MALACEAE 549 



nutely glandular : corymbs simple or subsimple, 3-7-flowered : pedicels and hypanthium 

 pilose-pubescent : sepals 3-4 mm. long, lanceolate, serrate or entire, glandular : corolla 

 about 15 mm. wide : stamens 20, the anthers pale yellow : fruit globose or subglobose, 5-7 

 mm. wide, at maturity red or ruddy, the flesh thin : nutlets 3-5, 4-5 mm. long, the hypo- 

 style about 3 mm. long. 



In sandy soil and on banks of streams, southwestern Georgia. 



66. Crataegus consanguinea Beadle. A tree 5-7 m. tall, with a trunk 1-2 dm. in 

 diameter, clothed with ashy gray or brownish black, scaly bark, or often a large shrub with 

 one or more stems. Leaf-blades obovate, round-ovate or nearly orbicular, 1-4.5 cm. long, 

 1-4 cm. broad, or larger on the shoots, glabrous at maturity, acute or abruptly pointed at 

 the apex, contracted or rounded at the base, the margins serrate or serrate-dentate and 

 shallowly incised ; petioles 1-2 cm. long, margined, glandular : corymbs simple, 1-5- 

 flowered : pedicels and hypanthium pubescent : sepals 4-5 mm. long, glandular : corolla 

 about 2 cm. wide : stamens 20, the anthers purplish : fruit globose, 9-12 mm. broad, at 

 maturity red or orange flushed with red, the flesh succulent : nutlets 3-5, 7-8 mm. long, 

 the hypostyle 4-5 mm. long. 



In woods, mostly in sandy soil, Tallahassee, Florida, westward to the Apalachicola River. 



67. Crataegus valida Beadle. A large shrub or small tree 2-5 m. tall, with gray or 

 brownish, rough or scaly bark and spreading or ascending branches. Leaf-blades obovate, 

 oval or orbicular, 2-5 cm. long, 1.5-5 cm. broad, or larger and broader than long on the 

 shoots, glabrous or very nearly so at maturity, rounded or abruptly pointed at the apex, 

 contracted or rounded, or on strong shoots truncate or subcordate at the base, the margins 

 irregularly dentate ; petioles 5-15 mm. long, margined, glandular : corymbs 3-5-flowered : 

 pedicels and hypanthium sparsely pilose-pubescent : sepals 3-4 mm. long, 1.5-2 mm. wide, 

 serrate, glandular : corolla 15-20 mm. wide : stamens 20, the anthers purple : fruit sub- 

 globose, 12-15 mm. thick, the cavity 4-6 mm. wide : nutlets 3-5, 8-9 mm. long, 4-5 v mm. 

 deep, the hypostyle about 5 mm. long. 



On hills and rocky exposures, northwestern Georgia. 



68. Crataegus limata Beadle. A large shrub or small tree 2-5 m. tall, with one or 

 more stems clothed with dark gray or brownish, rough or scaly bark. Leaf-blades ovate, 

 elliptic, obovate or suborbicular, 2-4.5 cm. long, 1.5-3.5 cm. broad, acute or abruptly 

 pointed at the apex, contracted or rounded at the base, the borders finely serrate and 

 incised or with tooth-like lobes ; petioles 5-15 mm. long, margined, glandular : corymbs 

 simple, glandular-braeteate, 3-5-flowered : pedicels and hypanthium glabrous : sepals 

 lanceolate, 4-6 mm. long, serrate, glandular : stamens 20, the anthers purplish : fruit 

 globose, 10-13 mm. in diameter, at maturity red, the flesh orange-yellow, succulent : nut- 

 lets 3-5, about 6 mm. long and 3 mm. deep, the hypostyle a little more than half the 

 length of the ventral angle. 



On hills and in dry woods, western and northwestern Georgia. 



69. Crataegus mira Beadle. A large shrub 2-3 m. tall, with one or more stems 

 clothed with dark gray, rough or scaly bark. Leaf-blades orbicular or very broadly ovate, 

 mostly broader than long, 2-4 cm. long, 2-5.5 cm. broad, glabrous when fully grown, 

 abruptly pointed at the apex, rounded or contracted, or on leading shoots, truncate or cor- 

 date at the base, the borders dentate or serrate-dentate and incised or with tooth-like lobes ; 

 petioles 4-12 mm. long, margined, glandular : corymbs simple, 3-6-flowered : pedicels and 

 hypanthium sparingly pilose : sepals 4-6 mm. long, serrate, glandular : corolla 16-20 mm. 

 wide: stamens varying, but usually 12-17, the anthers nearly yellow : fruit subglobose, 

 10-12 mm. in diameter : nutlets 3-5, about 8 mm. long, the hypostyle 4-5 mm. long. 



On hills and in upland woods, northwestern Georgia. 



70. Crataegus sgnis Beadle. A tree 5-7 m. tall, with very rough dark colored 

 bark. Leaf-blades obovate, oval or nearly orbicular, 2-4 cm. long, 1-3.5 cm. wide, gla- 

 brous at maturity, acute or abruptly pointed at the apex, contracted or rounded at the 

 base, the margins crenate or crenate-dentate ; petioles 5 mm.-2 cm. long : margined, glan- 

 dular : corymbs simple, 3-7-flowered : pedicels 5 mm.-l cm. long, sparingly pilose, as is 

 the hypanthium : sepals 3-5 mm. long, serrate, glandular : corolla 12-16 mm. wide : 

 stamens normally 20: fruit globose, 8-12 mm. in diameter, red at maturity : nutlets 3-5, 

 6-7 mm. long, 3.5-4.5 mm. deep, the hypostyle 4-5 mm. long. 



In clay soil, Greenville, Alabama. 



71. Crataegus vis6nda Beadle. A tree sometimes 10 m. tall, with a trunk 2.5-3 

 dm. in diameter, clothed with dark gray or brownish rough bark. Leaf-blades ovate, ob- 

 ovate or orbicular, 2-4 cm. long, 1-3.5 cm. broad, glabrous in age, acute or abruptly 

 pointed or occasionally rounded at the apex, contracted at the base, the borders finely den- 

 tate and usually with several acute tooth-like lobes ; petioles 5-15 mm. long, margined, 



