Eggleston : Crataegi of Mexico and Central America 509 



tomentose, acute at the apex, cuneate at the base, crenate- serrate, 

 tomentose ; corymbs densely white-tomentose, few-flowered ; sta- 

 mens about 20 ; fruit globose or short-pyriform, (yellow ?), 1 5-30 

 mm. thick, calyx deciduous ; nutlets 2-4. 



Specimens examined : 



/. D. Smith 2331, Las Delicias, Depart. Sacatepequez, Guate- 

 mala, 7000 feet, Mar. 1892. 



Heyde & Lux 3324, Santa Rosa, Depart. Santa Rosa, Guate- 

 mala, 4000 feet, Apr. 1892. 



W. A. Kellerman 7071, Volcano Agua, Depart. Sacatepequez, 

 Guatemala, 9000 feet, Feb. 4, 1908. 



W. A. Kellerman 4529, Volcano Agua, Guatemala, Feb. 18, 



1905. 



Maxon& Hay 3668, Volcano Agua, Guatemala, 1800 m., Mar. 



21, 1905. 



W. R. Maxon, fruit bought in the market of Mazatenango, 

 Guatemala, Feb. 1905. 



The following I would refer to this species with some doubt : 



E. W. Nelson 3162, near San Cristobal, Chiapas, Mexico, 7000 

 -8800 feet, Sept. 18, 1895. 



E. A. Goldman 941, Teopisca, Chiapas, Mexico, May 7, 1894. 



Crataegus Rosei sp. no v. 



Leaves short-spatulate to obovate, obtuse at the apex, cuneate 

 at the base, serrate-creneate with fine teeth, slightly pubescent 

 along the veins, finely rugose, shining, yellow-green above, paler 

 and tomentose along the veins below ; petioles 5- 10 mm. long, 

 slightly winged, pubescent, stipules of the vegetative twigs semi- 

 lunate, 3-4 mm. long, glandular-serrate ; corymbs 3-9-flowered, 

 whitish -villose ; flowers 12-15 mm. wide, calyx and lobes slightly 

 villose, calyx-lobes remotely serrate or entire, lanceolate, acute, 

 2-3 mm. long ; stamens 5- 10 ; styles 2-4, surrounded at the base 

 by a dense tuft of tomentum ; fruit ellipsoidal or pyriform, red, 

 8-12 mm. thick, slightly villose, flesh soft, calyx-lobes reflexed or 

 spreading, nutlets usually 3, strongly ridged on the back, 6-7 

 mm. long, nest of nutlets 8-9 mm. thick. Vegetative twigs villose, 

 yellow-green, becoming glabrous and ash-gray, armed with chest- 

 nut-brown, slightly curved spines 2-4 cm. long. 



Type E. Palmer 74, Alvarez, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, Sept. 5 

 -10, 1902. (Herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.). 



Of no. 74 Dr. Palmer says, " Tejocote Colorado. The fruits are 



