MALACEAE 543 
the apex, abruptly contracted or rounded, or on vigorous shoots truncate or subcordate at 
the base, serrate and acutely incised, glabrous in age; petioles winged, 7-35 mm. long, 
bearing several or many glands: corymbs 3-6-flowered: pedicels and hypanthium gla- 
brous: sepals 4-6 mm. long, glandular-serrate or with a few stalked glands below the 
middle: corolla 15 20 mm. wide: stamens 10, the anthers purplish : fruit more or less 
pyriform, 9-11 mm. wide, at maturity yellow or greenish yellow, the flesh firm : nutlets 
3-5, 7-8 mm. long, 3-4 mm. deep, the hypostyle 3-3.5 mm. long. 
In woods, especially in the mountains, northern Alabama and eastern Tennessee. 
30. Crataegus rubélla Beadle. A shrub 1-4 m. tall, clothed with gray or reddish 
brown, smooth or sometimes fissured and scaly bark. Leaf-blades oval, ovate or obovate, 
2-7 cm. long, 1.5-4.5 em. wide, glabrous at maturity, acute at the apex, narrowed or 
contracted at the base, the borders sharply serrate and incised ; petioles 1-2.5 cm. long, 
margined, sparingly glandular: corymbs simple, 3-6-flowered : pedicels and hypanthium 
glabrous: sepals 4-6 mm. long, glandular-serrate : corolla 15-20 mm. wide: stamens 10, 
the anthers light purple: fruit more or less pyriform, 10-12 mm. wide, at maturity red, 
ne flesh firm : nutlets 2-5, about 6.5 mm. long, 3-4 mm. deep, the hypostyle about 4 mm. 
ong. 
m woods, especially in the mountains, northern Alabama to eastern Tennessee and western North 
a. 
31. Crataegus Sargéntii Beadle. A tree sometimes7 m. tall, with ashy gray or 
brownish smooth or scaly bark, or more frequently a large shrub with one or more stems. 
Leaf-blades glabrous at maturity, ovate, ovate-lanceolate or round-ovate, 2-9 em. long, 
1-6 cm. wide, or occasionally larger on leading shoots, acute at the apex, rounded or 
abruptly contracted at the base into a margined or winged petiole 5-35 mm. long, the 
borders irregularly serrate and incised: corymbs 3-5-flowered : sepals 6-9 mm. long, like 
the pedicels and hypanthium, glabrous or with a few weak hairs: corolla 17-20 mm. wide: 
stamens 20, the anthers pale purple: fruit globose or subglobose, 10-13 mm. broad, at 
maturity yellow or orange-yellow flushed with red, the flesh thin and firm: nutlets 3-5, 
7-9 mm. long, 4-6 mm. thick measured dorso-ventrally, the hypostyle 3-4 mm. long. 
In rocky woods and on bluffs, northern Alabama and adjacent Georgia and Tennessee. 
32. Crataegus pállens Beadle. A tree 5-7 m. tall,.with scaly dark gray bark, or a 
much-branched shrub with one or more stems. Leaf-blades 2-5 em. long, 1.5-5 em. wide, 
ovate, round-ovate or occasionally obovate in outline, acute at the apex, contracted at the 
base into margined and glandular petioles, glabrous when fully grown, the borders serrate 
and incisely lobed : corymbs simple, 5-7-flowered : pedicels and hypanthium glabrous: 
sepals 3-5 mm. long, glandular-serrate, glabrous on the outer surface: stamens about 20, 
the anthers purple : fruit subglobose or oval, 8-15 mm. wide, yellow or, greenish yellow 
when ripe: nutlets usually 3, 7-9 mm. long, 3.5-5 mm. thick, the hypostyle 4-5 mm. long. 
In upland woods, Buncombe County, North Carolina. 
33. Crataegus austrina Beadle. A small tree 4-6 m. tall, with dark gray or 
brownish scaly bark, or oftener a large shrub with one or more stems. Leaf-blades ovate, 
oval or oblong-oval, 2-5 cm. long, 1-4 em. wide, or larger on leading shoots, glabrous, 
pointed at the apex, rounded or contracted at the base, or on the shoots truncate, the bor- 
ders serrate and incised ; petioles margined, 5-15 mm. long: corymbs simple, 5-8-flow- 
ered : pedicels and hypanthium glabrous: sepals 3-4 mm. long, glandular-serrate: corolla 
15-18 mm. wide: stamens normally 20, the anthers small, bright purple: fruit globose, 
about l em. in diameter, green or greenish yellow at maturity, the flesh firm : nutlets 3-5, 
about 7 mm. long, the hypostyle 4 mm. long. 
In woods, near Greenville, Alabama. 
34. Crataegus gílva Beadle. A shrub 1-4 m. tall, with dark gray scaly bark and 
spreading branches. Leaf-blades elliptic, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 3-7 cm. long, 1.5-5 
iur vide, acute or acuminate at the apex, narrowed or contracted at the base, glabrous 
= fully grown, the borders serrate and incised; petioles 1-2.5 cm. long, margined, 
ae rlandular: corymbs glandular-bracteate, 3-7-flowered : pedicels and hypanthium 
E igh sepals about 4 mm. long, glandular-serrate: corolla 15-20 mm. wide: stamens 
rate : e anthers pale purple: fruit subglobose or short-pyriform, 6-8 mm. wide, at ma- 
zi y yellow or greenish yellow, rarely with a flushed cheek, the flesh firm: nutlets 3-5, 
out 5 mm. long, the hypostyle about 2 mm. long. 
In rocky woods, Marshall County, Alabama. 
a 35. Crataegus contrìta Beadle. A tree sometimes 6-7 m. tall, with ashy gray or 
ownish scaly bark, or more frequently a large shrub with spreading branches. Leaf- 
ee E ovate, oval or oblong, rarely short-obovate or suborbicular, 2-5 cm. long, 1.5-5 em. 
oad, glabrous at maturity, acute or bluntly terminated at the apex, rounded or contracted 
