MALACEAE 553 



89. Crataegus rava Beadle. A shrub or small tree 2-5 m. tall, with ashy gray 

 rough or scaly bark and crooked, slightly drooping branches. Leaf -blades obovate, cuneate 

 or spatulate, 1-3 cm. long, 7 mm. -2. 5 cm. wide, pubescent or glabrate at maturity, rounded 

 and mostly with a short abrupt point at the apex, narrowed or contracted at the base, the 

 borders glandular and nearly entire ; petioles 5-15 mm. long, margined, glandular : 

 corymbs 2-4-flowered or flowers solitary : pedicels very short, like the hypanthium densely 

 tomentose : sepals 4-5 mm. long, serrate, glandular : corolla 15-20 mm. wide : stamens 20, 

 the anthers light yellow or almost white : fruit globose or subglobose, 10-12 mm. in diam- 

 eter, when ripe yellow or orange-yellow cheeked or splotched with red, the flesh soft : nut- 

 lets 3-5, about 7 mm. long, the hypostyle about 5 mm. long. 



In open woods, mostly in sandy soil, Tallahassee, Florida. 



90. Crataegus Alabamensis Beadle. A tree 4-6 m. tall, or more often a large 

 branching shrub with one or more stems, clothed with rough dark gray or brownish black 

 bark, the branches pendulous. Leaf-blades obovate or obovate-cuneiform, 1.5-5 cm. long, 

 l-3.o cm. wide, pubescent on the lower surface at maturity, especially along the midrib and 

 principal veins, rounded at the apex and often with a short, abrupt point, or occasionally 

 abruptly contracted into an acute tip, narrowed or contracted at the base, the borders irreg- 

 ularly dentate; petioles 7 mm. -2.5 cm. long, margined, glandular: corymbs simple or 

 subsimple, 3-9-flowered : pedicels and hypanthium tomentose-pubescent : sepals 6-8 mm. 

 long, serrate, glandular : corolla 2-2.5 cm. broad : stamens 20, the anthers yellow : fruit 

 oval, 1.5-2 cm. long, 1-1.5 cm. wide, red when fully ripe, the flesh soft : nutlets mostly 

 2-3, 8-10 mm. long, 3-4 mm. deep, the hypostyle 6-7 mm. long. 



In open woods and clearings, mostly in clay soil, Montgomery, Alabama. 



91 Crataegus fortis Beadle. A large shrub or occasionally a small tree 2-5 m. tall, 

 with ashy gray or brownish, rough or scaly bark. Leaf-blades obovate or obovate-cunei- 

 form, 2-4 cm. long, 1-3 cm. wide, or broader on leading shoots, glabrate at maturity, 

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

 dentate; petioles 5-15 ram. long, margined, glandular: corymbs simple, 3-5-flowered: 

 pedicels and hypanthium tomentose-pubescent : sepals 6-8 mm. long, serrate, glandular : 

 corolla 2-2.5 cm. wide: stamens 20, the anthers pale purple: fruit subglobose or short- 

 oval, 10-15 mm. thick, red at maturity, the flesh soft : nutlets 3-5, about 8 mm. long, the 

 hypostyle about three-fourths the length of the ventral angle. 



In sandy woods bordering the Tombigbee River, northeastern Mississippi. 



92. Crataegus compitalis Beadle. A small tree, or oftener a large shrub, 2-5 m. 

 tall, with dark gray or brownish rough bark and recurved branches. Leaf-blades obovate 

 or obovate-cuneiform, 2-4 cm. long, 1-3 cm. wide, nearly or quite glabrous in age, rounded 

 or with a small abrupt point at the apex, usually contracted at the base, the borders den- 

 tate or serrate-dentate ; petioles 5-15 mm. long, margined, glandular : corymbs simple, 

 3-5-flowered : pedicels and hypanthium densely tomentose : sepals 4-5 mm. long, serrate, 

 glandular : corolla 15-18 mm. wide : stamens 20, the anthers light yellow or nearly white : 

 fruit subglobose or oval, 10-13 mm. thick, red when fully ripe, the flesh soft : nutlets 3-5, 

 S-9 mm. long, the hypostyle 6-7 mm. long. 



On roadsides, near Gainesville, Florida. 



93. Crataegus insidiosa Beadle. A large shrub, or a small tree 4-7 m. tall, with 

 dark gray or brownish, rough or rimose bark and crooked, recurved branches. Leaf-blades 

 cuneate, 2-4 cm. long, 1-2 cm. wide, or broader on leading shoots, pubescent or glabrate 

 at maturity, blunt or abruptly pointed, or sometimes shallowly lobed at the apex, wedge- 

 shaped at the base, the borders glandular and dentate near the apex ; petioles 5 mm. -2 cm. 

 long, margined glandular : corymbs mostly 2-4-flowered, simple or flowers solitary : 

 pedicels and hypanthium pubescent : sepals 4-5 mm. long, glandular, usually serrate : 

 corolla 16-20 mm. wide : stamens 20, the anthers light yellow or almost white : fruit oval 

 or subglobose, 9-1 2 mm. thick, at maturity red, the flesn soft : nutlets 3-5, 7-8 mm. long, 

 the hypostyle about 5 mm. long. 



In dry woods and on slopes, southeastern Alabama and western Georgia. 



94. Crataegus fldrens Beadle. A small tree, or a large shrub 3-6 m. tall, with dark 

 rimose bark and crooked, recurved branches. Leaf-blades obovate, oblong-cuneate or on 

 leading shoots suborbicular, 2-5.5 cm. long, 1-3 cm. wide, or broader on the shoots, pubes- 

 cent or glabrate in age, pointed or rounded at the apex, narrowed or contracted at the base, 

 the borders dentate or serrate-dentate ; petioles 5 mm. -2 cm. long, margined, glandular : 

 corymbs simple or subsimple, 3-6-flowered : pedicels and hypanthium pilose-pubescent : 

 sepals 6-8 mm. long, glandular-serrate : corolla 2-2.5 cm. wide : stamens 20, the anthers 

 light yellow : fruit subglobose, 10-15 mm. thick, orange-red at maturity, the flesh soft : 

 nutlets 3-5, about 8 mm. long, the hypostyle 5-6 mm. long. 



On sandy flats along the Tombigbee River, eastern Mississippi. 



