548 MALACEAE 
fruit oval, 10-13 mm. thick, red at maturity : nutlets mostly 2-3, 8-10 mm. long, 4-5 mm. 
deep, the hypostyle about half the length of the nutlet. 
On hillsides in clay soil, northwestern Georgia. 
60. Crataegus agrestina Beadle. A small tree 4-5 m. tall, with dark gray or 
brownish bark and spreading branches, or a shrub with one or more stems. Leaf-blades 
ovate, oval or obovate, 2-5 cm. long, 1-3.5 em. wide, glabrous at maturity, acute at the 
apex, narrowed or contracted at the base, the borders sharply serrate and incised ; petioles 
5-20 mm. long, margined: corymbs simple, glandular-bracteate, 3—5-flowered: pedicels 
5-10 mm. long, sparsely pubescent: hypanthium glabrous or with a few weak hairs at 
the base: sepals 3-4 mm. long, glandular: corolla 15-18 mm. wide: stamens about 20, 
the anthers nearly yellow: fruit pyriform, 7-9 mm. thick, 9-12 mm. long, red at ma- 
turity, nutlets mostly 2-3, 5-6 mm. long, the hypostyle a trifle less than half the length of 
the nutlet. 
In woods and about margins of swamps, southern Alabama. 
61. Crataegus extraria Beadle. A largeshrub 2-4 m. tall, with spreading or ascend- 
ing branches, and dark gray or brownish, rough or scaly bark. Leaf-blades oval, obovate, 
or on leading shoots ovate or suborbicular, 2-5 cm. long, 1.5-4 cm. wide, glabrous, acute 
at the apex, narrowed or contracted, or on the shoots rounded at the base, the borders 
sharply serrate and incised: corymbs simple, 3-5-flowered, glandular-bracteate: pedicels 
and hyanthium pilose-pubescent : sepals 4-5 mm. long, usually glandular-serrate : corolla 
16-20 mm. wide: stamens usually 12-15, the anthers pale purple : fruit subglobose or oval, 
9-12 mm. thick, red at maturity: nutlets mostly 2-3, 8-10 mm. long, 4-5 mm. deep, the 
hypostyles 4-5 mm. long. 
On hillsides, mostly in red clay soil, northwestern Georgia. 
62. Crataegus sorória Beadle. A tree 5-7 m. tall, with dark gray or brownish black, 
rough or scaly bark, or more often a large much-branched shrub with spreading or ascend- 
ing branches. Leaf-blades 1-4.5 cm. long, 1-4 em. wide, or larger on leading shoots- 
glabrous in age, obovate, round-ovate or nearly orbicular, or on the vigorous shoots fre, 
quently broader than long, acute or sometimes scarcely pointed at the apex, abruptly con, 
tracted or narrowed, or on the shoots truncate at the base, the borders irregularly serrate- 
dentate ; petioles 5-15 mm. long, margined, glandular: corymbs simple, 3-6-flowered- 
glandular-bracteate : pedicels 5-15 mm. long, sparsely pubescent: hypanthium glabrous 
or with a few weak hairs: sepals about 6 mm. long, glandular-serrate : stamens 20, the 
anthers nearly yellow : fruit globose, 12-18 mm. in diameter, at maturity red or red and 
yellow, the flesh thick and succulent: nutlets mostly 3, 7-9 mm. long, 4-5 mm. thick, the 
hypostyle about 5 mm. long. 
` On wooded hills and rocky exposures, north western Georgia and adjacent Alabama. 
63. Crataegus galbàna Beadle. A small tree 5-6 m. tall, with a short trunk some- 
times 1-1.5 dm. in diameter, clothed with dark gray or brownish black bark, or more fre- 
quently a large shrub with one or more stems. Leaf-blades oval, obovate or round-ovate, 
1-4 em. long, 1-3 em. wide, glabrous at maturity, acute or rounded at the apex, rounde 
or contracted at the base, the margins irregularly dentate: corymbs simple, 1—5-flowered : 
pedicels short, like the hypanthium, pubescent : sepals 3-5 mm. long, serrate and glandu- 
lar: corolla 15-20 mm. wide: stamens 20, the anthers light yellow or nearly white: fruit 
globose, 9-13 mm. in diameter, at maturity red, the flesh orange-yellow, succulent : nut- 
lets 3-5, about 8 mm. long, 3.5-4.5 mm. deep, the hypostyle about half the length of the 
ventral angle. 
In woods and on borders of swamps, River Junction, Florida. 
64. Crataegus ábdita Beadle. A shrub or small tree 3-6 m. tall, with dark ashy 
gray or brownish bark. Leaf-blades obovate, oval or suborbicular, or on leading shoots 
sometimes broadly ovate, 1.5-3.5 cm. long, 1-3 em. wide, glabrous or glabrate at maturity, 
rounded or abruptly pointed at the apex, narrowed or contracted, or occasionally round 
at the base, the margins irregularly dentate: corymbs simple, 3-5-flowered : pedicels 
mostly 10-15 mm. long, like the hypanthium, white tomentose: sepals 5-6 mm. long, ser- 
rate and glandular: corolla 15-20 mm. wide: fruit globose, 10-15 mm. in diameter, at 
maturity red, the flesh orange or orange-yellow, succulent: nutlets 3-5, 7-9 mm. long, 
3.5-5 mm. deep, the hypostyle 5-6 mm. long. 
In woods, mostly in sandy soil, River Junction, Florida. 
65. Crataegus éxilis Beadle. A largeshrub orsmall tree 3-6 m. tall, with dark gray 
or brownish, rough or scaly bark. Leaf-blades obovate, oval or elliptic, or on the shoots 
rhombic-ovate, 1.5-4 cm. long, 1-3.5 em. wide, glabrous at maturity, acute or abruptly 
pointed at the apex, cuneate or contracted, rarely rounded at the base, the borders serrate 
and incised, or on leading shoots deeply lobed ; petioles 5-15 mm. long, margined, mi- 
