546 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Lauderdaie County, near Florence (M. (\ Wilson). 

 Flowers latter part of February and in March; fruit ripe by end of May. 

 Economic uses: The fruit is edible. 

 Type locality not ascertained. 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



CRATAEGUS L. Sp. PI. 1 : 475. 1753. 



Fifty or more distinct species, north temperate regions, Asia, Europe, Mexico. 

 North America, 25 or more. Trees of smaller size and shrubs. 



Crataegus spathulata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 288. 1803. SUGAR HAW. 



Ell. Sk. 1 :552. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 165. Chap. Fl. 126. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 107. 



Carolinian and Louisianiaii areas. Southern Virginia to middle Florida, Texas, 

 and southern Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to Upper division of Coast Pine belt. Damp copses 

 and woods, banks of streams. Morgan County, Falkville. Cullman and Blouut coun- 

 ties. Lee County, Auburn, 800 feet. Tuscaloosa, Montgomery, and Autauga coun- 

 ties. Flowers white, April; fruit ripe October, November, scarlet, sweet. Large 

 shrub or small tree 12 to 18 feet high, frequent. Most abundant in the mountains 

 and Lower hill country. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Carolina utraque et Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Crataegus viridis L. Sp. PI. 1 : 476. 1753. TREE HAW. 



Crataegus arborescens Ell. Sk. 1 : 550. 1821. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 165. Chap. Fl. 127. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. South Carolina, Florida, and throughout the 

 Gulf States to eastern Texas, along the Mississippi River reaching southern Illinois 

 and St. Louis, Mo. 



ALABAMA : Mountain region to Coast plain. Low damp copses, borders of woods. 

 Clay County, banks of Talladega Creek. Dallas County, Marion Junction. Halo 

 County, Gallion. Wilcox County (Buckley). Clarke County. Mobile County, 

 Mount Vernon. Baldwin County, Stockton. Flowers white, odor nauseating; last 

 week of March, beginning of April. Fruit ripe October, November; flame color. 



A pretty tree, 20 to 25 feet high. Most frequent in the bottoms of the Alaba::: 

 and Tombigbee rivers, occasionally subject to overflow. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia.'' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Crataegus apiifolia (Marsh. ) Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 287. 1803. PARSLEY 1 1 A \v . 



Mespilus apiifolia Marsh. Arb. Am. 89. 1785. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 552. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 165. Chap. Fl. 127. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 4 : 111, 

 t. 188. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Florida along the coast to southern Virginia, 

 throughout the Gulf States to Louisiana, southern Arkansas, and southern Missouri. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to the Coast plain. Damp woods, river banks. 

 Morgan County, Falkville. Clay County, Hollins. Cullmau County. Tuscaloosa 

 County (E. A. Smith). Lee County, Auburn (Baker fy Earle). Hale, Dallas, and 

 Montgomery counties. Baldwin County, banks of Tensaw Kiver. Mobile County, 

 Mount Vernon. Flowers white; middle of March to first week of April ; fruit ripe. 

 October, scarlet. A large shrub, commonly 10 to 15 feet high; not rarely arbores- 

 cent, 15 to 20 feet high. Most frequent in the Prairie region and Upper division of 

 the Coast Pine belt. 



Type locality not specifically given. Michaux's locality: "Hab. in humidis ,syl- 

 varum Carolinae." 



Herb. Geol. Snrv. Herb. Mohr. 



Crataegus rotundifolia ( Khrh.) Borck. in Roem. Arch. 1, pt. 3 : S7. 1798. 



GLANDULAR II A\V. 



M&tpilus rotundifolia Ehrh. Beitr. 3 : 20. 1788. 



Crataegus (jlandtilosa Willd. Sp. PL 2 : 1002. 1800. Not Solander. 1789. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern New England to Indiana and Florida. 



ALABAMA: Central Prairies to Mountain region. Dry open woods and copses; 

 rocky or gravelly soil. Butler County, Greenville. Tuscaloosa County, banks 

 Warrior River with Crataegus coccinea. Blount County, Bangor. Flowers early in 

 May. Not rare. 



Tree 16 to 25 feet high, 4 to 6 inches in diameter, with dark close bark. Differs 



