42 MALACEAE. 



late, 5 mm.-2 cm. long, 4 mm.-2 cm. wide, at maturity glabrous and lustrous above, 

 more or less pubescent beneath, especially along the principal veins and in their 

 axils, rounded, truncate or short-pointed at the apex, abruptly contracted at 

 the base, or sometimes cuneate, the margins denticulate or crenate-dentate, 

 glandular; petioles 2 mm.-l cm. long, margined, glandular: corymbs 2-3- 

 flowered, or flowers solitary: pedicels and hypanthium tomentose: sepals 2-3 

 mm. long, glandular-serrate: stamens 20; fruit subglobose, 7-11 mm. in 

 diameter, at maturity orange or orange-red: nutlets 3-5, 6-7 mm. long, 3-4 

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



Sandy soil and open woods, e. Fla. (Oa.) 



45. C. lacrimata Small. A small tree, sometimes 4-5 m. tall, or more fre- 

 quently a large shrub with several stems clothed with ashy gray often scaly 

 bark, the branches drooping. Leaf-blades cuneate-spatulate, 1-2.5 cm. long, 

 7-15 mm. wide, or broader on vigorous leading shoots, glabrous in age, 

 rounded, truncate or pointed at the apex, wedge-shaped at the base, the borders 

 dentate above the middle, glandular: petioles 5-15 mm. long, pubescent, 

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

 hypanthium glabrous: sepals 2.5-3 mm. long, entire or nearly so, glabrous: 

 stamens 20, the anthers light yellow: fruit globose, or subglobose, at maturity 

 yellow or orange, mostly with ruddy cheeks, the flesh soft: nutlets 3-5, 5-6 

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



Sandy woods and borders of streams, w. Fla. (Endemic.) 



46. C. condigna Beadle. A large shrub, with one or more stems, or sometimes 

 a small tree 5 m. tall, with ashy gray or brownish scaly bark. Leaf-blades 

 cuneate, obovate-cuneate or on vigorous shoots broadly obovate, 1-3 cm. long, 

 7 mm.-2.5 cm. broad, glabrate in age, rounded or abruptly pointed at the apex, 

 wedge-shaped or more abruptly narrowed at the base, the borders crenate or 

 crenate-dentate; petioles 3 mm.-l cm. long: corymbs simple, mostly 2-3- 

 flowered, or flowers solitary: pedicels and hypanthium tomentose: sepals 3.5-5 

 mm. long, serrate, glandular: corolla about 16 mm. wide: stamens 20, the 

 anthers almost white: fruit pyriform or nearly so, 7-9 mm. wide, 8-11 mm. 

 long, at maturity yellow-green or orange, flushed with red: nutlets 3-5, 5-6 

 mm. long, about 4 mm. deep, the hypostyle about 4 mm. long. 



Sandy soil, m. Fla. (Go.) 



47. C. Earlei Ashe. A shrub 1-3 m.* tall. Leaf -blades cuneate or obovate, 

 or oblong-cuneiform, 1-2.5 cm. long, 5-15 mm. wide, or broader on leading 

 shoots, pubescent on the lower surface at maturity, especially along the midrib 

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

 the borders serrate, at least above the middle; petioles 1-10 mm. long, pubes- 

 cent: corymbs 2 3-flowered, or flowers solitary: pedicels and hypanthium 

 tomentose: sepals narrow, 5-7 mm. long, serrate or entire: corolla about 15 

 mm. wide: stamens 20, the anthers nearly white: fruit pyriform, 7-9 mm. 

 wide, 8-11 mm. long: nutlets 3-5, 5-7 mm. long, the hypostyle occupying about 

 three-fourths of the ventral angle. 



Dry hills and sandy soil, n. Fla. (Ala.) 



48. C. pyracanthoides Beadle. A shrub, or a small tree 2-5 m. tall, with ashy 

 gray or brownish smooth or scaly bark. Leaf -blades obovate, oblanceolate or 

 elliptic, 1.5-5 cm. long, 7 mm.-3 cm. wide, glabrous, acute or rounded at the 

 apex, cuneate at the base, the margins serrate above the middle; petioles 2-10 

 mm. long, margined: corymbs compound, glabrous, many-flowered: pedicels 

 and hypanthium glabrous: sepals 2.5-4 cm. long, entire or remotely serrate: 

 stamens 7-12, the anthers purplish: fruit globose or nearly so, 5-8 mm. in 

 diameter, bright red at maturity: nutlets mostly 2, 5-6 mm. long, the hypostyle 

 about half the length of the nutlet. 



Banks of the Chipola river. (Endemic.) 



