36 MALACEAE. 



17. C. consanguinea Beadle. A tree 5-7 m. tall, with a trunk 1-2 dm. in 

 diameter, clothed with ashy gray or brownish black, scaly bark, or often a large 

 shrub with one or more stems. Leaf-blades obovate, round-ovate or nearly 

 orbicular, 1-4.5 cm. long, 1-4 cm. broad, or larger on the shoots, glabrous at 

 maturity, acute or abruptly pointed at the apex, contracted or rounded at the 

 base, the margins serrate or serrate-dentate and shallowly incised; petioles 1-2 

 cm. long, margined, glandular: corymbs simple, 1-5-flowered: petioles and 

 hypanthium pubescent: sepals 4-5 mm. long, glandular: corolla about 2 cm. 

 wide: stamens 20, the anthers purplish: fruit globose, 9-12 mm. broad, at 

 maturity red or orange flushed with red, the flesh succulent: nutlets 3-5, 7-8 

 mm. long, the hypostyle 4-5 mm. long. 



Woods, mostly in sandy soil, m. Fla. (Endemic.) 



18. C. visenda Beadle. A tree sometimes 10 m. tall, with a trunk 2.5-3 dm. 

 in diameter, clothed with dark gray or brownish rough bark. Leaf-blades 

 ovate, obovate or orbicular, 2-4 cm. long, 1-3.5 cm. broad, glabrous in age, 

 acute or abruptly pointed or occasionally rounded at the apex, contracted at 

 the base, the borders finely dentate and usually with several acute tooth-like 

 lobes; petioles 5-15 mm. long, margined, .glandular: corymbs simple, 3-6- 

 flowered : pedicels and hypanthium pubescent : sepals 4-5 mm. long, glandular, 

 serrate: corolla 16-20 mm. broad: stamens 20, the anthers pale purple: fruit 

 pyriform, 10-12 mm. thick, 12-15 mm. long, at maturity orange, diffused or 

 cheeked with red, the flesh yellow or orange-yellow, soft: nutlets 3-5, mostly 

 3, 7-8.5 mm. long, the hypostyle two-thirds as long as the ventral angle. 



Sandy soil, near Bristol. (Endemic.) 



19. C. egregia Beadle. A small tree 4-6 m. tall, with dark and very rough 

 bark. Leaf -blades ovate, oval or obovate, 1.5-3.5 cm. long, 7 mm.-3 cm. broad, 

 glabrous at maturity, acute at the apex, narrowed or contracted at the base, 

 the borders glandular, broken by several large, shallow, blunt, or rounded 

 lobes; petioles 5-15 mm. long, margined, glandular: flowers produced in simple 

 few-flowered corymbs: pedicels and hypanthium sparsely pilose-pubescent: 

 sepals about 3 mm. long, entire or sparingly serrate, glandular : stamens 15-20 : 

 fruit subglobose, 10-12 mm. in diameter, at maturity yellow or orange, some- 

 times flushed with red, the flesh orange-yellow, soft: nutlets 3-5, about 8 mm. 

 Jong, 4-5 mm. deep, the hypostyle about 5 mm. long. 



Sandy soil, near Bristol. (Endemic.) 



20. C. quaesita Beadle. A tree occasionally 5-7 m. tall, with a short trunk 

 1-1.5 dm. in diameter, clothed with ashy gray or brownish black rough bark, 

 the branches drooping, or oftener a large shrub with one or more stems. Leaf- 

 blades obovate or cuneiform, 1.5-5 cm. long, 1-3 cm. wide, or larger on leading 

 shoots, glabrous or glabrate at maturity, abruptly pointed at the apex, cuneate 

 or more abruptly contracted at the base, the borders dentate, serrate-dentate or 

 crenate-dentate and with tooth-like lobes; petioles 5 mm.-2 cm. long, margined, 

 glandular: corymbs simple, 3-5-flowered: pedicels and hypanthium pubescent: 

 sepals 3.5-5 mm. long, glandular-serrate: corolla 15-20 mm. wide: stamens 20, 

 the anthers light purple: fruit subglobose, 8-11 mm. in diameter, at maturity 

 orange-red, often with deeper colored cheeks, the flesh soft : nutlets 3-5, about 

 7 mm. long, the hypostyle occupying about two-thirds of the ventral angle. 



Sandy uplands, Apalachicola river basin. (Endemic.) 



21. C. egens Beadle. A tree 4-7 m. tall, with a trunk sometimes 2 dm. in 

 diameter, covered with dark rough bark, the branches crooked and recurved. 

 Leaf-blades obovate, cuneate or spatulate, 1-3 cm. long, 5 mm.-2.5 cm. wide, 

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

 the base, the borders dentate, glandular and with tooth-like lobes above the 

 middle; petioles 3-15 mm. long, glandular: corymbs simple, 2-4-flowered or 

 flowers solitary: pedicels and hypanthium densely white- woolly : sepals 3-4 

 mm. long, glandular-serrate: corolla 14-18 mm. wide: stamens 20, the anthers 



