MALACEAE 557 
sepals 4-5 mm. long, glandular-serrate : corolla 15-20 mm. wide: stamens 20, the anthers 
light yellow: fruit pyriform or oblong-pyriform, 10-14 mm. thick, about 1.5 cm. long, 
yellow or orange at maturity, blotched or cheeked with red, the flesh soft: nutlets mostly 
3, 8-10 mm. long, the hypostyle 6-7 mm. long. 
In sandy soil, Tavares, Florida. 
113. Crataegus recurva Beadle. A shrub, or a small tree 3-5 m. tall, with ashy 
gray or brownish, rough or rimose bark and pendulous branches. Leaf-blades cuneate or 
spatulate or on leading shoots obovate-cuneiform, 1.5-3 cm. long, 5-15 mm. wide, or 
broader on the shoots, glabrous or glabrate at maturity, wedge-shaped or more abruptly 
contracted at the base, pointed or rounded at the apex, the margins glandular, dentate or 
lobed ; petioles 5-15 mm. long, margined, glandular: corymbs simple, 2-3-flowered or 
flowers solitary: pedicels and hypanthium tomentose: sepals 4-5 mm. long, glandular- 
serrate : corolla 12-15 mm. wide: stamens about 20, the anthers light yellow: fruit pyri- 
form or short-pyriform, 7-9 mm. thick, red at maturity, the flesh soft : nutlets 3-5, 6-7 
mm. long, the hypostyle about 5 mm. long. 
In sandy soil, Ocala, Florida. 
. 114. Crataegus rimdsa Beadle. A small tree, or a large shrub 2-4 m. tall, with 
rimose bark and slender drooping branches. Leaf-blades cuneate, spatulate or oblong- 
cuneiform, 1-2.5 cm. long, 7 mm.-2 cm. wide, or broader on leading shoots, glabrate or 
pubescent on the lower surface, especially along the midrib and in the axils of the princi- 
pal veins, usually abruptly contracted, but occasionally wedge-shaped at the base, either 
rounded, abruptly pointed or lobed at the apex, the borders glandular, dentate above the 
middle ; petioles 5 mm.-2 em. long, margined, glandular: corymbs simple, 3-4-flowered, 
or flowers solitary : pedicels and hypanthium tomentose: sepals 3-4 mm. long, glandular- 
serrate : corolla 12-15 mm. wide: stamens 20, the anthers light yellow: fruit short-pyri- 
form, 9-12 mm. thick, at maturity yellow or orange-yellow flushed or cheeked with red, 
the flesh soft: nutlets 3-5, 6-7 mm. long, the hypostyle 4-5 mm. long, 1.5-2 mm. wide 
on each side of the ventral angle. 
In sandy soil, Citra, Florida. 
115. Crataegus inopina Beadle. A small tree, or a large shrub 3-5 m. tall, with 
dark rough or rimose bark and recurved branches. Leaf-blades obovate-cuneiform, some- 
times suborbicular, 1.5-2.5 em. long, 1-2 em. wide, or larger on leading shoots, glabrate at 
maturity or with some pubescence on the lower surface and in the axils of the large veins, 
usually abruptly contracted, but occasionally wedge-shaped at the base, either rounded, 
pointed or lobed at the apex, the borders entire or denticulate ; petioles 5 mm.-2 cm. long, 
margined, glandular, mostly scurfy-tomentose: corymbs simple, 2-4-flowered, or flowers 
solitary : pedicels and hypanthium tomentose: sepals 3-4.5 mm. long, glandular-serrate : 
corolla 12-15 mm. wide : stamens 20, the antherslight yellow or almost white : fruit pyri- 
form, 8 -11 mm. thick, 12-14 mm. long, at maturity yellow or orange-yellow, sometimes 
cheeked with red, the flesh soft: nutlets 3-5, 6-7 mm. long, the hypostyle 4-5 mm. long. 
In sandy soil, Ocala, Florida. 
116. Crataegus villaris Beadle. .A small tree, or a large shrub 3-5 m. tall, with 
dark rough or rimose bark and drooping branches.  Leaf-blades cuneate or oblong-cunei- 
form, 1.5-3.5 em. long, 5 mm.-2 em. wide or broader on leading shoots, glabrous or glabrate 
at maturity, usually abruptly centracted, but occasionally wedge-shaped at the base, rounded 
or abruptly pointed at the apex, the borders glandular, entire or nearly so ; petioles 5 mm.— 
em. long, margined, glandular: corymbs simple, 2-4-flowered, or flowers solitary : pedi- 
cels and hypanthium tomentose : sepals 3-4 mm. long, glandular-serrate: corolla 12-16 
mm. wide: fruit pyriform, 8-11 mm. thick, at maturity yellow or orange-yellow, cheeked 
ua Ue with red, the flesh soft: nutlets mostly 3—4, 6-7 mm. long, the hypostyle 4-5 
. long. 
In sandy soil, Citra, Florida. 
., 117. Crataegus curva Beadle. A shrub, or a very small tree 2-4 m. tall, usually 
with several trunks clothed with dark rough bark, and crooked, drooping, very spiny 
idees Leaf-blades obovate or obovate-cuneiform, 1-2 em. long, 5 mm.-2 cm. wide, 
gla rate at maturity or with some conspicuous pubescence along the midrib and in the axils 
: the prominent veins beneath, rounded or abruptly pointed at the E. ped 
racted at the base, the borders subentire or denticulate and shallowly lobed ; petioles 5-15 
e jong, margined, glandular: corymbs simple, 2-4-flowered, or flowers solitary : pedi- 
ce s and hypanthium tomentose: sepals 3-4 mm. long, serrate, glandular: corolla 12-15 
a wide : stamens 20, the anthers light yellow : fruit pyriform, 6-9 mm. thick, at ma- 
rity orange-red or orange with red cheeks, the flesh very thin: nutlets usually 3-4, 6-7 
mm. long, the hypostyle 4-5 mm. long, 2-2.5 mm. wide near the top of each lateral surface. 
In sandy soil, notheastern Florida. 
