EOSACEAE (KOSE FAMILY) 



465 



C. nitida. 



3 mm. thick ; a tree, with a narrow open 

 crown, 4-8 m. high. (C. Brovmii Brit- 

 ton ?) — Woods and banks of streams, s. 

 Out. to centr. la., s. to centr. Fa., w. Va , 

 and Mo. Fl. May ; Ir. Oct. 



12. C. viridis L. Z^aor^s 2-8 cm. long, 

 2-5 cm. wide, serrate; flowers 1-1.5 cm. 

 wide ; calyx-lobes slightly pubescent in- 

 side ; styles 4-5 ; fruit globose or de- 

 pressed-globose, bright red, glaucous, 4-6 

 mm. thick; nutlets usually 5, 3.5-5 mm. 

 long; nest of nutlets 8.5-5.5 mm. thick. 

 — Moist soil of the lowlands, Chesapeake 

 City, Md. {Ward), Va. {Clayton) to Mo., 

 s. to Fla. and Tex. Fl. May ; fr. Oct. 



13. C. nitida (Engelm.) Sarg. Leaves 

 3-8 cm. long, 2-0 cm. wide, coarsely ser- 

 rate; corymbs many-flowered, 1.2-2 cm. 

 \\ide; calyx-lobes lanceolate, acuminate; 

 fruit globose to short-ellipsoidal, dark dull 

 red, 6-9 mm. thick; flesh yellow, mealy ; 

 nutlets 3-5, 4.5-7 nmi. long ; nest of nut- 

 lets 5-7 mm. thick ; tree sometimes 9 m. 

 hisrh, with a broad crown. — Rare, s. 111. 

 tos.e. Kan. Fl. May ; fr. Oct, Fig. 771. 

 §5. INTRICATAE Sarg. (Boyntonianae Beadle; Biltmoreanae Beadle.) 



Leaves elliptic-ovate^ acute and varying from attenuate to truncate, doubly 

 serrate or lobed (the teeth gland-tipped), subcoriaceous. yellow-green, 

 bright above ; petioles 1-3 cm.long, glandular, slightly loingcd above ; young 

 foliage usually yelloiv-green ; corymbs S-': -flowered; bracts venj ghmdular, 

 deciduous; calyx-lobes lanceolate-acuminaie or acute, for the most part 

 strongly toothed toward the apex, often entire at the base; stamens about 

 10 ; anthers usually yelloio ; styles 2-5 ; fruit greenish or reddish-yellow to 

 reddish-brown, globose to pyriform, bluntly angular; calyx prominent, its 

 lobes reflexed; flesh of the fruit hard, thick; nutlets usually 3-4, strongly 

 ridged on the back ; irregularly topped shrubs or small trees, 1-8 m. high 

 {with occasional spines),^ preferring rocky woods and cliffs, more common 

 and typical in the southern mountains. 



Foliaj^e, corymbs, and frnit glabrous. o k i 



Calyx-lobes nearly entire : fruit globose, yellow-green ; nutlets 8-5 ; leaves ^ ^ ^ „ ^ . 



ovate or oval 1^- C. Boyntom. 



Calyx-lobes serrate ; nutlets usually 8-4. ^k ^ ^ ^-^^ 



Leaves ovate to oval ; fruit plobofo. red-brown or orange-red . . 15. Cfoetiaa. 



Leaves elliptical-ovate ; fruit usually pyriform, yellow-green, tmged with 



red 16- <^- 



Foliage and fruit pubescent ; corymbs villous. 

 Fruit globose : anthers yellow. 

 Mature fruit reddish-brown ; nutlets 3-4 . 

 Mature fruit vellow ; nutlets 4-5 .... 

 Fruit pyriform," yellow ; nutlets 8-4 ; anthers pink 



14. C. Boyntbni Beadle. Leaves broadly ovate or oval, glabrous. 2-5 cm. 

 long, 2-5.5 cm. wide; corymbs glabrous; flowers about 2 cm. broad; calyx- 

 lobes entire, except near the apex; styles 3-5 ; fruit ^globose or depressed-glo- 

 bose, yellow-green, tinsed with red, 1-1.5 cm. thick; nutlets 3-5, 6-8 mm. long ; 

 nest of nutk'ts 7-9 mm. thick. — In woods and on banks of streams, between 

 400 and 900 m. elevation, s. w. Va., N. Car., and Tenn. Fl. May ; fr. Oct 



15. C. foetida Ashe. Leaves elliptical-ovate to oval, 4.5-7 cm. long, 4-6 cm. 

 wide, glabrous; corymbs (/labrous , flowers about 2 cm. wide ; styles 3-5; friut 

 sul)<dobose, 1-1.5 cm. thick, orange-red or red-brown; nutlets usually 3-4, 6-8 

 mm. long; nest of ntitlets 6-9 mm. thick. (O. Baxteri Sarg.) —Common, 

 e. Mass. to s. Out. , s. to Va. Fl. May ; f r. Oct. 



gray's imanual — 30 



apposita. 



. 17. C. coecinea. 

 . IS. C. liltmoreana. 

 . 19. C. Stone i. 



