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  branchlets 
  and 
  inflorescence 
  glabrous 
  or 
  nearlj^ 
  so 
  : 
  petioles 
  

   6 
  to_ 
  18 
  mm. 
  long; 
  leaves 
  lanceolate 
  to 
  ovate, 
  acuminate, 
  

   acutish 
  at 
  base, 
  minutely 
  appressed-pubescent 
  or 
  glabrous 
  

   on 
  either 
  or 
  both 
  sides, 
  the 
  lower 
  surface 
  from 
  whitish 
  to 
  

   scarcely 
  paler 
  than 
  the 
  upper, 
  3.5 
  to 
  10 
  cm. 
  long, 
  r.2 
  to 
  5 
  

   cm. 
  wide: 
  flowers 
  in 
  numerous 
  loose 
  paniculate 
  c^^mes 
  : 
  

   calyx-teeth 
  from 
  small 
  to 
  prominent 
  : 
  anthers 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

   blue 
  along 
  the 
  connective 
  (especially 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  forms) 
  : 
  

   fruit 
  white 
  to 
  pale 
  blue 
  ; 
  stone 
  small, 
  nearh^ 
  globular, 
  not 
  

   furrowed 
  or 
  very 
  slightly 
  so, 
  3 
  to 
  5 
  mm. 
  in' 
  diameter. 
  — 
  C. 
  

  

  sin'cia 
  Lam. 
  (1786). 
  a 
  pa/i/ciaa^a 
  L' 
  Her 
  (i^SS). 
  C.fasii- 
  

   giata 
  Michx. 
  

  

  Ilah. 
  From 
  New 
  England 
  to 
  Florida, 
  westward 
  to 
  Minnesota 
  and 
  

   Texas. 
  

  

  Specime7is 
  examhud: 
  Vermont 
  {Pringle) 
  ; 
  Connecticut 
  {Eaton) 
  ; 
  Penn- 
  

   sylvania 
  {Bridges, 
  Martindale) 
  ; 
  New 
  York 
  (Gray) 
  ; 
  Ontario 
  {Macoun 
  530, 
  

   766) 
  ; 
  Michigan 
  {Pitcher) 
  ; 
  Illinois 
  {Bebb, 
  Wolf, 
  Babcock, 
  Brendel) 
  ; 
  Wisconsin 
  

   (Mrs. 
  Luce); 
  Minnesota 
  (Upham); 
  Maryland 
  {J. 
  D. 
  Smith, 
  Sheldon); 
  

   South 
  Carolina 
  (i?awnW, 
  Gibhs); 
  Florida 
  {Curtiss 
  1058, 
  Canby, 
  Palnifr, 
  J. 
  

   -D. 
  Smith) 
  ; 
  Georgia 
  (Buykin, 
  Rugd, 
  Miss 
  Reynolds) 
  ; 
  Louisiana 
  {Hale, 
  

   Peck) 
  ; 
  Texas 
  {Hall 
  265). 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  widely 
  distributed 
  and 
  replaces 
  C. 
  stdonifera 
  in 
  the 
  

   southern 
  states. 
  It 
  seemes 
  impossible 
  to 
  discover 
  any 
  characters 
  that 
  

   ■will 
  serve 
  to 
  break 
  it 
  up 
  into 
  varieties, 
  much 
  less 
  into 
  two 
  species 
  as 
  

   formly 
  considered. 
  There 
  is 
  the 
  greatest 
  possible 
  intermingling 
  of 
  the 
  

   characters 
  that 
  were 
  formerly 
  considered 
  to 
  distinguish 
  C.paniculata 
  from 
  

   G- 
  stricla, 
  Rnd 
  large 
  series 
  of 
  specimens 
  show 
  that 
  no 
  such 
  dividing 
  line 
  

   exists. 
  The 
  species 
  is 
  most 
  nearly 
  related 
  to 
  C. 
  stohnifera, 
  and 
  where 
  the 
  

   ranges 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  overlap 
  doubtful 
  forms 
  frequently 
  occur. 
  C. 
  candidis- 
  

   stma 
  differs 
  from 
  C. 
  stoloni/era, 
  however, 
  in 
  its 
  erect 
  habit 
  and 
  grayish 
  

   branches, 
  its 
  frequently 
  glabrous 
  leaves, 
  its 
  abundant 
  loose 
  paniculate 
  

   cymes, 
  its 
  frequently 
  blue-tinged 
  anthers, 
  its 
  thin-fleshed 
  fruit, 
  and 
  its 
  

   small 
  globular 
  stones. 
  

  

  16. 
  C.sIabrafaBenth.Bot.Sulph.iS. 
  Shrub 
  1.5 
  to 
  3.5 
  meters 
  

   high, 
  with 
  erect 
  and 
  mostly 
  bushy 
  gray 
  smooth 
  branches 
  bear- 
  

   ing 
  usually 
  crowded 
  small 
  leaves 
  : 
  branchlets 
  and 
  inflores- 
  

   cence 
  glabrous 
  or 
  nearly 
  so: 
  petioles 
  short 
  and 
  slender 
  (12 
  

   nini. 
  or 
  less 
  long) 
  ; 
  leaves 
  lanceolate 
  to 
  nearly 
  ovate 
  or 
  oblong, 
  

   acute 
  at 
  each 
  end 
  (or 
  somewhat 
  acuminate), 
  glabrous 
  or 
  sparse 
  

   y 
  and 
  minutely 
  appressed-pubescent 
  on 
  both 
  sides, 
  the 
  lower 
  

   surface 
  but 
  little 
  paler 
  than 
  the 
  upper, 
  1.2 
  to 
  5 
  cm. 
  long, 
  9 
  to 
  25 
  

   J"m. 
  wide: 
  flowers 
  in 
  numerous 
  small 
  open 
  cymes 
  : 
  ealyx- 
  

   teeth 
  prominent 
  : 
  anthers 
  inclined 
  to 
  be 
  blue 
  along 
  the 
  con- 
  

  

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