466 



ROSACE AE (ROSE FAMILY) 



772. C. coccinea. 



16. C. app6sita Sarg. Leaves elliptical-ovate, 2-7 cm. long, 1.5-5 cm. wide, 

 lobed (the lower pair of lobes often deeply cut), glabrous; corymbs and calyx 

 glabrous; flowers 1.5-2 cm. wide; fruit pyriform to ellipsoidal, yellow-green, 

 tinged with red, about 1 cm. thick ; the 3-4 nutlets 5-7 mm. long ; nest of nut- 

 lets 6-8 mm. thick. (C. coccinea, var. viridis T. & G., in part ; C. coccinea 



Britton, not L. ; G. intricata Sarg., not J. 

 Lange.) Rocky woods, s. w. Vt. and Mass. 

 to N. Y. and Va. Fl. May, June ; fr. Oct. 



Var. BissSllii (Sarg.) Eggleston. Leaves 

 more entire ; anthers pink ; fruit orange-red. 

 Ct. 



17. C. coccinea L. Leaves rough-pubescent, 

 sometimes becoming very scabrous, 2-7 cm. 

 long, 1.5-5 cm. wide; corymbs and calyx vil- 

 lous; flowers about 2.5 cm. wide; stamens 

 about 10 ; anthers light yellow ; fruit sub- 

 globose to ellipsoidal, pubescent, sometimes 

 becoming nearly glabrous, 8-10 mm. thick, 

 yellow-green, becoming dark reddish-brown 

 when fully ripe ; nutlets usually 3-4, 5-7 mm. 

 long ; nest of nutlets 6-8 mm. thick. ( C. coc- 

 cinea, var. viridis T. & G., in part ; G. intricata 

 J. Lange ; G. modesta Sarg. ; G. premora 

 Ashe.) Rocky woods, e. Mass, to s. w. Vt., 

 s. e. N. Y., w. Pa., and N. C. Fl. May, June ; 

 fr. Oct., Nov. FIG. 772. 



18. C. biltmoreana Beadle. Leaves ovate-elliptical to broadly ovate, 2-9 cm. 

 long, 2-7 cm. wide, pubescent on both sides ; corymbs and calyx villous ; flowers 

 2-2.5 cm. wide; fruit globose to subglobose, 1.2-1.5 cm.* thick, greenish-yellow, 

 yellow, or orange ; nutlets usually 4-5, 5-7 mm. long ; nest of nutlets 7-10 mm. 

 thick. Mountainous regions, Va. to N. C. and (?) Mo. Fl. May ; fr. Oct. 



19. C. St6nei Sarg. Leaves oblong to oblong-ovate, 7-8 cm. long, 4-6 cm. 

 wide, scabrate above, slightly villous along the veins beneath ; corymbs villous ; 

 flowers 1.5-2 cm. wide; calyx villous ; anthers pink; fruit pyriform to short- 

 ellipsoidal, 1.2-1.4 cm. thick, light yellow or yellow-green tinged with red, 

 slightly villous; the 3-4 nutlets 6-8 mm. long; nest of nutlets 6-8 mm. thick. 

 (C. Peckii Sarg.) Centr. Mass, to Albany, N. Y. Fl. May, June ; fr. Oct. 



6. FLAVAE Loud. (EDFLAVAE Beadle.) Leaves short-obovate to spatulate, 

 membranaceous and together with the petioles and corymbs conspicuously 

 glandular; corymbs few-flowered; calyx-lobes glandular-serrate; fruit 

 usually soft, green, orange, or red, subglobose to ellipsoidal ; calyx promi- 

 nent, its lobes reflexed; nutlets 3-5, ridged on the back; shrubs or small 

 trees, 1-10 m. high, frequently with undulating or zigzag branches, armed 

 with straight spines 2-6 cm. long. A group very abundant both in species 

 and individuals south of our range. 



20. C. aprica Beadle. Leaves obovate, rhombic-ovate, or orbicular, 1.5-5 cm. 

 long, 1.5 cm. wide, slightly pubescent, becoming very glabrous, acute at the 

 apex, abruptly cuneate or rounded at the base, 



dentate, crenate-dentate, or lobed above the middle, 

 dark yellow-green ; petioles 7-20 mm. long, wing- 

 margined ; corymbs 3-6-flowered, pubescent ; sta- 

 mens 10 ; anthers yellow ; fruit globose, 9-14 mm. 

 thick, red or orange-red ; nutlets about 7 mm. long ; 

 nest of nutlets 6-8 mm. thick. " Sunny exposures 

 in the mountains," s. Va., w. N. C., e. Tenn., and 

 n. Ga. Fl. May ; fr. Sept., Oct. FIG. 773. 



C. FLAVA Ait. (described from English botani- 

 cal gardens) has oval to obovate glabrous leaves, 773. C. aprica. 



