546 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAM:. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Lauderdaie County, near Florence (./. C. MWilson), 
Flowers latter part of February and in March; fruit ripe by end of May, 
Economic uses: The fruit is edible. 
Type locality not ascertained, 
Herb. Geol. Surv, Herb. Mohr. 
CRATAEGUS L. Sp. Pl. 1:475. 1753. 
Fifty or more distinct species, north temperate regions, Asia, Europe, Mexico. 
North America, 25 or more. Trees of smaller size and shrubs. 
Crataegus spathulata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 288. 1803. SUGAR Haw. 
Ell. Sk. 1:552. Gray, Man. ed. 6,165, Chap. F1. 126. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 
2: 107. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Virginia to middle Florida, Texas, 
and southern Arkansas, 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to Upper division of Coast Pine belt. Damp copses 
and woods, banks of streams. Morgan County, Falkville. Cullman and Blount coun- 
ties, Lee County, Auburn, 800 feet. Tuscaloosa, Montgomery, and Autauga coun- 
ties. blowers white, April; fruit ripe October, November, scarlet, sweet. Large 
shrub or small tree 12 to 18 feet high, frequent. Most abundant in the mountains 
and Lower hill country. 
Type locality: “ Hab. in Carolina utraque et Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol, Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Crataegus viridis L. Sp. P1.1:476. 1753. TreE Haw. 
Crataegus arborescens Ell. Sk.1:550. 1821. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,165. Chap. 1. 127. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. South Carolina, Florida, and throughout the 
Gulf States to eastern Texas, along the Mississippi River reaching southern Illinois 
and St. Louis, Mo. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast plain. Low damp copses, borders of woods, 
Clay County, banks of Talladega Creek. Dallas County, Marion Junction. Hale 
County, Gallion. Wileox County (Buckley;, Clarke County. Mobile County, 
Mount Vernon, Baldwin County, Stockton. Flowers white, odor nauseating; last 
week of Marchi, beginning of April. Fruit ripe October, November; flame color. 
A pretty tree, 20 to 25 feet high, Most frequent in the bottoms of the Alaba::) 
and ‘Tombigbee rivers, occasionally subject to overflow. 
Type locality: ‘ Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
Crataegus apiifolia (Marsh.) Michx. Il. Bor. Am, 1:27, 1803. PARSLEY Haw, 
Mespilus apiifolia Marsh. Arb. Am. 89. 1785, 
EM. Sk.1:552, Gray, Man.ed.6, 165. Chap. FL. 127, Sargent, Silv. N. A. 4:111, 
t. 188. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas, Florida along the coast to southern Virginia, 
throughout the Gulf States to Louisiana, southern Arkansas, and southern Missouri. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to the Coast plain. Damp woods, river banks. 
Morgan County, Falkville. Clay County, Hollins, Cullman County. ‘Tuscaloosa 
County (f. Ad. Smith). Lee County, Auburn (Baker §* Earle), Hale, Dallas, and 
Montgomery counties, Baldwin County, banks of Tensaw River. Mobile County, 
Mount Vernon. Flowers white; middle of March to first week of April; fruit ripe, 
October, scarlet. A large shrub, commonly 10 to 15 feet high; not rarely arbores- 
cent, 15 to 20 feet high. Most frequent in the Prairie region and Upper division of 
the Coast Pine belt. 
Type locality not specitically given. Michauy’s locality: ‘Hab.in humidis syl- 
varum Carolinae.” 
Herb. Geol, Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Crataegus rotundifolia (lhrh.) Borek. in Roem, Arch. 1, pt.3:87. 1798, 
GLANDULAR Haw, 
Mespilus rotundifolia Ehrh. Beitr. 3:20, 1788. 
Crataegus glandulosa Willd. Sp. Pl. 2:1002, 1800. Not Solander. 1789, 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern New England to Indianaand Florida, 
ALABAMA: Central Prairies to Mountain region, Dry open woods and copses; 
rocky or gravelly soil. Butler County, Greenville. ‘Tuscaloosa County, banks 
Warrior River with Crataegus coccinea. Blount County, Bangor. Flowers early in 
May. Not rare. 
Tree 16 to 25 feet high, 4 to 6 inches in diameter, with dark close bark, Differs 
