MALACEAE 549 
nutely glandular: corymbs simple or subsimple, 3-7-flowered : pedicels and hypanthium 
pilose-pubescent: sepals 3-4 mm. long, lanceolate, serrate or entire, glandular: corolla 
about 15 mm. wide : stamens 20, the anthers pale yellow: fruit globose or subglobose, 5-7 
mm. wide, at maturity red or ruddy, the flesh thin: nutlets 3-5, 4-5 mm. long, the hypo- 
style about 3 mm. long. 
In sandy soil and on banks of streams, southwestern Georgia. 
66. Crataegus consanguinea Beadle. A tree 5-7 m. tall, with a trunk 1-2 dm. in 
diameter, clothed with ashy gray or brownish black, scaly bark, or often a large shrub with 
one or more stems. Leaf-blades obovate, round-ovate or nearly orbicular, 1-4.5 cm. long, 
1-4 em. broad, or larger on the shoots, glabrous at maturity, acute or abruptly pointed at 
the apex, contracted or rounded at the base, the margins serrate or serrate-dentate and 
shallowly incised ; petioles 1-2 cm. long, margined, glandular: corymbs simple, 1-5- 
flowered : pedicels and hypanthium pubescent : sepals 4-5 mm. long, glandular: corolla 
about 2 cm. wide: stamens 20, the anthers purplish: fruit globose, 9-12 mm. broad, at 
maturity red or orange flushed with red, the flesh succulent: nutlets 3-5, 7-8 mm. long, 
the hypostyle 4-5 mm. long. 
In woods, mostly in sandy soil, Tallahassee, Florida, westward to the Apalachicola River. 
67. Crataegus valida Beadle. A large shrub or small tree 2-5 m. tall, with gray or 
brownish, rough or scaly bark and spreading or ascending branches. Leaf-blades obovate, 
oval or orbicular, 2-5 em. long, 1.5-5 em. broad, or larger and broader than long onthe 
shoots, glabrous or very nearly so at maturity, rounded or abruptly pointed at the apex, 
contracted or rounded, or on strong shoots truncate or subcordate at the base, the margins 
irregularly dentate ; petioles 5-15 mm. long, margined, glandular: corymbs 3-5-flowered : 
pedicels and hypanthium sparsely pilose-pubescent : sepals 3-4 mm. long, 1.5-2 mm. wide, 
serrate, glandular: corolla 15-20 mm. wide: stamens 20, the anthers purple: fruit sub- 
ear 12-15 mm. thick, the cavity 4-6 mm. wide: nutlets 3-5, 8-9 mm. long, 4-5 mm. 
eep, the hypostyle about 5 mm. long. 
On hills and rocky exposures, northwestern Georgia. 
68. Crataegus limata Beadle. A large shrub or small tree 2-5 m. tall, with one or 
more stems clothed with dark gray or brownish, rough or scaly bark. Leaf-blades ovate, 
elliptic, obovate or suborbicular, 2-4.5 cm. long, 1.5-3.5 cm. broad, acute or abruptly 
pointed at the apex, contracted or rounded at the base, the borders finely serrate and 
incised or with tooth-like lobes; petioles 5-15 mm. long, margined, glandular : corymbs 
simple, glandular-bracteate, 3-5-flowered : pedicels and hypanthium glabrous: sepals 
lanceolate, 4-6 mm. long, serrate, glandular: stamens 20, the anthers purplish: fruit 
globose, 10-13 mm. in diameter, at maturity red, the flesh orange-yellow, succulent: nut- 
lets 3-5, about 6 mm. long and 3 mm. deep, the hypostyle a little more than half the 
length of the ventral angle. 
On hills and in dry woods, western and northwestern Georgia. 
69. Crataegus mira Beadle. A large shrub 2-3 m. tall, with one or more stems 
clothed with dark gray, rough or scaly bark. Leaf-blades orbicular or very broadly ovate, 
mostly broader than long, 2-4 cm. long, 2-5.5 cm. broad, glabrous when fully grown, 
abruptly pointed at the apex, rounded or contracted, or on leading shoots, truncate or cor- 
date at the base, the borders dentate or serrate-dentate and incised or with tooth-like lobes ; 
tioles 4-12 mm. long, margined, glandular: corymbs simple, 3-6-flowered : pedicels and 
Misses sparingly pilose: sepals 4-6 mm. long, serrate, glandular: corolla 16-20 mm. 
Wide: stamens varying, but usually 12-17, the anthers nearly yellow: fruit subglobose, 
10-12 mm. in diameter: nutlets 3-5, about 8 mm. long, the hypostyle 4-5 mm. long. 
On hills and in upland woods, north western Georgia. 
ba 70. Crataegus ségnis Beadle. A tree 5-7 m. tall, with very rough dark colored 
: rk. Leaf-blades obovate, oval or nearly orbicular, 2-4 cm. long, 1-3.5 cm. wide, gla- 
rous at maturity, acute or abruptly pointed at the apex, contracted or rounded at the 
dul? the margins crenate or crenate-dentate ; petioles 5 mm.-2 cm. long : margined, glan- 
ular : corymbs simple, 3-7-flowered : pedicels 5 mm.-1 cm. long, sparingly pilose, as is 
the hypanthium : sepals 3-5 mm. long, serrate, glandular: corolla 12-16 mm. wide: 
"trt normally 20: fruit globose, 8-12 mm. in diameter, red at maturity : nutlets 3-5, 
7 mm. long, 3.5-4.5 mm. deep, the hypostyle 4-5 mm. long. 
In elay soil, Greenville, Alabama. 
d 71. Crataegus visénda Beadle. A tree sometimes 10 m. tall, with à trunk 2.5-3 
m. in diameter, clothed with dark gray or brownish rough bark. Leaf-blades ovate, ob- 
ovate or orbicular, 2-4 cm. long, 1-3.5 em. broad, glabrous in age, acute or abruptly 
Li or occasionally rounded at the apex, contracted at the base, the borders finely den- 
te and usually with several acute tooth-like lobes ; petioles 5-15 mm. long, margined, 
