506 Eggleston : Crataegi of Mexico and Central America 



E. JV. Nelson 1334-, eighteen miles southwest of city of 

 Oaxaca, Sept. 10-20, 1897. (Gray Herb, and herb. U. S. Nat. 



Mus.) 



Crataegus pubescens Botterii var. nov. 



Leaves shorter than those of the type, tomentose above, more 



rugose than in the type, densely white-tomentose ; corymbs densely 

 white-tomentose. 



This may prove a distinct species when better known. 

 Type : Botteri 1121. (Gray Herb.) 

 Specimens examined : 



Orizaba, Botteri 1121^ about 1850, (Herb. U. S. Nat. Mus. 

 and Gray Herb.) 



Huatasco, Vera Cruz, C Mohr, 1856. (Mohr Herb., U. S. 

 Nat. Mus.) 



Eugenio, Rincon de la Carbonera, Orizaba, F. Muller, 1853. 

 (Herb. Columbia Univ.) 



Boca del Monte, Orizaba, E. W. Nelson 218, May 13, 

 1894. (Herb. U. S. Nat. Mus.) 



MEXICANA 



1825. 



Moc. & Sesse, Dessins Fl. Mex. //. 2gg, 1874. — Bot. Reg. 

 22 : //. igio. 1836. — Loudon, Arb. et Frut. Brit. 2 : 843, 

 867; 6: 156. 1838. — D. Don in Sweet, Brit. Flow. Card. 



6://. joo. 1835 



C. siibserrata Benth. Plantae Hartweg. lo. 1839. 



hypolasia 



1853. 



Leaves elliptical-lanceolate or oblanceolate, 3-9 cm. long, 

 1.5-4 cm. wide,serrate-crenate, with gland-tipped teeth, sometimes 

 shghtly lobed towards the apex, often irregularly so or the margin 

 repand, entire towards the base, obtuse or acute at the apex, 

 cuneate at the base, dull, coriaceous, tomentose above, sometimes 

 becoming nearly glabrous, impressed-veined and slightly corru- 

 gated ; tomentose below, particularly along the veins ; petioles 

 5-10 mm. long, slightly winged, tomentose; corymbs 4-10- 

 flowered, densely white-tomentose; flowers 15-20 mm. wide; 

 calyx-lobes less tomentose, about 6 mm. long, lanceolate, entire 

 except at the apex, which is usually obtuse and often has two to 

 four nearly equal gland-tipped teeth ; stamens about 20, anthers 

 pink, styles 3-5, densely tomentose about the base ; fruit ovoid, 

 short-ellipsoidal or short-pyriform, 15-25 mm. thick, edible, 

 orange or rusty orange, calyx-lobes erect, thickened at the base ; 



