550 MALACEAE 



glandular : corymbs simple, 3-6-flowered : pedicels and hypanthium pubescent : sepals 4-5 

 mm. long, glandular, serrate : corolla 16-20 mm. broad : stamens 20, tlie antbers pale 

 purple : fruit pyriform, 10-12 mm. tbick, 12-15 mm. long, at maturity orange, diffused or 

 cheeked witli red, the flesh yellow or orange-yellow, soft : nutlets 3-5, mostly 3, 7-8.5 

 mm. long, the hypostyle two-thirds as long as tlie ventral angle. 

 In sandy soil, near Bristol, Florida. 



72. Crataegus sodklis Beadle. A small tree or large shrub 3-5 m. tall, often with 

 two or more stems, Avitli dark gray or brownish black rough bark, and somewhat recurved 

 branches. Leaf-blades obovate, oval or oi'bicular, 1.5-2.5 cm. long, 8 mm. -2.5 cm. wide, 

 or larger on leading shoots, pubescent or glabrate, rounded or abruptly pointed at the 

 apex, rounded or contracted, or on leading shoots, truncate at the base, the borders 

 minutely dentate and glandular, frequently with small tooth-like projections, especially on 

 the larger leaves ; petioles 5-15 mm. long, pubescent, glandular : corymbs simple, 3-5- 

 flowered : pedicels 5 mm.-l cm. long, pilose-pubescent : hypanthium pubescent : sepals 

 3-4.5 mm. long, linear-lanceolate, glandular, serrate : stamens normally 20 : fruit pyri- 

 form, 8-12 mm. thick, 12-15 mm. long, at maturity orange-red, the flesh orange-yellow, 

 soft : nutlets mostly 3, about 8 mm. long, the hypostyle 5-6 mm. long. 



fin dry woods and on gravelly ridges, Girard, Alabama. 



73. Crataegus furtiva Beadle. A large shrub 2-4 m. tall, with dark rough bark 

 and drooping branches. Leaf-blades obovate, or on leading shoots broadly ovate, 1-3 cm. 

 long, 7 mm. -3 cm. wide, glabrate in age, narrowed or contracted at the base, pointed at 

 the apex, the margins finely dentate or glandular, usually with a few short tooth-like 

 lobes ; petioles 5 mm. -2 cm. long, pubescent, winged, glandular : corymbs simjile, few- 

 flowered : pedicels 5 mm.-l cm. long, pubescent or tomentose-pubescent, as is the hypan- 

 thium : sepals 3-4.5 mm. long, glandular, mostly serrate: stamens normally 20: fruit 

 pyriform, 7-12 mm. thick, 12-15 mm. long, at maturity orange, usually flushed with red, 

 the flesh orange-yellow, soft : nutlets mostly 2-4, 6-7 mm. long, the hypostyle about 4 mm. 

 long. 



In sandy soil, near Albany, Georgia. 



74. Crataegus drrogans Beadle. A tree 4-5 m. tall, with dark, rough bark and 

 somewhat drooping branches. Leaf-blades oval, elliptic, obovate or cuneate, or on leading 

 shoots nearly orbicular, 1-3.5 cm. long, 7 mm.-3 cm. broad, glabrous or glabrate at ma- 

 turity, acute or abruptly pointed at the apex, contracted or narrowed, or on the shoots 

 rounded at the base, the borders finely dentate or glandular, usually with several short acute 

 tooth-like projections or lobes ; petioles 3-10 mm. long, margined, glandular : corymbs 

 simple, few-flowered : pedicels and hypanthium pubescent : sepals 3-4 mm. long, glandu- 

 lar, mostly serrate : stamens 20, the anthers small, bright purple : fruit short-oval or 

 slightly pyriform, 9-12 nun. thick, 11-13 mm. long, red at maturity, the flesh orange- 

 yellow, soft : nutlets mostly 3-4, about 8 mm. long, the hypostyle about 5 mm. long. 



In woods and on ridges, east-central Alabama and northwestern Georgia. 



75. Crataegus egrfegia Beadle. A small tree 4-6 m. tall, with dark and very rough 

 bark. Leaf -blades ovate, oval or obovate, 1.5-3.5 cm. long, 7 mm. -3 cm. broad, glabrous 

 at maturity, acute at the apex, narrowed or contracted at the base, the borders glandular, 

 broken by several large, shallow, blunt or rounded lobes ; petioles 5-15 mm. long, mar- 

 gined, glandular : flowers produced in simple few-floAvered corymt)s : pedicels and hypan- 

 thium sparsely pilose-pubescent : sepals about 3 mm. long, entire or sparingly serrate, 

 glandular: stamens 15-20: fruit subglobose, 10-12 ram. in diameter, at maturity yellow 

 or orange, sometimes flushed with red, the flesh orange-yellow, soft : nutlets 3-5, about 8 

 mm. long, 4-5 mm. deep, the hypostyle about 5 mm. long. 



In sandy soil, Bristol, Florida. 



76. Crataegus tristis Beadle. A large shrub or small tree 3-7 m. tall, with dark 

 rough or riniose bark and drooping branches. Leaf-blades obovate, cuneate or broadly 

 oval or suborbicular, 1.5-4 cm. long, 1-4 cm. wide, glabrate or pubescent along the mid- 

 rib and in the axils of tlie veins beneath, pointed or rounded at the apex, narrowed or con- 

 tracted or on leading shoots sometimes rounded at the base, the margins dentate and glan- 

 dular ; petioles 5 mm.-2 cm. long, margined, pubescent, glandular : corymbs simple, 

 glandular-bracteate, 3-5-flowered : pedicels and hypanthium pubescent : sepals 4-5 mm. 

 long, glandular-serrate : corolla 16-20 mm. wide : stamens 20, the anthers pink : fruit 

 oval or short oval, 10-12 mm. thick, red or orange-red at maturity, the flesh soft : nutlets 

 3-5, 8-i> mm. long, the hypostyle 6-7 mm. long. 



On wooded slopes, northwestern Georgia. 



77. Crataegus quaesita Beadle. A tree occasionally 5-7 m. tall, witii a short trunk 

 1-1.5 dm. in diameter, clothed with ashy gray or brownish black rough bark, the branches 



