40 MALACEAE. 



in the axils of the large veins, usually abruptly contracted, but occasionally 

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

 borders entire or denticulate; petioles 5 mm.-2 cm. long, margined, glandular, 

 mostly scurfy-tomentose : corymbs simple, 2-4-flowered, or flowers solitary: 

 pedicels and hypanthium tomentose: sepals 3-4.5 mm. long, glandular-serrate: 

 corolla 12-15 mm. wide: stamens 20, the anthers light yellow or almost white: 

 fruit pyriform, 8-11 mm. thick, 12-14 mm. long, at maturity yellow or orange- 

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

 the hypostyle 4-5 mm. long. 



Sandy soil, near Ocala. (Endemic.) 



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

 rough or rimose bark and drooping branches. Leaf -blades cuneate or oblong- 

 cuneiform, 1.5-3.5 cm. long, 5 mm.-2 cm. wide or broader on leading shoots, 

 glabrous or glabrate at maturity, usually abruptly contracted, but occasionally 

 wedge-shaped at the base, rounded or abruptly pointed at the apex, the 

 borders glandular, entire or nearly so; petioles 5 mm.-2 cm. long, margined, 

 glandular: corymbs simple, 2-4-flowered, or flowers solitary: pedicels and 

 hypanthium tomentose: sepals 3-4 mm. long, glandular-serrate: corolla 12-16 

 mm. wide: fruit pyriform, 8-11 mm. thick, at maturity yellow or orange- 

 yellow, cheeked or flushed with red, the flesh soft: nutlets mostly 3-4, 6-7 mm. 

 long, the hypostyle 4-5 mm. long. 



Sandy soil, near Citra. (Endemic.) 



37. C. curva Beadle. A shrub, or a very small tree 2-4 m. tall, usually with 

 several trunks clothed with dark rough bark, and crooked, drooping, very spiny 

 branches. Leaf-blades obovate or obovate-cuneiform, 1-2 cm. long, 5 mm.- 

 2 cm. wide, glabrate at maturity or with some conspicuous pubescence along 

 the midrib in the axils of the prominent veins beneath, rounded or abruptly 

 pointed at the apex, abruptly contracted at the base, the borders subentire or 

 denticulate and shallowly lobed; petioles 5-15 mm. long, margined, glandular: 

 corymbs simple, 2-4-flowered, or flow r ers solitary: pedicels and hypanthium 

 tomentose: sepals 3-4 mm. long, serrate, glandular: corolla 12-15 mm. wide: 

 stamens 20, the anthers light yellow : fruit pyriform, 6-9 mm. thick, at maturity 

 orange-red or orange with red cheeks, the flesh very thin: nutlets usually 3-4, 

 6-7 mm. long, the hypostyle 4-5 mm. long, 2-2.5 mm. wide near the top of 

 each lateral surface. 



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



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

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

 1.5-3 cm. long, 7 mm.-2 cm. wide or larger and obovate-cuneiform on the lead- 

 ing shoots, glabrate at maturity, rounded or with a short, abrupt point at the 

 apex, the borders glandular, sub-entire, or dentate near the apex; petioles 

 5-15 mm. long, margined, glandular: corymbs simple, 2-4-flowered or flowers 

 solitary: pedicels and hypanthium tomentose: sepals 3-5 mm. long, glandular- 

 serrate: corolla 14-18 mm. wide: stamens 20, the anthers almost white: fruit 

 short-pyriform, 9-11 mm. thick, at maturity orange-red, usually spotted and 

 streaked with red, the flesh soft: nutlets 3-5, about 8 mm. long, the hypostyle 

 5-6 mm. long. 



Sandy woods, near Gainesville. (Endemic.) 



39. C. illudens Beadle. A small tree, or a large shrub with dark gray or 

 brownish rough bark and drooping branches. Leaf-blades cuneiform, 1.5-3.5 

 cm. long, 7 mm.-2 cm. wide, or broader on vigorous shoots, glabrous or glabrate 

 at maturity, rounded, pointed or lobed at the apex, the borders entire or den- 

 ticulate, glandular, sometimes lobed above the middle, especially on leading 

 shoots; petioles 7 mm.-3 cm. long, winged, glandular: corymbs 2-4-flowered, 

 or flowers occasionally solitary: pedicels and hypanthium tomentose: sepals 



