e. Kan., Col., and Ida. 

 Var. succulSnta (Schrad.) Eggleston. Stamens 



about 20 ; fruit larger than in the typical form. 



Occasional, with the typical form. 



Var. neofluvialis (Ashe) Eggleston. Stamens 

 10-20; anthers small; fruit small. Occasional, 

 w. N. E. to Wise, and Pa. , and s. in the mts. 



63. C. Chapmani (Beadle) Ashe. Leaves 

 rhombic-ovate, 4-11 cm. long, 3-8 cm. wide, acute 

 or acuminate, those on vegetative shoots obtuse 

 and more entire than the others, pubescent on both 

 sides, becoming scabrate above, subcoriaceous, dull 

 green ; petioles pubescent ; corymbs white-tomen- 

 tose ; flowers about 1.5 cm. wide ; stamens 10-20, 

 usually about 20 ; anthers small ; styles 2-4 ; fruit 

 globose or subglobose, 8-10 mm. long, bright red; 

 flesh yellow ; nutlets usually 2-3, about 5 mm. 

 783. C. macracantha. long, 2.5 mm. thick, slightly ridged on the back. 



(C. tomentosa, var. microcarpa Chapm. ; C. tomen- 

 tosa, var. Chapmani Beadle.) Frequent, s. Ky. (C. L. Boynton) and Va. to n. 



Ga. Fl. May ; f r. Sept. 



Var. Pluken&tii Eggleston. Fruit pyriform to ellipsoidal, 1-1.5 cm. long, 



orange-red, villous ; flesh yellow ; nutlets usually 2-3, more strongly ridged 



on the back, 5-7 mm. long, 2.5-3 mm. thick. 



(C. leucophleos Moench? C. tomentosa of the 



Linnean herbarium and auth., not of the Lin- 



nean description.) Common, s. Ont. to w. 



N. J., w. to s. Minn, and e. Kan.; and in the 



mts. to Ga. Fl. June ; fr. Sept. 



64. C. missouriSnsis Ashe. Leaves ellipti- 

 cal-ovate, 2-7 cm. long, 1.5-5 cm. wide, sub- 

 coriaceous, simply or doubly serrate, rmujh 



pubescent and shining above, pale-tomentose 



beneath ; petioles 5 mm. long ; corymbs 3-8- 



jlnn-i )'<'<!., densely white-tomentose ; flowers 



1.2-1.5 cm. wide; stamens about 20; anthers 



pink ; styles 3-5 ; fruit subglobose or pyriform, 



about 1 cm. thick, bright red, slightly villous ; 



fl">U sweet; nutlets 5.5-6.5 mm. long, with 



hn'(ii- drrji i'its on the ventral faces ; nest of 



nutlets 6-7 mm. thick ; thorns straight, slender, 



4-7 cm. long. Uocky bluffs, s. Mo.; Tenn. 



(Ashe). Fl. May; fr. Sept. 



18. DOUGLASI AN AE [Load.] Sarg. /. 



i,r<it<' to obovatc, acute or obtuse at the 

 apex, cuneate at the base, doubly serrate 

 and lobed except near the base^ dark green ^ ( , D,,ii"hMi 



the JV///N). tjliibrons bflnir. siibcitrinc, 'nits ; petiolet Slightty H'hii(fil, pubi'sc, lit 

 <i,i'f i//ini(ln/i>r ; corymbs //l<i/>r<>i<s or m'r!y so ; tfoir, ,-s of, out \.'> cm. !'(<>>' ; 



