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RUBIACEÆ.
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** Peduncles short, seldom over 1 in. Fascicles dense, many-flowered, rarely few-flowered.
Subalpine dwarf shrub. Leaves very coriaceous, serrulate. Fascicles small, 2–5-flowered 4. C. serrulata.
Maritime shrub. Branchlets glabrous or nearly so. Leaves fleshy, bright-green; margins recurved 5. C. Baueri.
Tree 15–40 ft. Branchlets coarsely pubescent. Leaves 1½–3 in., oblong or obovate 6. C. chathamica.
Maritime shrub. Branchlets finely pubescent. Leaves 1–2 in., subcoriaceous, oblong, obtuse; margins flat 7. C. petiolata.
Leaves 2–5 in., elliptic oblong, acute, firm, coriaceous. Drupe orange 8. C robusta.
Leaves 1½–2 in., linear or lanceolate, coriaceous. Drupe pale and translucent 9. C. Cunninghamii
Leaves 1½–3 in., ovate-lanceolate to elliptic-ovate, acuminate, membranous, glabrous. Inflorescence lax 10. C. acutifolia.
Leaves 1½–4 in., ovate-lanceolate to ovate, acuminate, membranous; petioles and midribs hairy. Inflorescence dense 11. C. tenuifolia.
Tree 15–30 ft. Leaves ovate- or orbicular-spathulate, narrowed into winged petioles 12. C. arborea.
B. Erect or rarely prostrate shrubs. Leaves small, less than 1 in. Flowers solitary or in few-flowered fascicles on minute arrested branchlets, which are often so much reduced that the flowers appear to be axillary.
* Twigs glabrate or puberulous. Leaves spathulate. Drupe globose, black.
Leaves suddenly contracted into a narrow winged petiole longer than the blade 13. C. spathulata.
** Twigs densely pubescent (except in C. tenuicaulis). Leaves orbicular, orbicular-spathulate, or broadly oblong (often narrow in C. rhamnoides). Drupe globose, black or red.
Branches divaricating. Leaves ⅓–1 in., orbicular, cuspidate, membranous. Drupe often didymous, 1/6 in. diam., red 14. C. rotundifolia.
Branches fastigiate. Leaves ⅓–⅔ in., orbicular-spathulate, acute, membranous. Drupe 1/6 in. diam., black or nearly so 15. C. areolata.
Branches spreading. Leaves ¼–½ in., orbicular-spathulate, obtuse, rather coriaceous. Drupe 1/8 in. diam., black 16. C. tenuicaulis.
Branches spreading, often interlaced. Leaves ¼–¾ in., variable, orbicular to ovate-oblong or linear-oblong. Drupe 1/6 in. diam., red 17. C. rhamnoides.
*** Twigs densely pubescent (except in C. ramulosa). Leaves oblong linear-oblong, or linear-obovate. Drupe globose.
Leaves ¼–⅔ in., oblong to obovate, densely ciliate 18. C. ciliata.
Erect, leafy. Leaves ¼–¾ in., obovate or linear-obovate. Drupe 1/8 in, diam., bluish or bluish-violet to black 19. C. parviflora.
Prostrate or decumbent, glabrate. Leaves ⅓ in., linear-obovate. Drupe 1/6 in. diam., red 20. C. ramulosa.
**** Twigs nearly glabrous. Leaves orbicular to oblong or obovate (spathulate in C. virescens). Drupe oblong, rarely obovoid, usually yellow.
Branches ascending, puberulous. Leaves ½–1 in. long, obovate or oblong-ovate, coriaceous 21. C. Buchanani.