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31. C. viaria Beadle. A large shrub, or a small tree 2-5 m. tall, with dark 

 rough bark and drooping branches. Leaf -blades spatulate, cuneate or obovate- 

 cuneiform, 1.5-3.5 cm. long, 1-2 cm. wide, glabrate or pubescent along the 

 midrib and in the axils of the principal veins beneath at maturity, pointed or 

 lobed at the apex, wedge-shaped or more abruptly contracted at the base, the 

 borders dentate, glandular, and usually shallowly lobed above the middle; 

 petioles 7 mm.-2 cm. long, winged, glandular: corymbs simple, 2-4-flowered or 

 flowers solitary: pedicels and hypanthium tomentose: sepals 3-4 mm. long, 

 glandular-serrate or nearly entire: corolla 10-13 mm. wide: stamens 20, the 

 anthers yellow: fruit globose, 7-9 mm. in diameter, red at maturity: nutlets 

 3-5, 6-7 mm. long, the hypostyle 4-5 mm. long. 



Sandy soil, n.e. Pla. (Endemic.) 



32. C. vicana Beadle. A large shrub, or a small tree 2-4 m. tall, with ashy 

 gray or brownish, rough or rimose bark and drooping branches. Leaf -blades 

 cuneate or oblong- or obovate-euneiform, 1.5-3.5 cm. long, 7 mm.-2 cm. wide, 

 or on leading shoots sometimes 4.5 cm. wide, glabrate or somewhat pubescent 

 beneath at maturity, either pointed or rounded, occasionally truncate at the 

 apex, narrowed or contracted at the base, the margins dentate or shallowly 

 lobed near the apex; petioles 7 mm.-2.5 cm. long, margined, glandular: 

 corymbs simple, 3-5-flowered: pedicels and hypanthium tomentose: sepals 4-5 

 mm. long, glandular- ser rate : corolla 15-20 mm. wide: stamens 20, the anthers 

 light yellow: fruit pyriform or oblong-pyriform, 10-14 mm. thick, about 1.5 

 cm. long, yellow or orange at maturity, blotched or cheeked with red, the flesh 

 soft: nutlets mostly 3, 8-10 mm. long, the hypostyle 6-7 mm. long. 



Sandy soil, near Travers. (Endemic.) 



33. C. recurva Beadle. A shrub, or a small tree 3-5 m. tall, with ashy gray 

 or brownish, rough or rimose bark and pendulous branches. Leaf-blades 

 cuneate or spatulate or on leading shoots obovate-euneiform, 1.5-3 em. long, 

 5-15 mm. wide, or broader on the shoots, glabrous or glabrate at maturity, 

 wedge-shaped or more abruptly contracted at the base, pointed or rounded at 

 the apex, the margins glandular, dentate or lobed; petioles 5-15 mm. long, 

 margined, glandular: corymbs simple, 2-3-flowered or flowers solitary: pedicels 

 and hypanthium tomentose: sepals 4-5 mm. long, glandular-serrate: corolla 

 12-15 mm. wide: stamens about 20, the anthers light yellow: fruit pyriform 

 or short-pyriform, 7-9 mm. thick, red at maturity, the flesh soft: nutlets 3-5, 

 6-7 mm. long, the hypostyle about 5 mm. long. 



Sandy soil, near Ocala. (Endemic.) 



34. C. rimosa Beadle. A small tree, or a large shrub 2-4 m. tall, with rimose 

 bark and slender drooping branches. Leaf -blades cuneate, spatulate or oblong- 

 cuneiform, 1-2.5 cm. long, 7 mm.-2 cm. wide, or broader on leading shoots, 

 glabrate or pubescent on the lower surface, especially along the midrib and in 

 the axils of the principal veins, usually abruptly contracted, but occasionally 

 wedge-shaped at the base, either rounded, abruptly pointed or lobed at the 

 apex, the borders glandular, dentate above the middle; petioles 5 mm.-2 cm. 

 long, margined, glandular: corymbs simple, 3-4-flowered, or flowers solitary: 

 pedicels and hypanthium tomentose: sepals 3-4 mm. long, glandular-serrate: 

 corolla 12-15 mm. wide : stamens 20, the anthers light yellow : fruit short- 

 pyriform, 9-12 mm. thick, at maturity yellow or orange-yellow flushed or 

 cheeked with red, the flesh soft: nutlets 3-5, 6-7 mm. long, the hypostyle 4-5 

 mm. long, 1.5-2 mm. wide on each side of the ventral angle. 



Sandy soil, near Citra. (Endemic.) 



35. C. inopina Beadle. A small tree, or a large shrub 3-5 m. tall, with dark 

 rough or rimose bark and recurved branches. Leaf-blades obovate-euneiform, 

 sometimes suborbicular, 1.5-2.5 cm. long, 1-2 cm. wide, or larger on leading 

 shoots, glabrate at maturity or with some pubescence on the lower surface and 



