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long: corolla 15-20 mm. wide: fruit subglobose, 10-12 mm. in diameter, red when fully 
ripe, the flesh firm : nutlets 3-5, 7-8 mm. long, the hypostyle about half the length of the 
nutlet. 
On gravelly hills, near Meridian, Mississippi. 
42. Crataegus pinetórum Beadle. A shrub 1-5 m. tall, frequently with several 
stems, clothed with dark gray, either smooth or scaly bark.  Leaf-blades ovate, oval or 
obovate, 2-6 cm. long, 1.5-5 em. wide, glabrous when fully grown, acute at the apex, nar- 
rowed or rounded at the base, the borders serrate and incised ; petioles 1-2.5 cm. long, 
margined, sparsely glandular: corymbs simple, glandular-bracteate, 3-6-flowered : pedi- 
cels 1-2 cm. long, glabrous: hypanthium glabrous: sepals 3-5 mm. long, glandular-ser- 
rate: corolla 14-18 mm. wide: stamens 20, the anthers pale purple: fruit subglobose, 
7-10 mm. wide, at maturity red or ruddy, the flesh thin and firm : nutlets 2-3, sometimes 
5, about 6 mm. long, 3-4 mm. deep, the hypostyle about half the length of the nutlet. 
In dry or rocky woods, Marshall County, Alabama. 
43. Crataegus macilénta Beadle. A shrub 3-5 m. tall, with dark gray smooth or scaly 
bark. Leaf-blades ovate, oval or obovate, 2-6 cm. long, 2-5 cm. wide, glabrous at ma- 
turity, acute at the apex, rounded or contracted at the base, the borders serrate and 
incised ; petioles 1-2.5 cm. long, margined, usually bearing a few small glands : corymbs 
simple, 3-7-flowered : pedicels 5-10 mm. long, glabrous, as is the hypanthium : sepals 
about 4 mm. long, glandular-serrate: corolla 15-18 mm. wide: stamens 20, the anthers 
dark purple: fruit globose or subglobose, 7-9 mm. in diameter, red when fully ripe, the 
flesh firm : nutlets 3-5, 5-6 mm. long, the hypostyle a little less than half the length of the 
ventral angle. 
In rocky woods and glades, Marshall County, Alabama. 
44. Crataegus mendósa Beadle. A shrub or small tree 3-6 m. tall, with dark gray scaly 
bark and spreading or ascending branches. Leaf-blades oval, ovate or elliptic, occasion- 
ally ovate-lanceolate or slightly oblanceolate, 3-6 em. long, 1.5-4.5 cm. wide, glabrous at 
maturity, bluntly pointed or even rounded at the apex, rounded or contracted at the base, 
the borders serrate, rarely very shallowly and bluntly incised ; petioles 1-3.5 cm. long, 
winged, remotely glandular: corymbs 3-6-flowered: pedicels 1 cm. long, or less glabrous, 
as is the hypanthium: sepals 3-4 mm. long, glandular-serrate : corolla 15-18 mm. wide: 
stamens about 20, the anthers very faintly tinged with purple: fruit globose or subglobose, 
8-10 mm. in diameter, red at maturity, the flesh firm: nutlets 3-5, 5-6 mm. long, 3-4 mm. 
deep, the hypostyle about 3 mm. long. 
In rocky woods and glades, Marshall County, Alabama. 
45. Crataegus pulchérrima Ashe. A small tree 4-6 m. tall, with dark rough or scaly 
bark, or oftener a large shrub with one or several stems. Leaf-blades ovate, oval or slightly 
obovate, 2-5 em. long, 1.5-4 em. wide, glabrous at maturity, mostly acute at the apex, 
narrowed or contracted, or on leading shoots rounded or truncate at the base, the borders 
serrate and deeply incised or 3-7-lobed; petioles slender, 5-20 mm. long, margined : 
corymbs simple, glandular-bracteate, 3-7-flowered : pedicels and hypanthium Siebel: 
sepals 3-4 mm. long, entire or glandular-serrate : corolla 15-18 mm. wide: stamens 20, 
the anthers dark purple: fruit oval, 5-7 mm. thick, 6-8 mm. long, at maturity yellow- 
green, sometimes with flushed cheeks, the flesh thin and firm : nutlets usually 2-3, rarely 
more, 4-5 mm. long, the hypostyle about half the length of the ventral angle. 
In woods and on banks, south western Georgia and adjacent Florida. 
" 46. Crataegus abstrüsa Beadle. A shrub or small tree 2-5 m. tall, with gray or 
L5 nish scaly bark. Leaf-blades oval, ovate, obovate or orbicular, 2-4.5 cm. long, 
-5-3.5 em. broad, glabrous, obtuse or slightly pointed at the apex, contracted at the base, 
rders serrate and with shallow rounded, lobe-like incisions ; petioles 5-20 mm. long, 
5.14 ned, remotely glandular : corymbs glandular-bracteate, simple, 3-7-flowered : pedicels 
s mm. long, glabrous, as is the hypanthium: sepals triangular-lanceolate, 3-4 mm. 
ud serrate or entire: corolla 15-20 mm. wide: stamens 20, the anthers dark purple: 
ix s or short-pyriform, 7-9 mm. thick, 10-12 mm. long: the flesh firm: nutlets 
etd d more, about 6 mm. long, the hypostyle occupying about half of the 
In woods, usually in sandy soil, Tallahassee, Florida. 
is 47. Crataegus lénis Beadle. A shrub or small tree 2-6 m. tall, with dark ray or 
ee scaly bark, frequently with several stems. Leaf-blades ovate, oval or suborbic- 
uc .9-5 em. long, 1.5-5 cm. wide, glabrous, mostly pointed at the apex, rounded or 
ae gp or on leading shoots truncate or subcordate at the base, the borders serrate and 
1 d y lobed ; petioles 7-20 mm. long, margined, remotely glandular: corymbs ipid d 
&Eandular-bracteate, 3-7-flowered : pedicels and hypanthium glabrous: sepals triangular- 
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