564 MALACEAE 
155. Crataegus arcana Beadle. A shrub or small tree 2-6 m. tall, with a short 
trunk sometimes 2 dm. in diameter, clothed with dark gray or brownish black scaly 
bark. Leaf-blades ovate or oval, 2.5-6 cm. long, 2-7 cm. wide, glabrous when fully 
grown, acute or acuminate at the apex, rounded or contracted, or on leading shoots trun- 
cate or subcordate at the base, the borders sharply serrate and incised ; petioles 1-3 cm. 
long, glabrous: corymbs simple or subsimple, 4-10-flowered: pedicels and hypanthium 
glabrous: sepals 4-5 mm. long: corolla 16-20 mm. wide: stamens 20, the anthers light 
purple : fruit subglobose, 8-12 mm. thick, obtusely angled and conspicuously swollen be- 
low the middle, at maturity red or ruddy, the flesh firm: nutlets 3-5, 6-7 mm. long, the 
hypostyle about half the length of the ventral angle. 
In woods and old fields near Biltmore, North Carolina. 
156. Crataegus Georgiana Sarg. A tree sometimes 8-10 m. tall, with a trunk 3 dm. 
in diameter, covered with dark gray or brownish scaly bark. Leaf-blades ovate, 3.5-5.5 
cm. long, 2.5-3.5 em. wide, or larger on leading shoots, glabrous when fully grown, acute 
or acuminate at the apex, contracted or rounded at the base, the borders serrate and with 
short acute lobes; petioles 1.5-3 cm. long, glabrous: corymbs subsimple or compound, 
5-10-flowered : pedicels and hypanthium glabrous: sepals 3-5 mm. long, entire or obscurely 
serrate : corolla about 20 mm. wide : stamens 20, the anthers purplish': fruit globose, 10-13 
mm. in diameter, at maturity dull russet-green, the flesh firm: nutlets 3-5, 6-7 mm. long. 
In low woods and meadows, near Rome, Georgia. 
157. Crataegus cállida Beadle. A shrub or small tree 2-5 m. tall, the trunk or 
stems covered with dark gray or brownish scaly bark.  Leaf-blades ovate, 2-7 cm. long, 
2-6 cm. wide, glabrous, acute or acuminate at the apex, rounded, truncate or subcordate at 
the base, the borders serrate and with several pairs or short point-like lobes; petioles 1-3 
em. long, glabrous: corymbs subsimple or compound, 5-10-flowered : pedicels and hypan- 
thium glabrous : sepals 3-5 mm. long, mostly entire: corolla about 20 mm. wide : stamens 
20, the anthers very pale yellow or almost white: fruit depressed-globose, 8-10 mm. wide: 
at maturity red or green and red often with russet surfaces, the flesh firm : nutlets 3-5, 
about 7 mm. long, the hypostyle occupying about two-thirds of the ventral angle. 
In flat woods, northeastern Alabama. 
158. Crataegus iracünda Beadle. A large shrub, or a slender tree 2-5 m. tall, with 
ashy gray, either smooth or scaly bark. Leaf-blades ovate or deltoid, 1.5—6 cm. long, 1-6 
em. wide, scabrous above, glabrous beneath, acute or acuminate at the apex, truncate, Cor 
date or occasionally broadly cuneate at the base, the borders sharply serrate and incised ; 
petioles 7 mm.-2 cm. long, glabrous, glandular: corymb simple, 3-7-flowered : pedicels 
and hypanthium glabrous : sepals 3-4 mm. long, entire or glandular-serrate : corolla about 
15 mm. wide: stamens 10, the anthers purple : fruit subglobose, 8-10 mm. thick, at ma- 
turity red or red and green, the flesh firm: nutlets 3-5, about 6 mm. long, the hyposty le 
3-4 mm. long. 
In flat woods, northwestern Georgia. . 2 
159. Crataegus vicinàlis Beadle. A large shrub, or a small tree 3-6 m. tall, with 
dark gray or brownish scaly bark. Leaf-blades ovate, 2-5 cm. long, 1.5-4 cm. wide, gla- 
brous, acute or acuminate at the apex, rounded, truncate or cordate, or sometimes broadly 
cuneate at the base, the margins serrate and with short, acute lobes ; petioles 7 mm.-2 cm. 
long, glabrous : corymbs simple, 3-7-flowered : pedicels and hypanthium glabrous: Mim 
2-4 mm. long, entire or serrate : corolla 14-16 mm. wide: stamens 20, the anthers white 
or cream-color : fruit pyriform, 7-9 mm. thick, 9-12 mm. long, at maturity red or ruddy, 
the flesh firm: nutlets 3-5, 6.5-7.5 mm. long, the hypostyle about 5 mm. long. 
In woods and on slopes, southeastern Tennessee and Georgia. 
160. Crataegus basilica Beadle. A shrub or small tree 4—7 m. tall, with dark gray 
or brownish scaly bark. Leaf-blades ovate, 3-7 cm. long, 2.5-6.5 cm. wide, glabrous, acute 
or acuminate at the apex, broadly cuneate, rounded or truncate at the base, the borders 
serrate and with several pairs of short, acute lobes; petioles 1-3 cm. long, glabrous : 
corymbs subsimple or compound, glabrous, 5-15-flowered : pedicels and hypanthium gh- 
brous: sepals 4-5 mm. long, entire or serrate: corolla 14-17 mm. wide : stamens 15-20, ines 
anthers purple: fruit subglobose, 12-15 mm. thick, at maturity red or pruinose-red, the 
flesh soft: nutlets 3-5, 7-8 mm. long, the hypostyle about 5 mm. long. 
In woods and on slopes in the mountains, western North Carolina. : k 
161. Crataegus macrospérma Ashe. A shrub or small tree 3-7 m. tall, with dar 
gray or brownish scaly bark. Leaf-blades ovate or oval, 2.5-6 cm. long, 2-5 cm. wld, 
glabrous, acute at the apex, rounded, truncate or cordate at the base, sharply serrate an 
with several pairs of short, acute lobes ; petioles 1-3 cm. long, glabrous: corymbs simple pad 
subsiraple, 4-9-flowered : pedicels and hypanthium glabrous: sepals 3-5 mm. long, serra 
