Flora of North America species comparison

with terminal end buds, glabrous.

with terminal end buds, glabrous.

persistent;

petiole 5–8 mm, glabrous, eglandular;

blade narrowly elliptic to elliptic or oblanceolate, 5–10 × 1.5–4 cm, base cuneate to obtuse, margins entire or spinose-serrate, sometimes undulate, teeth sharp, eglandular, apex usually acute to short-acuminate, sometimes obtuse-apiculate, apicula acute, surfaces glabrous, abaxial glandular, glands 2, proximal, flat, circular to oval.

persistent;

petiole 8–16 mm, glabrous, eglandular;

blade elliptic to broadly elliptic, 4–10 × 2–4.5(–6.5) cm, base cuneate, obtuse, or nearly rounded, margins undulate, entire, apex acute to acuminate, apicula obtuse, surfaces glabrous, abaxial glandular, glands 2, proximal, flat, circular to oval.

12–30-flowered, racemes;

central axes 13–30(–43) mm, leafless at bases.

12–30-flowered, racemes;

central axes (11–)20–50 mm, leafless at bases.

1–4 mm, glabrous.

(2–)3–6 mm, glabrous.

usually bisexual, proximal sometimes staminate, blooming before leaf emergence;

hypanthium cupulate, 2.5–3 mm, glabrous externally;

sepals spreading, semicircular, 0.5–1 mm, margins usually entire, sometimes glandular-toothed, surfaces glabrous;

petals white, suborbiculate to elliptic, 1–1.5 mm;

ovaries glabrous.

usually bisexual, proximal sometimes staminate, blooming before leaf emergence;

hypanthium cupulate, 1.5–2.5 mm, glabrous externally;

sepals spreading, semicircular, 0.5–0.8 mm, margins usually entire, occassionally with a glandular tooth, surfaces glabrous;

petals white, obovate to suborbiculate, 1.5 mm;

ovaries glabrous.

black, ovoid, 9–12 mm, glabrous;

mesocarps leathery;

stones ovoid, not flattened, usually splitting open.

purple-black, globose to ± ovoid, 8–12 mm, glabrous;

mesocarps leathery;

stones subglobose, not flattened.

= 32.