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tracted into heads, at first terminal, but often becoming lateral 
from the growth of the branch. Bracts small or none. 
* Leaves beneath and calyx densely tomentose. 
Calyx about 4 lin. long; full-grown leaves smooth above and 
white-do S Rt ‘ ‘ : : . C. fragrantissima. 
Calyx about 2% lin, long; leaves above very scabrous from short 
= hai ° ; A ‘ : ‘ : ‘ : - C. polygama, 
* & Leaves glabrous or pubescent beneath; calyx glabrous 
ulous. ‘ 
xe i. 
Corolla-tube as long or shorter than the calyx. 
Glabrous ; leaves without white dots on the upper side ; drupes 
size of acherry, acuminate. : i Peake , . C. myxa. 
As former, but young shoots brown-pubescent ; leaves puberulous 
neath; drupes the sizeof aplum . . ., .° . OC, brunnea, 
Leaves white-dotted above; drupe the size of a pea, blunt with a 
. C. grandis. 
X X Flowers large and showy, orange or brick-red. 
Corolla-tube long-exserted. 
Corolla-limb nearly an inch in diameter, crumpled ; drupe the ; 
size of a cherry, crowned by the calyx-tube . . .  . C, subcordata. 
1 . 
all parts si bi with a more or less dense partially fugaceous 
tomentum ; leaves elliptical to elliptically ovate, acute or obtuse at 
the base, on a in. 
or acuminate, entire or nearly so, when -grown firmly mem- 
branous or almost coriaceous, above covered with a very fugaceous 
ccose tomentum and soon glabrescent and (in a dried state) 
®. C. polygama, 
tree, all younger parts covered with a soft scabrescent tomentum ; 
ves more or less ovate, on a pubescent petiole 1-14 in. long, 
rounded or obtuse at the base, 2-5 in. long, acute or bluntish, entire 
about 24 lin, long, roughish puberulous, smooth; coro rous, 
tube as long as the calyx, the lobes half the length ; drupes ovoid, 
