2dS flora of TEXAS. 



or wanting ; leaves l'-2' long, entire at the base, sometimes 

 hairy in the axils of the veins beneath. 



tt Fruit large (i'-j' long) ; leaves, etc., mostly glandular. 



C. Crus-galli, L. Leaves thick, oblong-obovate, smooth, 

 shining above, finely serrate from near the glandless base, 

 those on the young branches sometimes slightly lobed; 

 spines long and stout, or sometimes wanting; corymbs 

 smooth or nearly so ; styles 1-3 ; fruit pear-shaped or glo- 

 bose, red. — A small shruh or small tree. 



C. Texana, Buckley. Leaves broadly ovate, cuneate 

 at the base, unequally dentate, teeth acute, smooth above, 

 pubescent beneath; 2Jetioles, younger irajicJies, and calyx 

 densely tomentose ; j^etals obovate, longer than the calyx ; 

 calyx laciniate, lanceolate-acuminate; fruit red, oblong. 

 Baric of trunk and branches dark gra)^, furrowed and 

 rough (resembling that of the dogwood, Cornus florida) ; 

 leaves large, incisely and doubly toothed, nearly as broad 

 as long; 2^etioles not margined, about an inch in length; 

 old leaves arachnoid, tomentose beneath ; fruit large, red, 

 and edible ; ripe last of October. — A tree, 20-25 feet high, 

 nearly thornless ; trunk 8-10 inches in diameter. Rich 

 soils. Central and Western Texas. 



C. cocciNEA, L. Smooth ; leaves thin, roundish-ovate, 

 with 3-5 short and sharply serrate lobes on each side, 

 abruptly narrowed into the slender petiole, strongly straight- 

 veined; those on the young branches often truncate or 

 slightly cordate at the base, and more strongly lobed; 

 sjnnes stout; styles 3-5;, fruit large, globose or pear- 

 shaped, bright red.— Small tree or shrub; leaves l'-2' long, 

 bright green. 



C. TOMEis'TOSA, L. Leaves large, 3-5' long, broadly ovate 

 or oval, finely serrate, and slightly lobed above the middle, 

 abruptly narrowed into a short marginal petiole, pubes- 

 cent, especially beneath, the veins straight and impressed; 



