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*C. Aprica Beadle. Large shrub. Sunny hillsides. M. 

 Tenn. April. 



fC. rubella Beadle. Shrub, 1-4 meter high. Flowers in 

 April. Lookout Mt. 



JC. sinistra Beadle. Ined. West Nashville. Dry hills. 



§C. straminea Beadle. Shrub i m. high. Lookout Mt. and 

 adjacent valley of E. Tenn. April, May. 



**C. tetrica Beadle. Hills about Nashville. May. 



ttC. Buckleyi Beadle. Tree 8 m. high. 1-2 dm. diameter. E. 

 Tenn. May. 



*C. Aprica Beadle. Leaves, thin, obovate-orbicular, 1.5-7 cm. long, 

 including petiole, dentate or crenate-dentate and conspicuously gland- 

 ular, more or less lobed near the acute apex; flowers, borne in 3-6 

 flowered, pubescent, bracteate corymbs; calyx, obconic, pubescent; pet- 

 als, broader than long; stamens, 10; styles, 3-5; fruit, globose, 9-14 

 mm. diameter; nutlets, 3-5. 



fC. rubella Beadle. Branchlets numerous, armed with slender, 

 straight, or slightly curved spines, 1.5-4 cm. long; leaves, oval or obo- 

 vate, 3-9 cm. long, including the petiole; sharply and doubly serrate 

 to near the base; prolonged into a margined, sparsely-glandular petiole; 

 flowers in simple 3-6 flowered glandular bracteate corymbs; calyx, 

 obconic; petals, rather broader than long, 8-12 mm. wide; stamens, 

 normally 10; styles. 2-4, rarely 5: fruit, red, pyriform. or oval, 12-15. 

 mm. long, ripening middle of September; nutlets, 2-3, rarely 4-5. 



+ C. sinistra Beadle. Small tree; leaves, obovate, scarcely, if at alT,, 

 glandular; stipules, linear, not exceeding 1 cm. in length; flowers, in 

 7-15 flowered corymbs; calyx, obconic, pilose; petals, nearly orbicular; 

 the claw at ihe base, short; stamens, 10; styles, 1-2; fruit, oval, 6-8 mm., 

 v.-ide, reddish, ripening in November; nutlets, 1-2; flowers. May. 



^C. straminea Beadle. Branchlets armed with slender spines; 

 leaves, oval, round-ovate, acute at the apex, acutely contracted or 

 rounded at the base, acutely incised or slightly 5-9 lobed, sharply and 

 irregularly serrate except at the extreme base: serratures, glandular.' 

 apiculate, 2.-^-10 cm. long, including the petiole, with 3-5 pairs of veins; 

 flowers, in glandular-bracteate 3-6 flowered corymbs; calyx, obconic; 

 petals, nearly orbicular, 6-10 mm. diameter; stamens, normally 10; 

 fruit, subglobose or pyriform, 10-13 mm. high, yellow or greenish yel- 

 low, ripening middle of September; nutlets, 3-5. .,, 



**C. tetrica Beadle. A tree 5-7 m. tall, with short trunk; spines, 

 very stout, 1-5.5 cm. long, curved or straight; stipules, linear, or on 

 the longer shoot lineate; leaves, broadly oval, 3-7 cm. long, with petiole, 

 rounded at the apex, sharply and irregularly serrate; corymbs, 10-20 

 flowered; calyx, obconic; petals, orbicular; stamens, 10; styles, 2; fruit, 

 globose, 7 mm. by 1 cm. diameter. 



tjC. Buckleyi Beadle. Leaves, glabrous at maturity, ultimately sub- 

 coriaceous, ovate or round-ovate, and incisely lobed, acute at the apex, 

 narrowed at the base, and prolonged into a margined petiole; flowers, 

 in 3-7 flowreed corymbs; calyx, obconic; petals, orbicular; stamens, 10; 

 styles, 3-5; fruit, subglobose, angled, red, 8-12 mm. diameter, with 3-5 

 nutlets. (Biltmore Bot. Studies, Vol. I., No. 1.) 



