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drooping, or oftener a large shrub with one or more stems. Leaf-blades obovate or cuneiform, 

 1.5-5 cm. long, 1-3 cm. wide, or larger on leading shoots, glabrous or glabrate at ma- 

 turity, abruptly pointed at the apex, cuneate or more abruptly contracted at the base, the 

 borders dentate, serrate-dentate or crenate-dentate and with tooth-like lobes ; petioles 

 5 mm. -2 cm. long, margined, glandular : corymbs simple, 3-5-flowered : pedicels and 

 hypanthium pubescent: sepals 3.5-5 mm. long, glandular-serrate: corolla 15-20 mm. 

 wide : stamens 20, the anthers light purple : fruit subglobose, 8-11 mm. in diameter, at 

 maturity orange-red, often with deeper colored cheeks, the flesh soft : nutlets 3-5, about 7 

 mm. long, the hypostyle occupying about two-thirds of the ventral angle. 

 On sandy uplands, Apalachieola River basin, Florida. 



78. Crataegus egens Beadle. A tree 4-7 m. tall, with a trunk sometimes 2 dm. in 

 diameter, covered with dark rough bark, the branches crooked and recurved. Leaf -blades 

 obovate, cuneate or spatulate, 1-3 cm. long, 5 mm.-2.5 cm. wide, glabrate at maturity, 

 abruptly pointed at the apex, narrowed or contracted at the base, the borders dentate, 

 glandular and with tooth-like lobes above the middle ; petioles 3-15 mm. long, glandular : 

 corymbs simple, 2-4-flowered or flowers solitary : pedicels and hypanthium densely white- 

 woolly : sepals 3-4 mm. long, glandular-serrate : corolla 14-18 mm. wide : stamens 20, 

 the anthers almost white : fruit subglobose or slightly oval, 9-11 mm. thick, at maturity 

 orange-red with ruddy cheeks, the flesh succulent : nutlets 3-5, about 7 mm. long, the 

 hypostyle about 5 mm. long. 



In sandy soil, near Bristol, Florida. 



79. Crataegus aimosa Beadle. A tree sometimes 8 m. tall, with a trunk 3 dm. in 

 diameter clothed with dark rough or rimose bark, and spreading or ascending branches. 

 Leaf -blades obovate, oval or oblanceolate, or on leading shoots orbicular, 2-4.5 cm. long, 

 1-4 cm. wide, mostly pointed at the apex, cuneate or more abruptly contracted or on 

 strong shoots rounded at the base, glabrous or glabrate at maturity, the borders dentate 

 and glandular, mostly with several sharp, tooth-like lobes ; petioles 5 mm. -2 cm. long, 

 glandular, margined : corymbs simple, glandular-bracteate, 3-5-flowered : pedicels and 

 hypanthium pubescent : sepals 3-4.5 mm. long, serrate, glandular : corolla 15-20 mm. 

 wide : stamens 20, the anthers nearly white : fruit subglobose or oval, 10-12 mm. in diam- 

 eter, orange-red or red and orange when ripe, the flesh soft : nutlets 3-5, 7-8 mm. long, 

 the hypostyle occupying about two-thirds of the ventral angle. 



In woods and on hills, east-central Alabama. 



80. Crataegus calva Beadle. A shrub 2-4 m. tall, with rough bark and ascending 

 or spreading branches. Leaf-blades obovate, oval or elliptic, 1.5-3 cm. long, 7 mm. -2 cm. 

 broad, glabrous when fully grown, mostly pointed at the apex, narrowed or contracted, or 

 occasionally rounded at the base, the borders dentate, glandular and usually with several 

 tooth-like lobes ; petioles 5-15 mm. long, margined, glandular : corymbs simple, 3-5- 

 flowered : pedicels and hypanthium glabrous : sepals 3-4 mm. long, entire or glandular- 

 serrate : corolla 16-18 mm. wide : stamens 20, the anthers light yellow or nearly white : 

 fruit globose, 7-10 mm. in diameter, at maturity yellow or orange-red, the cheeks often 

 bright red : nutlets 3-5, 5-6 mm. long, the hypostyle about 4 mm. long. 



In woods and on ridges, Ozark, Alabama. 



81. Crataegus Michauxii Pers. A small tree or large shrub 2-5 m. tall, with dark 

 rough or rimose bark and crooked and drooping branches. Leaf-blades obovate, spatulate 

 or suborbicular, 1-4 cm. long, 5 mm.-4 cm. wide, tomentose, at least on the lower surface, 

 pointed or rounded at the apex, abruptly contracted at the base, the borders glandular, 

 usually broken above the middle, especially on leading shoots, by one or several small 

 lobes ; petioles 3-15 mm. long, margined, glandular, tomentose : corymbs 2-3-flowered, or 

 flowers solitary : pedicels and hypanthium densely white-woolly : sepals 4-5 mm. long, 

 almost linear, glandular, serrate : stamens 20 : fruit subglobose, 8-12 mm. thick, red or 

 ruddy at maturity : nutlets 3-5, about 7 mm. long, the hypostyle 5-6 mm. long. 



In dry woods and sandy barrens, North Carolina to Georgia. 



82. Crataegus lanata Beadle. A large shrub or small tree 2-5 m. tall, with dark 

 rough or rimose bark and drooping branches. Leaf-blades cuneate, 2-4 cm. long, 7 mm.- 

 2 cm. wide, or on leading shoots often larger and broader than long, tomentose at least on 

 the lower surface, mostly pointed at the apex, cuneate at the base, the borders glandular 

 and usually broken by one or more short point-like lobes ; petioles 5-15 mm. long, winged, 

 glandular, tomentose : corymbs simple, mostly 2-4-flowered : pedicels and hypanthium 

 densely tomentose : sepals 4-5 mm. long, narrowly lanceolate or almost linear, glandular, 

 serrate : stamens 20, the anther light yellow or nearly white : fruit globose, 8-11 mm. in 

 mm. in diameter : nutlets 3-5, 6-7 mm. long, the hypostyle about 5 mm. long. 



In rocky woods and sandy soil, northern Georgia to western North Carolina. 



