r>4(i PLANT LIFK oK ALAl'.AM'. 



Ai.amama: Tennosseo \'iilU\v. Laiidenlaio Comity, near I'lormico (M. ('. Uilxoii). 

 Flow (18 latter |>art nl Fcliiiiary ami in Manli; IViiit rii)« l»y cikI of May. 

 Kcoiioiiiif iisi's: Tlio Jruit Ih •■iliblo. 

 'ry)H> lorality not asccrtaiiud. 

 IUtIi. (Jt'ol. Siirv. ilorl). Moln. 



CRATAEGUS L. Sp. PI. 1: 17.".. 175:?. 



Fifty or more distiutt species, north teiiipinitc m^iious, Asia, Kuropc, Mexico. 

 North America, 2'y or more Trees of Hiuallcr size ami shrubs. 



Crataegus spathulata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:2KS. 1803. Sicaij IIaw. 



i;il. Sk. l:.").')!.'. (Jray, Man. ecl.ti, 165. Chaj). Fl. 126. Coult. r. (diitr. Nat. Herli. 

 2: I(i7. 



Carolinian and Louisiauian areas. Sontlicrn \'irj;;iiiia to niiildlc I'lorida, Texas, 

 and southern Arkansas. 



Ai.aisa.ma: Tenmsscc \'allej' to I'pper division of Coast Pine belt. Damp copses 

 and woods, banks of streams. Morj^an County, Falkville. Cullman and Blount coun- 

 ties. Leo County, Auburn, 800 feet. Tuscaloosa, Mont<?omery, and Autauga coun- 

 ties. Flowers white, Ai)ril ; fruit ripe October, November, scarlet, sweet. Large 

 sliruli or small tree 12 to 18 feet high, frequent. Most abundant in the mountains 

 and Lower hill country. 



Tyi)e locality : " ilab. in Carolina utraque et Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Crataegus viridis L. 8p. PI. 1 : 17(5. 17.53. Trkk Haw. 



Claim (J IIS arhDvescens Ell. Sk. 1 : 550. 1821. 



(iray. .Man. ed. 6, 165. Cliap. Fl. 127. 



Carolinian and Louisiauiau areas. South Carolina, Florida, and throughout the 

 Gulf .States to eastern Texas, along the Mississippi River reaching southern Illinois 

 and St. Louis, Mo. 



Ai.Ai!AM.\: Mountain region to Coast plain. Low damp co])8es, borders of woods. 

 Clay County, banks of Talladega Creek. Dallas County, Marion .(unction. Halo 

 County, (iallion. Wilcox County (liiiclUnj}. Clarke County. Mobile County, 

 ]\Ionnt Vernon. Baldwin County, Stockton. Flowers white, odor nauseating; last 

 week of March, beginning of April. Fruit ri)ie October, November; llame color. 



A pretty tree, 20 to 25 leet high. !Most frequent in the bottoms of the Alaba::; i 

 and Tombigbee rivers, occasionally subject to overflow. 



Typo locality : " Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Crataegus apiifolia (Marsh.) Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:2S7. 1803. Paijslky TTaw. 



MeK])ihtn apiitolia Marsh. Arb. Am. 8!). 1785. 



Ell. Sk. 1:552. Gray, Man. ed. (i, 165. Chap. Fl. 127. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 4:111, 

 t. 188. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Florida along the coast to southern ^'irginia, 

 throughout the Gulf States to Louisiana, southern Arkansas, and southern Missouri, 



.Vi.amama: Tennessee Galley to the Coast i)laiu. Damp woods, river banks. 

 Morgan County, Falkville. Clay County, llollins. Cullman County. Tuscaloosa 

 (lownXiK (E. A. Smitli). l^ee County, Auburn {liaker .y- ICarle). Hale, Dallas, and 

 Montgomery counties. Baldwin Comity, banks of Tensaw Kiver. Mobile County, 

 Mount Vern(Ui. Flowers white; middle of March to lirst week of April; fruit ripe. 

 October, scarlet. A large shrub, commonly 10 to 15 feet high; not rarely arbores- 

 cent, 15 to I'd feet liigh. Most frequent in the Prairie region and Upper division of 

 the Coast Pine belt. 



Tyjie locality not specifically given. Micliaux's locality: "Hab. in linniidis syl- 

 varuni C;iiolinae."' 



Herb. (ieol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Crataegus rotundifolia (Ehrh.) Borck. in lioem. Arch. 1, pt. 3: .S7. 1798. 



GL.\NM>ri,Ai: Haw. 



Mexjiihts rotundifolia Ehrh. Beitr. 3 : 20. 1788. 



Crataeiins iilou(lnloxa\\\\\y\.f^Y.V\.2:\002. 1800. Not Solander. 1789. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern New England to Indiana and Florida. 



Ai.ai5a.ma: Cenlral Prairies to ^loiintain region. Dry open woods and co]is(^s; 

 rocky or gravelly soil. Butler County, (Jreeiiville. Tuscaloosa (Jouiity, banks 

 Warrior Kiver with Crataefjiia coccinea. Blount County, Bangor. Flowers early in 

 May. Not rare. 



Tree 16 to 25 feet high, 4 to 6 inches in diameter, with dark close bark. Differs 



