MALACEAE 559 



124. Crataegus crocea Beadle. A small tree, or a large shrub 3-6 m. tall, with 

 dark rough bark and slender drooping branches. Leaf -blades cuneiform, 1-2.5 cm. long, 

 5-15 mm. wide, or broader on leading shoots, at maturity smooth above, more or less pubes- 

 cent beneath, especially along the midrib, either pointed or rounded at the apex, the borders 

 glandular, denticulate above the middle ; petioles 7 mm. -2 cm. long, margined, glandular, 

 pubescent or glabrate : corymbs simple, 2-4-flowered, or flowers solitary : pedicels and 

 hypanthium tomentose : sepals 3-4 mm. long, glandular-serrate : corolla 15 mm. wide : 

 stamens 15-20, the anthers nearly white : fruit pyriform, 9-12 mm. thick, at maturity,yel- 

 low or orange-yellow, rarely cheeked with russet-red, the flesh soft : nutlets 3-5, about 6 

 mm. long, the hypostyle 4-5 mm. long. 



In sandy soil, Citra, Florida. 



125. Crataegus audeiis Beadle. A large shrub, or a small tree, with dark gray or 

 brownish rough or scaly bark. Leaf-blades obovate or obovate-cuneiform, 1.5-3. 5 cm. long, 

 1-3.5 cm. wide, at maturity glabrate and shining on the upper surface, pubescent beneath 

 especially along the midrib and principal veins, abruptly pointed, rounded or lobed at the 

 apex, contracted or narrowed at the base, the margins dentate and shallowly lobed ; petioles 

 5-15 mm. long, margined, glandular, pubescent: corymbs simple, 2-5-flowered, or flowers 

 occasionally solitary : pedicels and hypanthium pubescent : sepals 4-5 mm. long, glandular- 

 serrate : corolla 15-16 mm. wide : stamens 20, the anthers almost white : fruit pyriform, 

 9-12 mm. thick, at maturity orange-yellow, flushed or cheeked with red, the flesh soft: 

 nutlets mostly 3, 7-8 mm. long, the hypostyle 4-5 mm. long. 



On dry hills, near Chattahoochee, Florida. 



126. Crataegus meridiana Beadle. A small tree, or a large shrub 3-7 m. tall, 

 with dark rough or rimose bark and recurved branches. Leaf-blades cuneate, obovate- 

 cuneiform, or on vigorous shoots broader than long, 2-3 cm. long, 7 mm. -3 cm. wide, at 

 maturity glabrate above, more or less pubescent beneath, especially along the midrib and 

 the axils of the prominent veins, abruptly pointed or lobed at the apex, narrowed or con- 

 tracted at the base, the borders dentate, glandular, shallowly lobed above the middle ; 

 petioles 7 mm. -3 cm. long, winged, glandular, pubescent : corymbs simple, 3-5-flowered : 

 pedicels and hypanthium tomentose : sepals 5-6 mm. long, "glandular serrate : corolla 

 18-20 mm. wide : stamens 20, the anthers light yellow or nearly white : fruit pyriform, 

 7-9 mm. thick, 12-15 mm. long, at maturity orange-yellow, sometimes flushed or streaked 

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



In sandy oak woods, southeastern Alabama. 



127. Crataegus le"pida Beadle. A small very spiny shrub, seldom more than 1-1.5 

 m. tall, with drooping branches. Leaf-blades obovate, round-ovate, suborbicular or spat- 

 ulate, 5 mm. -2 cm. long, 4 mm. -2 cm. wide, at maturity glabrous and lustrous above, 

 more or less pubescent beneath, especially along the principal veins and in their axils, 

 rounded, truncate or short-pointed at the apex, abruptly contracted at the base, or some- 

 times cuneate, the margins denticulate or crenate-dentate, glandular ; petioles 2 mm.-l cm. 

 long, margined, glandular : corymbs 2-3-flowered, or flowers solitary : pedicels and hypan- 

 panthium tomentose : sepals 2-3 mm. long, glandular-serrate : stamens 20 ; fruit subglo- 

 bose, 7-11 mm. in diameter, at maturity orange or orange-red : nutlets 3-5, 6-7 mm. long, 

 3-4 mm. deep, the hypostyle 4-5 mm. long. 



In sandy soil and open woods, southeastern Georgia and northeastern Florida. 



128. Crataegus lacrimata Small. A small tree, sometimes 4-5 rn. tall, or more 

 frequently a large shrub with several stems clothed with ashy gray often scaly bark, the 

 branches drooping. Leaf -blades cuneate-spatulate, 1-2.5 cm. long, 7-15 mm. wide, or 

 broader on vigorous leading shoots, glabrous in age, rounded, truncate or pointed at the 

 apex, wedge-shaped at the base, the borders dentate above the middle, glandular ; petioles 

 5-15 mm. long, pubescent, glandular : corymbs simple, 2-4-flowered, or flowers solitary : 

 pedicels and hypanthium glabrous : sepals 2.5-3 4 mm. long, entire or nearly so, glabrous : 

 stamens 20, the anthers light yellow : fruit globose, or subglobose, at maturity yellow or 

 orange, mostly with ruddy cheeks, the flesh soft : nutlets 3-5, 5-6 mm. long, the hypostyle 

 occupying about two-thirds of the ventral angle. 



In sandy woods and on borders of streams, western Florida. 



129. Crataegus condigna Beadle. A large shrub, with one or more stems, or some- 

 times a small tree 5 m. tall, with ashy gray or brownish scaly bark. Leaf -blades cuneate, 

 obovate-cuneate or on vigorous shoots broadly obovate, 1-3 cm. long, 7 mm.-2.5 cm. 



thium tomentose : sepals 3.5-5 mm. long, serrate, glandular : corolla about 16 mm. wide : 

 stamens 20, the anthers almost white : fruit pyriform or nearly so, 7-9 mm. wide, 8-11 



