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4. Crataegus cordata (Mill.) Ait. A tree 5-10 m. tall, with grayish brown scaly 
bark, or more often a large spreading shrub. Leaf-blades 2-7 cm. long, broadly ovate, 
serrate and incisely 3-7-lobed, acute at the apex, truncate or cordate at the base, glabrous : 
corymbs compound, many-flowered, glabrous: pedicels and hypanthium glabrous : sepals 
short, triangular, hairy on the margins: stamens 20: fruit depressed-globose, 4-6 mm. in 
diameter, bright red or scarlet : nutlets 3-5, the hypostyle upwardly and dorsally extended 
over the apex. 
In moist rich soiland on banks of streams, Virginia to Georgia, Illinois, Missouri and Tennessee. 
5. Crataegus apiifolia ( Marsh.) Michx. A shrub, or a small tree, 2-6 m. tall, with 
smooth gray bark, usually with several crooked stems. Leaf-blades broadly ovate or orbic- 
ular, 2-4 cm. long, 2-4 cm. wide, acute at the apex, mostly truncate or cordate at the 
base, pubescent, at least when young, pinnately and deeply 5-7-cleft, the lobes sharply 
serrate: corymbs subsimple, 3-10-flowered : pedicels and hypanthium pilose-pubescent : 
sepals lanceolate, usually glandular-serrate and colored at the tips: corolla 10-12 mm. 
broad: stamens about 20, the anthers pink or purplish: fruit oblong or oval, 4-7 mm. 
long, scarlet: nutlets 1-3, the hypostyle upwardly and dorsally extended over the apex. 
In low rich soil, swamps and on banks, Virginia to Florida, Missouri and Texas. PARSLEY HAW. 
6. Crataegus spathulata Michx. A shrub or small tree, sometimes 6-8 m. tall, with 
gray or brown smooth or minutely scaly bark and. usually several stems. Leaf-blades 
spatulate or oblanceolate, 1-4 cm. long, 5-20 mm. wide, narrowed into winged petioles, 
obtuse or subacute at the apex, the borders crenate or crenate-serrate and frequently in- 
cisely 2-3-lobed, glabrous or very nearly so, shining above: corymbs compound, many- 
flowered, glabrous: pedicels, hypanthium and short triangular sepals glabrous: corolla 
7-10 mm. broad : stamens about 20: fruit globose, red at maturity, 4-6 mm. in diameter: 
nutlets 3-5, the hypostyle upwardly and dorsally extended over the apex. 
In moist rich soil and on banks of streams, Virginia to Florida, Missouri and Texas. 
7. Crataegus brachyacántha Engelm. & Sarg. A tree 10-15 m. tall, with dark 
brown rough scaly bark. Leaf-blades oblong-lanceolate, elliptic or ovate, 1-5 cm. long, 
-20 mm. wide, crenate-serrate, glabrous when fully grown, acute or sometimes blunt at 
the apex, contracted at the base, shining above: corymbs many-flowered, compound, gla- 
brous : pedicels, hypanthium and the exterior surface of the short triangular sepals, gla- 
brous : corolla 10-12 mm. broad : stamens 15-20 : fruit subglobose, at maturity bright blue 
with a glaucous bloom : nutlets 3-5, the hypostyle dorsally extended over the apex. 
In moist soil and on borders of swamps and streams, Louisiana and Texas. c 
8. Crataegus aestivàlis (Walt.) T. & G. A tree 5-9 m. tall, or a large shrub with 
several stems, the bark dark reddish brown, fissured and scaly. Leaf-blades elliptic, 
oblong, oblong-cuneate or obovate, 2-7 cm. long, 1.5-3 em. wide, either acute or rounded 
at the apex, narrowed or contracted below into winged petioles, dentate, sinuate or crenate- 
serrate, tomentose with a pale or rufous covering when young, becoming in age glabrate or 
glabrous above, below rufous-tomentose, especially along the midrib and veins: corymbs 
2-5-flowered, simple: pedicels and hypanthium glabrous : sepals triangular, usually colored 
near the tips, minutely serrate or entire: stamens about 20, the anthers purple: fruit de- 
pressed-globose, red at maturity, punctate, 12-15 mm. in diameter : nutlets 3-5, the hypo- 
style confined to the lateral faces and terminated at the ventral apex. 
hee mE. in the pine lands and on low banks of streams, South Carolina to Texas and 
9. Crataegus maleoides Sarg. A small tree 4-5 m. tall, or more frequently a large 
shrub with several stems. Leaf-blades oval, obovate or nearly orbicular, those of the 
'shoots usually ovate, 1.5-5 cm. long, 1-4 em. broad, glabrous or with tufts of hairs in the 
im of the veins beneath, acute or rounded at the apex, narrowed or contracted below into 
Mt winged petioles, serrate, and at least on the shoots shallowly incised : corymbs sim- 
ple, 3-5-flowered : pedicels and hypanthium glabrous: sepals lanceolate, usually colored ; 
stamens 15-20, the anthers purple : fruit subglobose or slightly oval, at maturity red, 8-12 
mm. thick: nutlets 3-5, the hypostyle confined to the lateral surfaces. 
In wet or moist soil bordering streams, Volusia County, Florida. 
Tad a OMBRA luculénta Sarg. A slender tree 4-5 m. tall, with ashy gray or dark 
a ia 1 brown bark. Leaf-blades spatulate or cuneiform, frequently ovate or obovate on 
t shoots, 2-4 em. long, 1-3 em. broad or larger on vigorous branches, cuneate or con- 
racted at the base into margined petioles, acute or bluntly pointed at the apex, irregularly 
"Taie! and incised, glabrous when fully grown, or with tufts of pale hairs in the axils of 
€ principal veins beneath : corymbs 2—5-flowered, simple: pedicels, hypanthium and 
Ee sepals glabrous : corolla 15-18 mm. broad: stamens 15-20, the anthers purple: 
£d o ose or subglobose, 8-10 mm. in diameter, orange-red when ripe: nutlets 3-5, 4-6 
m. tong, the hypostyle 3-4 mm. long. 
In swampy woods, Volusia County, Florida. 
