422 TREES OF NORTH AMERICA 



A slender tree, 25-30 high, with a tall trunk 4'-5' in diameter, covered with 

 pale scaly bark, small short branches forming a narrow head, and slender branchlets 

 dark olive-green and villose when they first appear, becoming light red-brown and 

 glabrous during their first summer, and ultimately dull light gray, and armed with 

 thin straight bright chestnut-brown lustrous spines '-1|' long. 



Distribution. Low rich forest glades near Fulton, on the Red River, Arkansas. 



VII. MOLLES 

 Stamens 20. 



Anthers pale yellow (color unknown in 59). 

 Leaves mostly broad and rounded at the base. 



Leaves broadly ovate, thick and firm ; fruit short-oblong to subglobose, scarlet, pu- 

 bescent, ripening in August and September. 56. C. mo His (A, C). 

 Leaves oblong-ovate, membranaceous ; fruit obovate-oblong, dull dark red, slightly 

 villose or pubescent, ripening in October. 57. C. sera (A). 

 Leaves oblong-ovate to oval, thick and leathery ; fruit short-oblong or rarely obovate, 

 bright crimson, very lustrous, slightly tomentose, ripening at the end of October. 



58. C. Arkansana (C). 



Leaves broadly ovate, thin ; fruit depressed-globose, red, ripening in August and 

 September. " 59. C. gravida (C). 



Leaves mostly narrowed at the base. 



Leaves ovate to oval, membranaceous ; fruit subglobose, often broader than high, 



crimson, lustrous, pubescent, ripening late in September. 60. C. Treleasei (C). 



Leaves ovate, thin and firm ; fruit short-oblong to subglobose, crimson, lustrous, 



slightly villose, ripening early in October. 61. C. Caiiadensis (A).- 



Leaves oblong-obovate to oval, thin and firm, dark green and lustrous above ; fruit 



short-oblong to subglobose, scarlet, ripening after the middle of October. 



62. C. Berlandieri (C). 

 Anthers rose color. 



Leaves mostly broad at the base. 



Leaves ovate, firm and rigid, dark yellow-green, bright and lustrous ; fruit short- 

 oblong to obovate, bright cherry-red, lustrous, ripening at the end of September. 



63. C. corusca (A). 



Leaves ovate to suborbicular, thin and firm, dark yellow-green and smooth above ; 

 fruit subglobose to short-ovate, bright yellow, ripening at the end of September. 



64. C. Kelloggii (A). 

 Leaves mostly narrowed at the base. 



Leaves broadly ovate, thick and firm, dark green and lustrous above ; fruit short- 

 oblong to slightly obovate, bright scarlet, puberulous at the apex, ripening at the 

 encl of October. 65. C. Texana (C). 



Leaves ovate to obovate, membranaceous, dark green and scabrate above, canescent 

 below ; fruit subglobose, dark red and glabrous, ripening after the middle of 

 October. 66. C. quercina (C). 



Leaves oval to broadly ovate, thin and firm, lustrous, scabrate above ; fruit obovate, 

 bright cherry-red, ripening in October. 67. C. pyriformis (C). 



Leaves ovate to suborbicular, subcoriaceous, dark blue-green, lustrous and scabrate 

 above ; fruit subglobose to short-oblong, dark crimson, slightly hairy at the ends, 

 ripening late in October. 68. C. lanuginosa (C). 



Leaves oblong-ovate, membranaceous, dark yellow-green and scabrate above ; fruit 

 short-oblong, crimson or reddish yellow, lustrous, ripening the middle of October. 



69. C. induta (C). 

 Stamens 10. 



Anthers yellow ; leaves mostly broad and rounded at the base. 



