MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 49 
Crataegus incaedua.—A tree 15-20 feet high. On borders 
of streams, Shannon County, Missouri. 
Crataegus hertiflora—aA tree 15-20 feet high. On grav- 
elly banks of creeks, Taney County, Missouri. 
Crataegus Lettermani.—A tree 18-20 feet high. In low 
rich ground, St. Louis County, Missouri. 
Crataegus secta.-—A tree 12-15 feet high. In low moist 
soil, Jasper County, Missouri. 
VIRIDES GROUP 
Crataegus viridis—A tree 20-85 feet high, with a straight 
trunk covered with a smooth gray or pale orange-colored 
bark. Branches small, forming a round, compact head; 
branchlets slender, ashy gray to light red-brown the first 
season, armed with very few or no spines. Leaves ovate to 
oblong-ovate or oval, pointed or rarely rounded at the apex, 
gradually narrowing to the square base, finely serrate above 
and sometimes slightly lobed at the apex, nearly fully grown 
when the flowers open in late April, at maturity dark 
green and shiny on the upper surface, pale beneath, turning 
brilliant scarlet in autumn. Flowers white, in many-flowered 
corymbs; stamens 20; anthers pale yellow. Fruit bright 
scarlet or orange, ripening in autumn and mostly persistent 
throughout the winter. Habitat: in rich moist ground, east- 
ern Missouri, Illinois, south to Arkansas, Texas, and Florida. 
Crataegus lanceolata.—A tree 25-80 feet high. In river 
bottoms, St. Louis County, Missouri. 
Crataegus ovata.—A. tree 25-80 feet high. On low moist 
river banks, St. Louis County, Missouri. 
Crataegus furcata—A shrub 15-20 feet high. On rocky 
hillsides and along small streams, Jasper County, Missouri. 
Crataegus ludoviciensis—A tree 15-25 feet high. On river 
bottoms, St. Louis County, Missouri. 
Crataegus lutensis—A tree 10-12 feet high. On wet bot- 
tom land, Newton County, Missouri. 
Crataegus nitens.—A tree 20-25 feet high. In rich soil on 
rocky hillsides, Marion County, Missouri. 
Crataegus Davisiii—A tree 20-25 feet high. In rich soil on 
rocky hillsides, Marion County, Missouri. 
Crataegus Pechiana.—A shrub 10-15 feet high. On dry 
rocky hills, in sterile soil, Marion County, Missouri. 
