MALACEAE 555 
101. Crataegus téres Beadle. A tree 5-6 m. tall, or more often a large much- 
branched shrub with one or more stems, clothed with dark ashy gray or brownish black 
rough bark. Leaf-blades obovate or broadly cuneiform, or on leading shoots broadly obo- 
vate or oval, 2-5 cm. long, 1-4 em. wide, smooth and shining at maturity, either rounded 
or with a short, abrupt point or even truncate at the apex, cuneate or more abruptly con- 
tracted at the base. the margins dentate or serrate-dentate ; petioles 5 mm.-1.5 cm. long, 
margined, glandular : corymbs subsimple or compound, 3-10-flowered : pedicels and hypan- 
thium glabrous or with a few weak hairs: sepals 4.5-6 mm. long, glandular-serrate : corolla 
about 15 mm. wide: stamens 20, the anthers light yellow: fruit oblong, 1-1.5 cm. long, 
8 mm.-l cm. thick, red at maturity, the flesh soft: nutlets usually 2-3, 8-9 mm. long, 
3-4 mm. deep, the hypostyle about 4 mm. long. 
In pine woods, near Montgomery, Alabama. 
102. Crataegus sénta Beadle. A small tree 5-6 m. tall, or more frequently a large 
shrub with one or more stems, clothed with dark gray or brownish black rough bark, the 
branches recurved. Leaf-blades obovate, obovate-cuneiform, or on leading shoots round- 
ovate, or nearly orbicular, 2-5 cm. long, 7 mm.-5 em. wide, glabrate at maturity, either 
ointed or lobed at the apex, wedge-shaped or more abruptly contracted at the base, the 
orders irregularly and deeply dentate or serrate-dentate ; petioles 5 mm.-2.5 cm. long, 
margined, glandular: corymbs simple, 3-6-flowered: pedicelsand hypanthium tomentose : 
sepals 4-6 mm. long, glandular-serrate, pubescent : corolla 15-20 mm. wide: stamens 20: 
fruit globose, 10-14 mm. in diameter, red at maturity : nutlets 3-5, 7-9 mm. long, 4-5 mm. 
deep, the hypostyle 4-5 mm. long. 
In woods and on dry hills, North Carolina. 
103. Crataegus Cullasagénsis Ashe. A small tree 4-7 m. tall, with dark rough 
bark and drooping branches. Leaf-blades obovate or elliptic or on leading shoots ovate, 
2-4 cm. long, 7 mm.-3 em. wide, pubescent on the lower surface, especially along the mid- 
rib and in the axils of the veins, or glabrate in age, acute or rounded at the apex, cuneate 
or contracted at the base, the borders serrate or serrate-dentate, 3-5-notched or lobed above 
the middle; petioles 5 mm. -2 cm. long, winged, glandular: corymbs simple, 3-6-flowered : 
pedicels and hypanthium pubescent : sepals 4-6 mm. long, glandular-serrate : stamens 20 : 
fruit subglobose or short-oblong, 10-14 mm. thick, at maturity orange or orange-red with 
ruddy cheeks: nutlets 3-5, 6-7 mm. long, the lateral faces plane. 
In dry woods and on slopes, Macon County, North Carolina. 
104. Crataegus díspar Beadle. A small tree, with drooping branches sometimes 6 
m. tall, with furrowed dark gray or nearly black bark, or more frequently a shrub with one 
or several stems. Leaf-blades obovate or orbicular, sometimes on vigorous twigs broader 
than long, 1.5-4 em. long, 1-4 cm. wide, rounded or short pointed at the apex, either 
rounded or narrowed at the base into glandular, tomentose pedicels, densely tomentose 
when young, becoming glabrate on the upper surface, below permanently tomentose, espe- 
cially on the midrib and prominent veins, the borders sharply and irregularly serrate and 
incisely lobed, especially above the middle: corymbs densely white-tomentose, 3-7-flowered : 
pedicels, hypanthium and sepals tomentose or pubescent: stamens about 20: fruit sub- 
globose or oval, 8-12 mm. long, 7-10 mm. wide, red when fully ripe: nutlets 3-5, 6-7 mm. 
long, smooth or slightly ridged on the back, the hypostyle about 5 mm. long. 
In sandy soil, South Carolina and Georgia, near Aiken and Augusta. 
. 105. Crataegus anisophylla Beadle. A large shrub, or a tree sometimes 6 m. tall, 
Mp a short trunk 1.5-2 dm. in diameter, clothed with dark brown rough or rimose bark, 
le branches drooping. Leaf-blades spatulate or cuneate, 2-4 cm. long, 5 mm.-1.5 cm. 
wide, or a little broader on the shoots, glabrous in age, rounded, pointed or lobed at the 
apex, wedge-shaped at the base ; petioles 5 mm.-3 em. long, winged, remotely glandular : 
oe bs simple, 2-4-flowered or flowers solitary: pedicels and hypanthium tomentose : 
Le s 2-4 mm. long, glandular-serrate : corolla about 15 mm. wide: stamens about 20, 
-e carnal yellow : fruit globose or subglobose, 6-8 mm. in diameter, orange flushed or 
cheeked with red when fully ripe, the flesh soft: nutlets 3-5, 4.5-5.5 mm. long, the hypo- 
style about 3 mm. long. 
In sandy soi] and on banks of the St. Johns River, northeastern Florida. 
a pes. Crataegus frugàlis Beadle. A small tree, or a large shrub 3-5 m. tall, with 
ar rum bark and slightly drooping branches. Leaf-blades cuneate or obovate-cuneate, 
is E - em. long, 7 mm.-2 em. wide, or broader on leading shoots, glabrous or glabrate in 
De or with a short abrupt point at the apex, wedge-shaped or more abruptly con- 
n at the base, the borders glandular, dentate or nearly entire; petioles 5 mm.-2 cm. 
"ig winged, glandular : corymbs simple, 3-5-flowered : pedicels and hypanthium tomen- 
: sepals 3-4 mm. long, glandular-serrate or nearly entire: corolla 12-17 mm. wide: 
