1945] PALMER, SYNOPSIS OF NORTH AMERICAN CRATAEGI 98 



biltmoreana Beadle. Fruit depressed-globose, green, yellow or orange, 



10-15 



Fruit oblong, orange-red, 8-9 mm. diameter. 



callista Sarg. 



confusa Sarg. Fruit short-oblong to subglobose, russet-green or tinged 

 with red, 12-17 mm. diameter. 



contortula Sarg. Fruit subglobose, green blotched with red, about 10 

 mm. diameter. 



Delosii Sarg. Fruit short-oblong to slightly obovoid, orange tinged with 



red, pale dotted, 10-12 mm. diameter, 

 modesta Sarg. Fruit subglobose, rarely oblong or pyriform, bright yellow 



or orange-red, dark mottled, 8-9 mm. diameter, 

 premora Ashe. — 



diameter. 



green, dark mottled, 10-12 



pusilla Sarg. Leaves usually glabrous or nearly so. Fruit characters as 

 given above. 



reses Ashe. Young leaves usually glabrous or nearly so. Fruit characters 

 as given above. 



villicarpa Sarg. Fruit short-oblong to subglobose, orange yellow or tinged 

 with red, pale dotted, 10-12 mm. diameter. 



BB. Stamens about 20 (15-20) 

 C. Leaves at flowering time glabrous or nearly so 

 alma Beadle. Fruit subglobose, red, 10-12 mm. diameter. 



Darlington iana Sarg. (?) Flowers unknown. Fruit characters as given 

 above. 



Beadle. Fruit globose, red, 8-10 mm. diameter. 



6-8 



inanis Beadle. 



mm. diameter. 



venusta Beadle. Fruit oval, greenish-red, dull red or bright red, 9-13 

 mm. diameter. 



CC. Leaves at flowering time scabrate or villous above 



Craytonii Beadle. Fruit oblong to obovoid, red or ruddy, 9-12 mm. 

 diameter. 



VI. Tenuifoliae 



Anthers red, rose, pink or purple in this group. 

 A. Stamens normally 10 or less (AA see p. 97) 



B. Leaves of flowering branches narrowed or attenuate at base (on vigorous 

 shoots rounded to truncate) (BB see p. 95) 

 C. Corymbs glabrous or nearly so (CC see p. 95) 



acuminata Sarg. Fruit short-oblong to subglobose, crimson, 8-9 mm. 



diameter. 



acutiloba Sarg. Fruit oblong to obovoid, bright scarlet, 8-10 mm. diam- 

 eter. 



angustisepala Sarg. Fruit short-oblong to slightly obovoid, scarlet, about 



10 mm. diameter. 



antheina Sarg. Fruit short-oblong, scarlet, pale dotted, 9-12 mm. diam- 

 eter. 



