558 MALACEAE 



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

 rough bark and drooping branches. Leaf -blades cuneate or spatulate, 1-2.5 cm. long, 

 7 mm. -1.5 cm. wide, pubescent or glabrate, pointed or variously lobed at the apex, wedge- 

 shaped at the base, the border glandular, dentate or irregularly notched above the middle ; 

 petioles 5 mm. -2 cm. long, winged, glandular : corymbs simple, 2-5-flowered : pedicels and 

 hypanthium tomentose : sepals 3-4 mm. long, glandular-serrate: corolla about 12 mm. 

 wide : stamens 20, the anthers pale yellow : fruit pyriform, 9-11 mm. thick, at maturity 

 orange-yellow, blotched with red, the flesh soft : nutlets mostly 3, about 7 mm. long, the 

 hypostyle 4-5 mm. long, 1.5-2 mm. wide on each lateral surface. 



In open woods and fields, mostly in sandy soil, Albany, Georgia. 



119. Crataegus lassa Beadle. A large much-branched shrub, or a small tree some- 

 times 5 m. tall, with ashy gray or brownish rough bark and drooping branches. Leaf- 

 blades cuneiform, 1.5-3 cm. long, 7 mm. -2 cm. wide, or on leading shoots much dilated or 

 frequently broader than long and with rounded bases, glabrate in age, or with some pubes- 

 cence persistent along the midrib and in the axils of the prominent veins, rounded at the 

 apex and with a short abrupt point or nearly truncate with one or more short points or 

 shallow lobes, the borders roughened with black glands ; petioles 7 mm. -2 cm. long, mar- 

 gined, glandular, pubescent : corymbs simple, 2-5-flowered : pedicels and hypanthium 

 tomentose : sepals about 5 mm. long, glandular-serrate : corolla 15-18 mm. wide : stamens 

 20, the anthers yellow : fruit pyriform, 8-10 mm. wide, 10-13 mm. long, at maturity orange- 

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



In sandy oak barrens, near Selma, Alabama. 



120. Crataegus adusta Beadle. A large shrub, or a small tree 2-5 m. tall, with 

 dark gray or brownish rough bark and drooping branches. Leaf -blades cuneiform, 1.5-3 

 cm. long, 7 mm. -2 cm. wide or larger and obovate-cuneiform on the leading shoots, glabrate 

 at maturity, rounded or with a short, abrupt point at the apex, the borders glandular, sub- 

 entire, or dentate near the apex ; petioles 5-15 mm. long, margined, glandular : corymbs 

 simple, 2-4-flowered or flowers solitary : pedicels and hypanthium tomentose : sepals 3-5 

 mm. long, glandular-serrate : corolla 14-18 mm. wide : stamens 20, the anthers almost 

 white : fruit short-pyriform, 9-11 mm. thick, at maturity orange-red, usually spotted and 

 streaked with red, the flesh soft : nutlets 3-5, about 8 mm. long, the hypostyle 5-6 mm. 

 long. 



In sandy woods, Gainesville, Florida. 



121. Crataegus illudens Beadle. A small tree, or a large shrub with dark gray or 

 brownish rough bark and drooping branches. Leaf-blades cuneiform, 1.5-3.5 cm. long, 7 

 mm. -2 cm. wide, or broader on vigorous shoots, glabrous or glabrate at maturity, rounded, 

 pointed or lobed at the apex, the borders entire or denticulate, glandular, sometimes lobed 

 above the middle, especially on leading shoots ; petioles 7 mm. -3 cm. long, winged, gland- 

 ular : corymbs 2-4-flowered, or flowers occasionally solitary : pedicels and hypanthium 

 tomentose : sepals 3.5-5 mm. long, glandular-serrate : corolla 14-18 mm. wide : fruit pyri- 

 form, 8-11 mm. thick, yellow at maturity, the flesh soft : nutlets mostly 3, about 7 mm. 

 long, the hypostyle about 5 mm. long. 



In sandy soil, Citra, Florida. 



122. Crataegus versuta Beadle. A shrub, or a small tree 3-6 m. tall, with dark 

 rough bark and drooping branches. Leaf -blades cuneiform, 1-3 cm. long, 5 mm .-2 cm. 

 wide, or broader on leading shoots, pubescent or tomentose at maturity, at least on the 

 lower surface along the midrib and in the axils of the principal veins, rounded, pointed or 

 lobed at the apex, the borders glandular, dentate or lobed above the middle ; petioles 5 

 mm. -3 cm. long, winged, glandular, pubescent : corymbs simple, 2-4-flowered, or flowers 

 solitary : pedicels and hypanthium tomentose : sepals 2-3 mm. long, glandular : corolla 

 10-12 mm. wide : stamens 20, the anthers light yellow : fruit short-pyriform, 6-9 mm. 

 thick, at maturity orange or greenish yellow with ruddy cheeks : nutlets 3-5, about 6 mm. 

 long, the hypostyle 3-4 mm. long. 



In woods and on banks, southwestern Georgia. 



123. Crataegus incana Beadle. A large shrub 2-4 m. tall, with dark gray or brown- 

 ish, rough or scaly bark and crooked recurved branches. Leaf-blades cuneate or obovate- 

 cuneate, 1-2.5 cm. long, 7 mm. -2 cm. wide, pubescent, abruptly pointed or rounded at the 

 apex, wedge-shaped or more abruptly contracted at the base, the margins glandular, sub- 

 entire or shallowly lobed ; petioles 5-15 mm. long, margined, densely white-tomentose 

 when young, glandular : corymbs simple, 2-4-flowered, or flowers solitary : pedicels and 

 hypanthium densely white-tomentose : sepals 4-5 mm. long, glandular : corolla about 15 

 mm. wide : stamens 20, the anthers nearly white : fruit pyriform, 8-9 mm. thick, at ma- 

 turity orange-yellow, flushed or cheeked with red : nutlets 3-5, about 7 mm. long, the hypo- 

 style about 5 mm. long. 



In sandy oak woods, Apalachicola River basin, Florida. 



