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12. C. assimilis Beadle. A small tree or large shrub 3-6 m. tall, with dark 

 gray or brownish scaly bark. Leaf-blades ovate or oval, 2-5 cm. long, 1.5-4 

 cm. wide, glabrous, acute at the apex, contracted or rounded at the base, the 

 borders serrate and with rounded, lobe-like incisions; petioles 7-20 mm. long, 

 margined: corymbs simple, 3-6-flowered : pedicels and hypanthium glabrous: 

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

 15-18 mm. wide: stamens 20, the anthers pale purple: fruit globose, 7-9 mm. 

 wide, the flesh firm: nutlets 3-5, about 6 mm. long, the hypostyle occupying a 

 trifle more than half the ventral angle. 



Dry woods and hills, near Chattahoochee. (Endemic.) 



13. C. robur Beadle. A tree, sometimes 7-8 m. tall, with a trunk 1-1.5 dm. 

 in diameter, clothed with gray or brownish scaly bark, or more often a large 

 shrub with one or more stems. Leaf -blades ovate, oval or short obovate, 3-6 

 cm. long, 1.5-4 cm. broad, or wider on leading shoots, glabrous, acute at the 

 apex, narrowed or contracted, or on vigorous shoots rounded or subtruncate at 

 the base, the borders serrate and incisely lobed or acutely cleft : corymbs simple 

 or subsimple, 3-10-flowered, glandular-bracteate : pedicels 1-2 cm. long, like 

 the hypanthium, glabrous: sepals lanceolate, 3-4 mm. long, entire or sparingly 

 serrate: corolla 15-18 mm. wide: stamens 20, the anthers pale purple: fruit 

 subglobose, 7-9 mm. wide, the flesh firm: nutlets 3-5, 5-6 mm. long, the hypo- 

 style about 4 mm. long. 



Woods and borders of fields, near Tallahassee. (Endemic.) 



14. C. concinna Beadle. A shrub 2-4 m. tall, with dark gray scaly bark. 

 Leaf -blades ovate-lanceolate, oblong or elliptic, those of the shoots ovate, 2-5 

 cm. long, 7 mm.-2 cm. wide or on the shoots 3-4 cm. wide, glabrous, acute or 

 bluntly pointed at the apex, narrowed or contracted or on leading shoots, 

 rounded at the base, the borders serrate and more or less incised, the lobes or 

 incisions rounded or on the larger leaves, acutely notched: corymbs simple, 

 glandular-bracteate, 3-6-flowered: pedicels and hypanthium glabrous: sepals 

 triangular-lanceolate, mostly serrate, 3-4 mm. long: corolla 15-18 mm. -wide:: 

 stamens 20, the anthers purple : fruit subglobose, 7-8 mm. thick, the flesh firm : 

 nutlets 3-5, about 5 mm. long, the hypostyle about half the length of tha- 

 ventral angle. 



Woods and borders of swamps, w. Fla. (Endemic.) 



15. C. galbana Beadle. A small tree 5-6 m. tall, with a short trunk some- 

 times 1-1.5 dm. in diameter, clothed with dark gray or brownish black bark, or 

 more frequently a large shrub with one or more stems. Leaf-blades oval, 

 obovate or round-ovate, 1-4 cm. long, 1-3 cm. wide, glabrous at maturity, acute 

 or rounded at the apex, rounded or contracted at the base, the margins irregu- 

 larly dentate: corymbs simple, 1-5-flowered: pedicels short, like the hypan- 

 thium, pubescent: sepals 3-5 mm. long, serrate and glandular: corolla 15-20 

 mm. wide: stamens 20, the anthers light yellow or nearly white: fruit globose, 

 9-13 mm. in diameter, at maturity red, the flesh orange-yellow, succulent:- 

 nutlets 3-5, about 8 mm. long, 3.5-4.5 mm. deep, the hypostyle about half the 

 length of the ventral angle. 



Woods and borders of swamps, near River Junction. (Endemic.) 



16. C. abdita Beadle. A shrub or small tree 3-6 m. tall, with dark ashy gray 

 or brownish bark. Leaf-blades obovate, oval or suborbicular, or on leading 

 shoots sometimes broadly ovate, 1.5-3.5 cm. long, 1-3 cm. wide, glabrous or 

 glabrate at maturity, rounded or abruptly pointed at the apex, narrowed or 

 contracted, or occasionally rounded at the base, the margins irregularly 

 dentate: corymbs simple, 3-5-flowered: pedicels mostly 10-15 mm. long, like 

 the hypanthium, white tomentose: sepals 5-6 mm. long, serrate and glandular: 

 corolla 15-20 mm. wide: fruit globose, 10-15 mm. in diameter, at maturity red, 

 the flesh orange or orange-yellow, succulent: nutlets 3-5, 7-9 mm. long, 

 3.5-5 mm. deep, the hypostyle 5-6 mm. long. 



Woods, mostly in sandy soil, River Junction. (Endemic.) 



