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ROSACEAE (rose FAMILY) 473 



43. C. leiophylla Sarg. Leaves broadly ovate, 3-7 cm. long and wide, broadly 

 cuneate to truncate at the base, subcoriaceous, dull, with 3-5 pairs of acuminate 

 spreading lohes ; flowers about 2 cm. wide; stamens about 20; anthers yelioic ; 

 fruit pyriform-subglobose, 1.2-1,4 cm. thick, slightly angular, dark green, be- 

 coming bright red. slightly pruinose ; flesh yellow ; nutlets usually 4, 7-8 mm. 

 long ; nest of nutlets B-10 mm. thick. — Frequent, w. N. Y. Fl. May ; fr. Oct. 



Var. Maineana (Sarg.) Eggleston. Stamens about 10 ; anthers pink; fruit 

 globose, dark scarlet ; nutlets (3-7 mm. long. — Similar range. Fl. May ; fr. Oct. 



44. C. Jesupi Sarg. Leaves eUiptic-ovate^ 3.5-7 cm. long, 2-5.5 cm. wide, 

 broadly cuneate to truncate-cordate at the base, yellow-green above, irith 4—5 

 pairs of acute lobes; flowers about 2 cm. wide ; calyx-lobes entire; stamens 

 about 10 : anthers dark red ; fruit short-ellipsoidal to pyriform. dark red, about 

 1 cm. thick, slightly angled, destitute of bloom when mature : calyx-lobes 

 mostly deciduous ; flesh yellow ; nutlets usually 3-4, 6-8 mm. long ; nest of 

 nutlets 7-9 mm. thick. — Twin Mts., W. Rutland, Vt. ; e. Pa.; s. Mich.; s. w. 

 Wise. 



§ 13. COCCfNEAE Loud. (Flabellatae Sarg.) Leaves large, ovate (often 

 broadly so), simply or doubly serrate or lobed. membranaceous to sztbcoria- 

 ceous, when, young bronze-green; corymbs many-Hoicered ; calyx-lobes 

 lanceolate, acuminate, glandular-serrate ; stamens 5-20 ; anthers red; 

 styles 3-5 ; fruit usually red and pubescent, subglobose, ellipsoidal, or 

 pyriform, icith soft thick flesh and commonly persistent calyx-lobes ; nutlets 

 usually -^b, slightly ridged on the back; nest of nutlets usually with deep 

 sinuses; round-topped trees or shrubs, 3-10 m. high, imth ascending 

 branches and curved spines 2-8 cm. long. — In this section belongs C. coc- 

 cinea .Mill. ; T. & G. 



Fruit yellow ; western 45. (7. Kelloggii. 



Fruit red. 

 Leaves oblong-ovate 

 Leaves sharply lobed ; eastern. 



Corj-mbs nearly glabrous • • . » 46. <7. Holnxesiaim. 



Corymbs very pubescent 47. C. anomaln. 



Leave's subentire ; southwestern. 

 CorjTnbs and fruit very tomentose . • . . . • * . 48. (7. lanuginofsa. 



Corymbs and fruit nearly glabrous 49. <7. pyriformi^. 



Leaves broadly ovate. 



Corymbs and fruit glabrous ; stamens about 20 50. C. coecinioide^. 



Corymbs and fruit pubescent or tomentose. 

 Leaves on vegetative shoots cuneate. 



Leaves concave, 3-S cm. long. 3-7 cm. wide 51. C. Pringlei. 



Leaves plane, 3-10 cm. long, 3-9 cm. wide 52. C. pediceUata. 



Leaves on vegetative shoots cordate 53. C. politu. 



45. C. Kell6ggii Sarg. Leaves broadly ovate to suborbicular, 3-7 cm. long, 

 2.5-7 cm. wide, rounded at the apex, broadly cuneate or truncate at the base, 

 lobed above the middle, dark yellow-green, slightly pubescent but glabrate 

 above, pubescent along the veins beneath ; petioles 2-3 cm. long, slender, villous 

 when young; coi-ymbs pubescent; flowers about 1.5 cm. wide; calyx slightly 

 pubescent, its lobes glabrous on the outer surface, slightly villous within : 

 stamens about 20 : styles 5 ; fruit subglobose to short-ovoid, bright yellow, 

 2-2. b cm. thick, with spreading calyx-lobes and yellow mealy flesh: nutlets 5, 

 slightly grooved on the back, about 8 mm. long ; nest of nutlets 9-10 mm. thick ; 

 tree 6-8 m. high, with nearly erect branches, dark furrowed bark, and occa- 

 jsionally straight chestnut-browii spines about 3 cm. long. — St. Louis, Mo., 

 uncommon. Fl. Apr. ; fr. Sept. 



46. C. Holmesiana Ashe. Leaves elliptic-ovate, 2.5-9 cm. long, 2-6 cm. 

 wide, membranaceous, acute or acuminate at the apex, cuneate at the base, 

 pubescent at length scabrous above, pubescent along the veins beneath, the 

 4-6 pairs of acute or acuminate lobes often icith reflexed tips; petioles 2-3 cm. 

 long, slightly pubescent ; corymbs glabrous or slightly pubescent ; flowers about 

 1.5 cm. wide; stamens 5-10; styles .3-5 ; fruit pyriform to ellipsoidal. crini.';oii, 

 about 1,2 cm. thick, with enlarged erect persistent calyx-lvbe.< and yellow mealy 

 acid flesh; nutlets usually il~l, 7-9 mm. long; nest of nutlet.s 6-8 mm, thick; 



