MALACEAE 557 



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

 light yellow: fruit pyriform or oblong-pyriform, 10-14 mm. thick, about 1.5 cm. long, 

 yellow or orange at maturity, blotched or cheeked with red, the flesh soft : nutlets mostly 

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

 In sandy soil, Tavares, Florida. 



113. Ciataegus reciirva Beadle. A shrub, or a small tree 3-5 m. tall, with ashy 

 gray or brownish, rough or rimose bark and pendulous branches. Leaf-blades cuneate or 

 spatulate or on leading shoots obovate-cuneiform, 1.5-3 cm. long, 5-15 mm. wide, or 

 broader on the shoots, glabrous or glabrate at maturity, wedge-shaped or more abruptly 

 contracted at the base, pointed or rounded at the apex, the margins glandular, dentate or 

 lobed ; petioles 5-15 mm. long, margined, glandular : corymbs simple, 2-3- flowered or 

 flowers solitary : pedicels and hypanthium tomentose : sepals 4-5 mm. long, glandular- 

 serrate : corolla 12-15 mm. wide : stamens about 20, the anthers light yellow : fruit pyri- 

 form or short-pyriform, 7-9 mm. thick, red at maturity, the flesh soft : nutlets 3-5, 6-7 

 mm. long, the hypostyle about 5 mm. long. 



In sandy soil, Ocala, Florida. 



114. Crataegus ilmosa Beadle. A small tree, or a large shrub 2-4 m. tall, with 

 rimose bark and slender drooping branches. Leaf-blades cuneate, spatulate or oblong- 

 cuneiform, 1-2.5 cm. long, 7 mm. -2 cm. wide, or broader on leading shoots, glabrate or 

 pubescent on the lower surface, especially along the midrib and in the axils of the princi- 

 pal veins, usually abruptly contracted, but occasionally wedge-shaped at the base, either 

 rounded, abruptly pointed or lobed at the apex, the borders glandular, dentate above the 

 middle ; petioles 5 mm. -2 cm. long, margined, glandular: corymbs simple, 3-4-flowered, 

 or flowers solitary : pedicels and hypanthium tomentose : sepals 3-4 mm. long, glandular- 

 serrate : corolla 12-15 mm. wide: stamens 20, the anthers light yellow: fruit short -pyri- 

 form, 9-12 mm. thick, at maturity yellow or orange-yellow flushed or cheeked with red, 

 the flesh soft: nutlets 3-5, 6-7 mm. long, the hypostyle 4-5 mm. long, 1.5-2 mm. wide 

 on each side of the ventral angle. 



In sandy soil, Citra, Florida. 



115. Crataegus inopina Beadle. A small tree, or a large shrub 3-5 m. tall, with, 

 dark rough or rimose bark and recurved branches. Leaf-blades obovate-cuneiform, some- 

 times suborbicular, 1.5-2.5 cm. long, 1-2 cm. wide, or larger on leading shoots, glabrate at 

 maturity or with some pubescence on the lower surface and in the axils of the large veins, 

 usually abruptly contracted, but occasionally wedge-shaped at the base, either rounded, 

 pointed or lobed at the apex, the borders entire or denticulate ; petioles 5 mm. -2 cm. long, 

 margined, glandular, mostly scurfy -tomentose : corymbs simple, 2-4-flowered, or flowers 

 solitary: pedicels and hypanthium tomentose: sepals 3-4.5 mm. long, glandular-serrate: 

 corolla 12-15 mm. wide : stamens 20, the anthers light yellow or almost white : fruit pyri- 

 form, 8 11 mm. thick, 12-14 mm. long, at maturity yellow or orange-yellow, sometimes- 

 cheeked with red, the flesh soft : nutlets 3-5, 6-7 mm. long, the hypostyle 4-5 mm. long. 



In sandy soil, Ocala, Florida. 



116. Crataegus villaris Beadle. A small tree, or a large shrub 3-5 m. tall, with 

 dark rough or rimose bark and drooping branches. Leaf-blades cuneate or oblong-cunei- 

 form, 1.5-3.5 cm. long, 5 mm.-2 cm. wide or broader on leading shoots, glabrous or glabrate 

 at maturity, usually abruptly contracted, but occasionally wedge-shaped at the base, rounded 

 or abruptly pointed at the apex, the borders glandular, entire or nearly so ; petioles 5 mm.- 

 2 cm. long, margined, glandular : corymbs simple, 2-4-flowered, or flowers solitary : pedi- 

 cels and hypanthium tomentose : sepals 3-4 mm. long, glandular-serrate : corolla 12-16 

 mm. wide: fruit pyriform, 8-11 mm. thick, at maturity yellow or orange-yellow, cheeked 

 or flushed with red, the flesh soft : nutlets mostly 3-4, 6-7 mm. long, the hypostyle 4-5 

 mm. long. 



In sandy soil, Citra, Florida. 



117. Crataegus curva Beadle. A shrub, or a very small tree 2-4 m. tall, usually 

 with several trunks clothed with dark rough bark, and crooked, drooping, very spiny 

 branches. Leaf -blades obovate or obovate-cuneiform, 1-2 cm. long, 5 mm. -2 cm. wide, 

 glabrate at maturity or with some conspicuous pubescence along the midrib and in the axils 

 of the prominent veins beneath, rounded or abruptly pointed at the apex, abruptly con- 

 tracted at the base, the borders subentire or denticulate and shallowly lobed ; petioles 5-15 

 mm. long, margined, glandular : corymbs simple, 2-4-flowered, or flowers solitary : pedi- 

 cels and hypanthium tomentose : sepals 3-4 mm. long, serrate, glandular: corolla 12-15 

 mm. wide : stamens 20, the anthers light yellow : fruit pyriform, 6-9 mm. thick, at ma- 

 turity orange-red or orange with red cheeks, the flesh very thin : nutlets usually 3-4, 6-7 

 mm. long, the hypostyle 4-5 mm. long, 2-2.5 mm. wide near the top of each lateral surface. 



In sandy soil, notheastern Florida. 



