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red or scarlet, mostly luBtrous, usually 1-1.5 cm. 

 long ; stamens 10. P r l.??,Stj anthers , rose-color, purple 

 , , or "red; leaves mostly membranaceous, hirsute on the 

 , upper surface , vjtfiile young. IV. Tenuifoliae. 



Fruit subglobose, obovate or short-oblong, .scarlet, 1.5- 

 2 ,cm. long; flesh thick; nutlets ' thick, pointed at 

 the ends,; usually slightly ridged ; corymbs tomen- 

 tose; .jle.aves, membranaceous, broad, cuheate to 

 rounded or' cordate at' the base, more Or less'p'ubes- 

 cent below; stamens 10 or less; anthers white or 

 pink. ■ ' ■ ' . V. Molleg. 



Fruit short-oblong to subglobose, 1.5-2 cm'.' long, scar- 

 let, lustrous; | 'nesll' succulent*; 1 nutlets 1 3-5, grooved 

 and occasionally' ridged on the' back; corymbs 

 slightly villose ;'" leaves large, membranaceous, ob- 

 ' 'longj' more 'or less acutely lotted; stamens 10 or 

 less; anthers rose-color. ' VI. FldbeUatae. 



Leaves cune&te at the' base (rarely 'broad in Intricatae), sub- 

 coriaceous or membranaceous. 

 Corymbs many- or few-flowered; glabrous or villose; fruit 

 subglobose; 9-12 mm. in diameter, leaves dark green and 

 lustrous on their upper surface. VII. Coccineae. 



Corymbs usually f ew-flowei'ed ; fruit subglobose to short- 

 . . ' ' oblong or 'obovate, ■ 1-1.5 cm. long, greenish-yellow, 



orange-color or "red'; nutlets 1 3-5, rounded at the ends, 

 generally conspicuously ridged on 'the back: 



1 ' ' '■ '■' VIII. Intricatae. 



Flowers solitary or in 2- or '3-flowered, simple corymbs; 

 '" calyx -lobes', large and'foliaceous; stamens 20; antheTS 

 pale yellow; leaves ObOvate, nearly sessile; small shrubs. 



IX. Uniflorae. 



2. Nutlets with longitudinal cavities on their ventral faces : fruit pyri- 



form to subglobose or short oblong, 1-1.5 cm. in diameter, lus- 



' trous, orange ' or 1 scarlet ; nutlets 2 or 3, usually obtuse at the ends, 



prominently ridged on the battk.-' X. Tomentosae. 



I. CRtiS-GALLI. 



Stamens 10, rarely 12-15. ' 



Anthers rose-color. ''"" :, ' !1 ' 



Primary veins within the parenchyma, leaves obovate cuneiform, 

 mostly rounded at the apex} stamens 10; fruit short-oblong, 

 ' ' often covered With a glaucous bloom 8-12 mm. lorig; nutlets 2. 



l.O. Cms- galli. 

 Primary veins without the parenchyma, thin but' 1 conspicuous. 



Leaves obovate to oval, acute at the apex; stamens 15; fruit 

 short-oblong, dull red covered with a glaucous bloom 1-1.2 

 cm. long; nutlets 2. ' '' "' 2. C. rivalis. 

 Iieaves oblong, cuneate-to ovate or rarely obovate, acute or 

 rarely rounded at the apex';' stamens 10-13; fruit short- 

 oblong to subglobose, dark crimson, lustrous 1.2-1.5 cm. 

 long; nutlets 3-5. 3. ' C. Canbyi. 

 Anthers pale yellow. 



Leaves obovate, 1 acute, acuminate of rarely rounded at the apex, 

 their 'primary veins mostly within the parenchyma; stamens 5- 

 10, rarely 12; fruit short-oblong, 1-1.2 cm. long, dark dull crim- 

 son; nutlets 1 of 2. ' ' " "" 4. C Arduennae. 

 Leaves dbovate-cuneate, short-pointed or rarely rounded at the apex, 

 their primary' veins very slender, mostly without the parenchyma ; 

 stamens 8-10; fruit subglobose, dark crimson, rather lustrous 8-9 

 mm. in diametef ; nutlets 1 or 2. 5. C. Bartramiana. 

 Stamens 20; leaves obovate, acute \ fruit oblong, bright crimson. 



6. C. Penny packeri. 



