558 MALACEAE 
118. Crataegus resima Beadle. A small tree, or a large shrub, 2-4 m. tall, with 
rough bark and drooping branches. Leaf-blades cuneate or spatulate, 1-2.5 cm. long, 
7 mm.-1.5 em. wide, pubescent or glabrate, pointed or variously lobed at the apex, wedge- 
shaped at the base, the border glandular, dentate or irregularly notched above the middle ; 
petioles 5 mm.-2 em. long, winged, glandular : corymbs simple, 2—5-flowered : pedicels and 
hypanthium tomentose: sepals 3-4 mm. long, glandular-serrate : corolla about 12 mm. 
wide : stamens 20, the anthers pale yellow: fruit pyriform, 9-11 mm. thick, at maturity 
orange-yellow, blotched with red, the flesh soft: nutlets mostly 3, about 7 mm. long, the 
hypostyle 4-5 mm. long, 1.5-2 mm. wide on each lateral surface. 
In open woods and fieids, mostly in sandy soil, Albany, Georgia. 
119. Crataegus lássa Beadle. A large much-branched shrub, or a small tree some- 
times 5 m. tall, with ashy gray or brownish rough bark and drooping branches. Leaf- 
blades cuneiform, 1.5-3 cm. long, 7 mm.-2 em. wide, or on leading shoots much dilated or 
frequently broader than long and with rounded bases, glabrate in age, or with some pubes- 
cence persistent along the midrib and in the axils of the prominent veins, rounded at the 
apex and with a short abrupt point or nearly truncate with one or more short points or 
shallow lobes, the borders roughened with black glands; petioles7 mm.-2 cm. long, mar- 
gined, glandular, pubescent: corymbs simple, 2-5-flowered: pedicels and hypanthium 
tomentose : sepals about 5 mm. long, glandular-serrate : corolla 15-18 mm. wide : stamens 
20, the anthers yellow : fruit pyriform, 8-10 mm. wide, 10-13 mm. long, at maturity orange- 
red, the flesh soft: nutlets 3-5, 6-7 mm. long, the hypostyle 4-5 mm. long. 
In sandy oak barrens, near Selma, Alabama. 
120. Crataegus adüsta Beadle. A large shrub, or a small tree 2-5 m. tall, with 
dark gray or brownish rough bark and drooping branches. Leaf-blades cuneiform, 1.5-3 
cm. long, 7 mm.-2 cm. wide or larger and obovate-cuneiform on the leading shoots, glabrate 
at maturity, rounded or with a short, abrupt point at the apex, the borders glandular, sub- 
entire, or dentate near the apex ; petioles 5-15 mm. long, margined, glandular : corymbs 
simple, 2-4-flowered or flowers solitary: pedicels and hypanthium tomentose : sepals 3-5 
mm. long, glandular-serrate: corolla 14-18 mm. wide: stamens 20, the anthers almost 
white : fruit short-pyriform, 9-11 mm. thick, at maturity orange-red, usually spotted and 
crea with red, the flesh soft: nutlets 3-5, about 8 mm. long, the hypostyle 5-6 mm. 
ong. 
In sandy woods, Gainesville, Florida. 
121. Crataegus illüdens Beadle. A small tree, or a large shrub with dark gray or 
brownish rough bark and drooping branches. Leaf-blades cuneiform, 1.5-3.5 em. long, 7 
mm.-2 cm. wide, or broader on vigorous shoots, glabrous or glabrate at maturity, rounded, 
pointed or lobed at the apex, the borders entire or denticulate, glandular, sometimes obed 
above the middle, especially on leading shoots ; petioles 7 mm.-3 cm. long, winged, gland- 
ular: corymbs 2-4-flowered, or flowers occasionally solitary: pedicels and hypanthium 
tomentose : sepals 3.5-5 mm. long, glandular-serrate : corolla 14-18 mm. wide: fruit pyri- 
form, 8-11 mm. thick, yellow at maturity, the flesh soft : nutlets mostly 3, about 7 mm. 
long, the hypostyle about 5 mm. long. 
In sandy soil, Citra, Florida. : 
122. Crataegus versüta Beadle. A shrub, or a small tree 3-6 m. tall, with dark 
rough bark and drooping branches. Leaf-blades cuneiform, 1-3 cm. long, 5 mm.-2 cm. 
wide, or broader on leading shoots, pubescent or tomentose at maturity, at least on the 
lower surface along the midrib and in the axils of the principal veins, rounded, pointed or 
lobed at the apex, the borders glandular, dentate or lobed above the middle ; petioles 5 
mm.-3 em. long, winged, glandular, pubescent: corymbs simple, 2-4-flowered, or flowers 
solitary: pedicels and hypanthium tomentose: sepals 2-3 mm. long, glandular: corolla 
10-12 mm. wide: stamens 20, the anthers light yellow: fruit short-pyriform, 6-9 mm. 
thick, at maturity orange or greenish yellow with ruddy cheeks : nutlets 3-5, about 6 mm. 
long, the hypostyle 3-4 mm. long. 
In woods and on banks, southwestern Georgia. 
123. Crataegus incana Beadle. A large shrub 2-4 m. tall, with dark gray or brown- 
ish, rough or scaly bark and crooked recurved branches. Leaf-blades cuneate or poo 
cuneate, 1-2.5 cm. long, 7 mm.-2 cm. wide, pubescent, abruptly pointed or rounded at t "a 
apex, wedge-shaped or more abruptly contracted at the base, the margins glandular, su 
entire or shallowly lobed; petioles 5-15 mm. long, margined, densely white-tomentoss 
when young, glandular: corymbs simple, 2-4-flowered, or flowers solitary : pedicels gr 
hypanthium densely white-tomentose : sepals 4-5 mm. long, glandular : corolla about " 
mm. wide: stamens 20, the anthers nearly white: fruit pyriform, 8-9 mm. thick, at m 
turity orange-yellow, flushed or cheeked with red : nutlets 3—5, about 7 mm. long, the hypo- 
style about 5 mm. long. 
In sandy oak woods, Apalachicola River basin, Florida. 
