r)4S PLANT l.IIK OK ALAHAMA. 



Tv|>«» Idcalily : "••liin, Mr. I.m! liitliaiia, l>r. ('I(ii>i) .' Kimtiicky, /'/■. Short .' '1\i\uh, 

 J>riiiiiniiniil." 



Meili. (ioul. Siirv . Il.rl.. Molii. 



Crataegus biltmoreana Uc.hIIc, UuI. Ciiz. 28: 10."). 1S!»9. Uii.t.moui; TiioiiN. 



A slirnli :i til l."> fiM-l lii;;li, with :i reddiHli lirown li:iik an<l cliestniit-hrown or red- 

 dish hrowii biaiiclK's, stout, Hlij^litl^' nil vcd spiiu-s 1 to 2 in<lns Ion;,', and larj;e 

 (lowers ill .siiii|>lo 5 to 7 llowcrcd imliosceiit coryinbH. Tlio Iim\ i-h arc tliiii, incinbra- 

 iiactoiis, r.Hij^liisli Imt ral lur iiicon.s|>iciioiisl y jmbt'sri'iit, <;rceii al)ov(% ]>aler beneath, 

 ovate In round ovale, usually wed ^e-sli aped at t h»! base, acutely incised, or Klii;litly 

 .") to !• lohed, sharply ami ine^iulaily serrate to mar th(^ b.ise, bearinj^, like the 

 lietiole. a few dark-ecdored stalk<(l j.;lands. The llowers are borne on strict juibes- 

 eeiit itidii-els; jietals orbi»-ular, contracted into a short claw ; stamens 10, auliiers yel- 

 low ; styles 'A to .">, calyx obconic, }uibescent oi- torineiitose, with the dentate or pee- 

 tinat« glamlular lobes ',i lines lou'j;; iVuit yellow or yeUowish green to oranj^e, con- 

 tainiiiir from '.i to") depressed-jrloboso olitnsely ani;led nutlets. 



Isnally eonfoiimled witli Kastern forms of ('. /»<*//i« ( Torr. A: Gray ; Scheele, from 

 whii b it may l)e known by its smaller size, simiile corymbs, and later time of flow- 

 ering, and by the color and ti'xtnre of its fruit. 



Carolinian arcia. From Pennsylvania and \'irginia to eastern T(Minessee, North 

 Carolina, and tieorgia. 



Ai.AitAVtA: Mountain region. Dry. rocky woodlands. DeKalb County, Lookout 

 Mountain ( lUmUr, May, 1!I0U). Flowers after the middle of May. 



Type locality : " Vicinity of Hiltmore, N. C." 



Herb. CJeol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Crataegus tomeutosa chapmaiii IJeadle, I'.ot. (Jaz. 25 :3()0. 1898. 



CrataajHx iomentoaa m'lcrocarpa Chap. IT. ed. 3, 139. 1897. Not. 6'. microcarpa Liudl. 

 1830. 



Chap. Fl. I.e. 



Carolinian area. Georgia. 



Ar.AiiAMA: Tennessee Valley. Mountain region. .Jackson County, Sand Mountain 

 (C l>. Jiiadle). Etowah County, (Jadsden {('•. ('. Boijnton). .Small tree or shrub. 

 Flowers in Maj-. 



Type locality: "River banks near Rome, (ia." 



IJiltmoie Herb. 



Crataegus crus-galli L. Sp. I'l. 1: 476. 17.53. Cockspur Thorn. 



Fll.Sk.l:.")48. (Jrav, Man.ed. (5,166. Chap. IT. IL'7. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 107. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 4 : 91. t. 17S. 



Alieghenian to Loiiisiaiiiau area. Southern Ontario, Michigan, and Missouri, 

 south to Florida, west to Texas and Arkansas. 



Ai.ahama: Tennessee Valley to Central prairies. AVoodod banks, copses, in close 

 damp soil. Morgan, .Madison, Cullman, Montgomery, Dallas, and Hale Counties. 

 Flowers white, April; fruit ripe October, dull red. .Small tree, 15 to 25 feet. Fre- 

 (pient in tin* valleys and jirairies. 



Type loc.-ility not given. In L. Sp. PI. ed. 2: " Hab. in Virginia." 



llerl). (Jeol. .Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Crataegus colliua Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 110. 1897. 



Carolinian area. Southeastern Tennessee, North Carolina, and northern Georgia. 



Alaha.ma: Mountain region to Lower hills. Rocky and gravelly hills. Dekalb 

 County. .leffersou County, Red Mountain near liirmiugham {Sdn/enl). Tuscaloosa 

 County, rocky banks of Warrior River. Krowah County, (Jadsden (C J>. Jleadle). 

 .Jackson County, Saud Mountain (llUtmore Jlcrh.), Mobile County (JiHtviore Herb.). 

 Flowers April. Fruit mature October, rod. Not rare. 



Tall shrub or small tree. 



Type locality : "Rocky hillsides, north Georgia and Tennessee." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Motr. 



Crataegus mohri I5eadle, Bot. Gaz. 28 : 116. 1899. 



A tree 18 to 30 feet high, with a slender trunk 1 to 8 inches in diameter, unarmed 

 or sparsely spiny, or in unfavorable situations a large erect branching shrub, the 

 branches ascending or nearly horizontal, forming an oblong or occasionally a round 

 compact head, the branchlets and smaller branches zigzag with slightly curved or 

 straight spines from 1 to 2 inches long. Leaves cuneate-obovate, or on vigorous 

 shoots from ovate to orbicular, IJ to 2J inches long and f to 1^ inches wide, acute or 

 rounded at the apex and contracted below into winged or margined petioles from 4 



