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KOSACEAE (k08E FAMILY) 



T81. C. Arnoldiana. 



calyx-lobes ; flesh yellow, acid ; nutlets 8-9 

 cm. long ; nest of nutlets 9-10 mm, thick. — 

 Rare, e. Mass. and w. Ct. Fl. May ; fr. 

 Aug. Fig. 781. 



55. C. canadensis Sarg. Leaves ovate, 

 broadly mneate to truncate at the base, 

 acutely lohecl toward the apex, 3-8 cm. long, 

 2.5-7.5 cm. wide, subcoriaceuus ; flowers 

 about 2 cm. wide ; stamens about 20 ; fruit 

 short-ellipsoidal to subglobose, crimson, 

 1-1.5 cm. thick, with rather prominent calyx, 

 spreading persistent calyx-lobes and yellow 

 mealy flesh ; nutlets usually 5, about 7 mm. 

 long ; nest of nutlets 9-10 mm. thick. — 

 Region of Montreal. Fl. May ; f r. Sept. , Oct. 



56. C. subm611is Sarg. Leaves ovate, 

 broadl}' ciineate, acutely lohed, 4-11 cm. 

 long, 3-9 cm. wide, membranaceous, yellow- 

 gi-een ; flowers about 2.5 cm. wide ; stamens 

 about 10 ; fruit short-ellipsoidal to pyri- 

 form, orange-red, 1.5-2 cm. thick, with 

 persistent calyx and yellow subacid flesh ; 

 nutlets strongly ridged on the back, 6-8 

 mm. long ; nest of nutlets 7-9 mm. thick. 

 — Falls of Montmorency, Que., to s. Out., 



s. to Me., Mass., and Albany, N. Y. Fl. May ; fr. Sept. 



57. C. m611is (T. & G.) Scheele. Leaves broadly ovate, 4-13 cm. long, 

 4-10 cm. wide, cordate to truncate at the base, slightly rugose, membranaceous, 

 densely tomentose below, with narrow acute lobes ; flowers about 2.5 cm. wide ; 

 stamens about 20 ; //-hiY short-ellipsoidal to subglobose, scarlet, 1.5-2.5 cm. thick, 

 with deciduous calyx-lobes and yellow flesh ; nutlets usually 5, 7-8 mm. long ; 

 nest of nutlets 9-10 mm. thick. (C. coccinea, var. T. & G.) — Common, s. Ont. 

 to e. S. Dak., e. Kan., and s. to Ky. Fl. May ; fr. Aug., Sept. 



Var. sera (Sarg.) Eggleston. Leaves oblong-ovate ; fruit pyriform-ellipsoidal, 

 dull dark red. — Occasional, s. Ont., s. Mich., and n. 111. Fl. May ; fr. Oct. 



58. C. champlainensis Sarg. Leaves 3-11 cm. long, 3-9 C7n. wide, subcori- 

 aceous ; stamens about 10; fruit short-ellipsoidaJ to pyriform, bright scarlet; 

 calyx rather prominent, its lobes spreading, persistent ; nutlets strongly ridged 

 on the back, 7-8 mm. long ; nest of nutlets 8-10 mm. thick. — Montreal I. , s. 

 through the Champlain Valley. Fl. May ; fr. Sept., Oct. 



§ 15. CORDAtaE Beadle. Leaves ovate- 

 triangular, simply or doubly serrate 

 {often conspicuously ?>-b-lobed), acu- 

 minate at the apex, rounded to cordate 

 at the base, 2-8 cm. long and wide, 

 bright green above, paler beneath, gla- 

 brous ; petioles 1.5-5 cm. long, slender ; 

 corymbs many-flowered, glabrous ; 

 flowers about 1 cm. wide; calyx-lobes 

 deltoid, entire, puhescent on the mar- 

 gin; stamens about 20; anthers pink ; 

 styles 4-5 ; frziit depressed-globose, 

 4-6 mm. thick, .scarlet, with deciduous 

 calyx-lobes and thin frm pesh; nut- 



lets 5 3-4 rnm. long 2-2.5 mm. thick, ^^^ ^ pbaenopvrnrr,. 



smooth on the bark; apex bare; si- ft. 



nuses betivee.n the nutlets shallow; shrubs or small trees, 5-9 m. tall, with 

 nearly erect branches and grayish-brown scaly bark ; twigs chestnut-brown ; 

 thorns 2-5 cm. long. 



