MALACEAE 553 
89. Crataegus rava Beadle. A shrub or small tree 2-5 m. tall, with ashy gray 
rough or scaly bark and crooked, slightly drooping branches. Leaf-blades obovate, cuneate 
or spatulate, 1-3 em. long, 7 mm.-2.5 cm. wide, pubescent or glabrate at maturity, rounded 
and mostly with a short abrupt point at the apex, narrowed or contracted at the base, the 
borders glandular and nearly entire; petioles 5-15 mm. long, margined, glandular : 
corymbs 2-4-flowered or flowers solitary : pedicels very short, like the hypanthium densely 
tomentose : sepals 4-5 mm. long, serrate, glandular: corolla 15-20 mm. wide : stamens 20, 
the anthers light yellow or almost white: fruit globose or subglobose, 10-12 mm. in diam- 
eter, when ripe yellow or orange-yellow cheeked or splotched with red, the flesh soft: nut- 
lets 3-5, about 7 mm. long, the hypostyle about 5 mm. long. 
In open woods, mostly in sandy soil, Tallahassee, Florida. 
90. Crataegus Alabaménsis Beadle. A tree 4-6 m. tall, or more often a large 
branching shrub with one or more stems, clothed with rough dark gray or brownish black 
bark, the branches pendulous. Leaf-blades obovate or obovate-cuneiform, 1.5-5 em. long, 
1-3.5 em. wide, pubescent on the lower surface at maturity, especially along the midrib and 
principal veins, rounded at the apex and often with a short, abrupt point, or occasionally 
abruptly contracted into an acute tip, narrowed or contracted at the base, the borders irreg- 
ularly dentate; petioles 7 mm.-2.5 cm. long, margined, glandular: corymbs simple or 
subsimple, 3-9-flowered : pedicels and hypanthium tomentose-pubescent: sepals 6-8 mm. 
long, serrate, glandular: corolla 2-2.5 em. broad: stamens 20, the anthers yellow : fruit 
oval, 1.5-2 cm. long, 1-1.5 em. wide, red when fully ripe, the flesh soft: nutlets mostly 
2-3, 8-10 mm. long, 3-4 mm. deep, the hypostyle 6-7 mm. long. 
In open woods and clearings, mostly in clay soil, Montgomery, Alabama. 
.. 91. Crataegus fórtis Beadle. A large shrub or occasionally a small tree 2-5 m. tall, 
with ashy gray or brownish, rough or scaly bark. Leaf-blades obovate or obovate-cunei- 
form, 2-4 cm. long, 1-3 cm. wide, or broader on leading shoots, glabrate at maturity, 
rounded or abruptly pointed at the apex, narrowed or contracted at the base, the borders 
dentate; petioles 5-15 mm. long, margined, glandular: corymbs simple, 3-5-flowered : 
pedicels and hypanthium tomentose-pubescent : sepals 6-8 mm. long, serrate, glandular : 
corolla 2-2.5 em. wide: stamens 20, the anthers pale purple: fruit subglobose or short- 
oval, 10-15 mm. thick, red at maturity, the flesh soft: nutlets 3-5, about 8 mm. long, the 
hypostyle about three-fourths the length of the ventral angle. 
Insandy woods bordering the Tombigbee River, northeastern Mississippi. 
92. Crataegus compitalis Beadle. A small tree, or oftener a large shrub, 2-5 m. 
tall, with dark gray or brownish rough bark and recurved branches. Leaf-blades obovate 
or obovate-cuneiform, 2-4 cm. long, 1-3 em. wide, nearly or quite glabrous in age, rounded 
or with a small abrupt point at the apex, usually contracted at the base, the borders den- 
tate or serrate-dentate ; petioles 5-15 mm. long, margined, glandular: corymbs simple, 
3-5-flowered : pedicels and hypanthium densely tomentose : sepals 4-5 mm. long, serrate, 
landular : corolla 15-18 mm. wide: stamens 20, the anthers light yellow or nearly white : 
ruit subglobose or oval, 10-13 mm. thick, red when fully ripe, the flesh soft: nutlets 3-5, 
8-9 mm. long, the hypostyle 6-7 mm. long. 
On roadsides, near Gainesville, Florida. 
93. Crataegus insidibsa Beadle. A large shrub, or a small tree 4-7 m. tall, with 
dark gray or brownish, rough or rimose bark and crooked, recurved branches. Leaf-blades 
cuneate, 2-4 cm. long, 1-2 em. wide, or broader on leading shoots, pubescent or glabrate 
at maturity, blunt or abruptly pointed, or sometimes shallowly lobed at the apex, wedge- 
shaped at the base, the borders glandular and dentate near the apex ; petioles 5 mm.-2 em. 
ong, margined glandular: corymbs mostly 2-4-flowered, simple or flowers solitary : 
Pedicels and hypanthium pubescent : sepals 4-5 mm. long, glandular, usually serrate: 
corolla 16-20 mm. wide: stamens 20, the anthers light yellow or almost white : fruit oval 
or subglobose, 9-12 mm. thick, at maturity red, the flesh soft: nutlets 3-5, 7-8 mm. long, 
the hypostyle about 5 mm. long. 
In dry woods and on slopes, southeastern Alabama and western Georgia. 
. 94. Crataegus flórens Beadle. A small tree, or a large shrub 3-6 m. tall, with dark 
meg bark and crooked, recurved branches. Leaf-blades obovate, oblong-cuneate or on 
eading shoots suborbicular, 2-5.5 cm. long, 1-3 em. wide, or broader on the shoots, pubes- 
ier or glabrate in age, pointed or rounded at the apex, narrowed or contracted at the base, 
e borders dentate or serrate-dentate ; petioles 5 mm.-2 cm. long, margined, glandular : 
corymbs simple or subsimple, 3-6-flowered : pedicels and hypanthium pilose-pubescent : 
d 6-8 mm. long, glandular-serrate : corolla 2-2.5 cm. wide: stamens 20, the anthers 
ight yellow : fruit subglobose, 10-15 mm. thick, orange-red at maturity, the flesh soft: 
nutlets 3-5, about 8 mm. long, the hypostyle 5-6 mm. long. 
On sandy flats along the Tombigbee River, eastern Mississippi. 
