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the shoots rounded at the base, glabrous or with tufts of pale hairs in the 

 axils of the veins beneath, serrate, occasionally cleft or incised, especially on 

 vigorous shoots: corymbs several-many-flowered: stamens about 20, the anthers 

 purple: fruit subglobose or short-oval, 5-8 mm. in diameter, red or orange-red 

 at maturity: nutlets 3-5, the hypostyle three-fourths the length of the ventral 

 angle. 



Low grounds and banks of streams, Volusla County. (Endemic.) 



8. C. subviridis Beadle. A tree 6-8 m. tall, with gray bark. Leaf-blades 

 ovate, obovate or oval, 2.5-6 cm. long, 1-4 cm. wide, or larger on the shoots, 

 acute or acuminate, rarely rounded at the apex, contracted or narrowed at the 

 base, or on the shoots rounded and truncate, glabrous or glabrate when fully 

 grown, the borders serrate and incisely lobed: corymbs compound, many- 

 flowered, pilose-pubescent: pedicels and hypanthium sparsely pilose: sepals 

 narrowly lanceolate, entire or minutely serrate, pubescent on the inner surface, 

 at least at flowering time: corolla 12-15 mm. wide: stamens normally 20: 

 fruit globose, 5-7 mm. in diameter: nutlets 3-5, about 5 mm. long, the hypo- 

 style three-fourths as long as the nutlet. 



Low woods and banks of streams, near Chattahoochee. (Endemic.) 



9. C. contrita Beadle. A tree sometimes 6-7 m. tall, with ashy gray or 

 brownish scaly bark, or more frequently a large shrub with spreading branches. 

 Leaf-blades ovate, oval or oblong, rarely short-obovate or suborbicular, 2-5 

 cm. long, 1.5-5 cm. broad, glabrous at maturity, acute or bluntly terminated 

 at the apex, rounded or contracted at the base, the borders serrate and incised; 

 petioles 5-20 mm. long, margined: corymbs simple, glandular-braeteate, 3-7- 

 flowered: pedicels and hypanthium glabrous: sepals 3-5 mm. long, glandular- 

 serrate: corolla 12-17 mm. wide: stamens 20, the anthers dark purple: fruit 

 subglobose, 7-9 mm. in diameter, at maturity yellow-green or orange, often 

 with ruddy cheeks, the flesh firm: nutlets 2-3, rarely 3-5, about 6 mm. long, the 

 hypostyle occupying a trifle more than half of the ventral angle. 



Dry woods and uplands, m. Fla. (Ga.) 



10. C. pulcherrima Ashe. A small tree 4-6 m. tall, with dark rough or scaly 

 bark, or oftener a large shrub with one or several stems. Leaf-blades ovate, 

 oval or slightly obovate, 2-5 cm. long, 1.5-4 cm. wide, glabrous at maturity, 

 mostly acute at the apex, narrowed or contracted, or on leading shoots rounded 

 or truncate at the base, the borders serrate and deeply incised or 3-7-lobed; 

 petioles slender, 5-20 mm. long, margined : corymbs simple, glandular-braeteate, 

 3-7-flowered: pedicels and hypanthium glabrous: sepals 3-4 mm. long, entire 

 or glandular-serrate: corolla 15-18 mm. wide: stamens 20, the anthers dark 

 purple: fruit oval, 5-7 mm. thick, 6-8 mm. long, at maturity yellow-green, 

 sometimes with flushed cheeks, the flesh thin and firm: nutlets usually 2-3, 

 rarely more, 4-5 mm. long, the hypostyle about half the length of the ventral 

 angle. 



Woods and banks, m. Fla. (Ga.) 



11. C. abstrusa Beadle. A shrub or small tree 2-5 m. tall, with gray or 

 brownish scaly bark. Leaf -blades oval, ovate, obovate or orbicular, 2-4.5 cm. long, 

 1.5-3.5 cm. broad, glabrous, obtuse or slightly pointed at the apex, contracted 

 at the base, borders serrate and with shallow rounded, lobe-like incisions; 

 petioles 5-20 mm. long, margined, remotely glandular: corymbs glandular- 

 braeteate, simple, 3-7-flowered: pedicels 5-12 mm. long, glabrous, as is the 

 hypanthium: sepals triangular-lanceolate, 3-4 mm. long, serrate or entire: 

 corolla 15-20 mm. wide: stamens 20, the anthers dark purple: fruit oval or 

 Khort-pyriform, 7-9 mm. thick, 10-12 mm. long: the flesh firm: nutlets usually 

 2-3, rarely more, about 6 mm. long, the hypostyle occupying about half of the 

 ventral angle. 



Woods, especially in sandy soil, near Tallahassee. (Endemic.) 



