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Corymbs few-flowered (many-flowered in one species of Bracteatce) . 



Fruit subglobose to short-oblong, greenish or yellowish; nutlets 3-5, usually 



rounded at the ends, conspicuously ridged on the back; leaves suhcoria- 



ceous, yellow-green. XII. Intricate (page 508). 



Fruit subglobose, red or orange-red; nutlets 3-5, slightly grooved on the back; 



stamens 20; anthers rose color; leaves thin, incisely lobed. 



XIII. Pulcherrimae (page 511). 



Fruit subglobose to short-oblong, |'-f long; nutlets 3-5, narrowed at the ends, 

 prominently ridged on the back; corymbs villose; bracts large and con- 

 spicuous; calyx-lobes foliaceous; stamens 20; anthers yellow; leaves dark 

 green, lustrous and scabrate above, their petioles sparingly glandular 

 through their whole length. XIV. Bracteatae (page 513). 



i- Petioles long or short, leaves and corymbs glandular; corymbs usually simple, few- 

 flowered; fruit subglobose to short-oblong or obovoid, green, orange, or red, flesh 

 usually hard and dry; branchlets conspicuously zigzag. XV. Flavae (page 515). 

 **Veins of the leaves extending to the points of the lobes and to the sinuses; corymbs 



many-flowered; stamens usually 20. 



Fruit depressed-globose to short-oblong, not more than |' long, scarlet; nutlets 2-5, 

 prominently ridged and often grooved on the back; anthers rose color or yellow. 



XVI. Microcarpae (page 530). 



Fruit subglobose, |'-|' in diameter, blue or blue-black; nutlets 3-5, obtuse at the ends, 

 slightly ridged on the back; anthers yellow; leaves cuneate at base, dark green and 

 lustrous. XVII. Brachyacanthae (page 533). 



2. Nutlets with longitudinal cavities on their ventral faces; flowers in many flowered com- 

 pound corymbs. 



Fruit obovoid to subglobose or short-oblong, lustrous, orange or scarlet; nutlets 2 or 3, 



obtuse at the ends, prominently ridged on the back; leaves thin to subcoria- 



ceous, mostly pubescent below. XVIII. Macracanthae (page 535) . 



Fruit short-oblong to subglobose, black; rarely chestnut color; nutlets 5, obtuse at the 



ends, obscurely ridged on the back; stamens 10-20; anthers pale rose color. 



XIX. Douglasianae (page 545). 



Fruit subglobose, short-oblong to ovoid, scarlet; nutlets 3-5, acute at the ends, ridged 

 on the back, ventral cavities obscure; leaves scabrate above. 



XX. Anomalae (page 547). 



I. CRUS-GALLI. 

 CONSPECTUS OF THE ARBORESCENT SPECIES. 



Corymbs, leaves, and young branchlets slightly hairy while young, soon becoming glabrous 



(glabrous while young in 1, 4, 6, 9, and 13). 

 Stamens 10. 



Anthers rose color or purple. 



Leaves glabrous, obovate-cuneiform, coriaceous, their veins within the parenchyma; 

 fruit short-oblong to subglobose, dull red often covered with a glaucous bloom. 



1. C. Crus-galli (A). 



Leaves oblong to ovate, usually acute, coriaceous; fruit short-oblong to subglobose, 



dark crimson, lustrous, the flesh red and juicy. 2. C. Canbyi (A). 



Leaves obovate, usually short-pointed at the broad apex, subcoriaceous; fruit 



short-oblong to obovoid, bright scarlet. 3. C. peoriensis (A). 



Leaves oblong-obovate to oval, or broadly ovate, their petioles glandular with 



minute stipitate glands; fruit short-oblong to subglobose, orange-red, villose 



until nearly fully grown. 4. C. fecunda (A). 



Anthers yellow. 



Leaves subcoriaceous. 



Leaves oval to elliptic, acute or acuminate; fruit short-oblong, green tinged with 

 red. 5. C. regalis (C). 



