550 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



flat-topped head, armed with straight or curved spines f- inch to 2- inches long. 

 Leaves ovate or round-ovate, acute, rounded or narrowed at the hase, from 1J to 4 



yellow. 



Resembles the several forms of C. coccinea from the South Atlantic region, from 

 which it may be distinguished by the rough leaves, which are less incised and 

 broader and longer in outline, and by the short, strict, and stout pedicels. 



Carolinian area. Northwest Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Northern part of State in the "flat woods," and occasionally in the 

 higher and drier woodlands. 



Type locality: " Vicinity of Gadsden, Ala." 



Crataegus punctata Jacq. Hort. Vind. 1 : 10, t. 2S. 1770. DOTTED HAW. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 548. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 166. Chap. Fl. 127. 



Allegheuian to Louisianian area. Ontario, New York, central Michigan to Mis- 

 souri and Arkansas, south to Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Lower hills. Border of hilly woods. Cnllman 

 County. Tuscaloosa County (E. A. Smith). Lee County, Auburn ( Baker 4' 1 Earle, 14<>). 

 Flowers March, April. 



Type locality : "Hue transvecta * * * sub arboris Americaiiae igiiotaetitulo." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Crataegus flava Ait. Hort. Kew. 2 : 169. 1789. SUMMER HAW. 



Crataegus flava v&r.pubescens Gray, Man. ed. 5, 160. 1867. 



C. flexispina Sargent, Gard. & For. 2:424. 1889. Not Mespllxs Hej-'mpina Muem-h. 

 1785. 



Ell. Sk. 1:551. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 166. Chap. Fl. 128. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 4 : 113, t. ISO. 



Carolinian and Louisianian area. West Virginia to Florida, west to Louisiania, 

 Arkansas, and southern Missouri. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast Pine belt. Sandy banks, dry copses. Cull- 

 man County. Monroe County, Claiborne. Henry County, Oxark. Baldwin County. 

 Flowers March, April: fruit ripe September, reddish or greenish yellow. Not fre- 

 quent in the Mountain region; more abundant throughout the Lower Pine belt. 

 Small tree 20 to 25 feet high, with drooping branches and gray shreddy bark. 



Economic uses: The large fruit is used for preserves. 



Type locality : "Native of North America." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Crataegus elliptica Ait. Hort. Kew. 2 : 168. 1789. GLANDULAR SUMMER HAW. 



Crataegus flava elliptica Sargent, Silv. N. A. 4 : 114, 1. 190. 1893. 



C. flava var.^wfoescens Grav, Man. ed. 5, 160. 1867. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 166. Chap. Fl. 128. Sargent, 1. c. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Virginia, Tennessee, Florida to Louis- 

 iana. 



ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Coast plain. Open glades, dry copses. Washing- 

 ton County. Mobile County, Citronelle. Flowers April 10; fruit ripe September, 

 glossy, bright red, medium size. Tree 15 to 20 feet. Frequent. 



Type locality : "Native of North America." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Crataegus aestivalis Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 1 : 468. 1840. 



APPLE HAW. MAY HAW. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 552, as C. viridis. Chap. Fl. 127. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 4 : 119, 1. 192. 



Louisianian area. Low country of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, west to 

 Mississippi, eastern Texas (Mohr)', and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA : Lower Pine region. Edges of pine-barren swamps, Mobile County, 

 Mount Vernou, Pierce's Landing, Alabama Kiver. Washington County, Yellowpine. 

 Flowers white or pale pink, appearing before the leaves, February 15; fruit ripe 

 April 10, reddish, mellow, fine-flavored. On the overflowed banks of Davids Lake, 

 near Mount Vernon, trees of slender growth fully 25 feet high have been observed. 



Type locality: "Along the low wet banks of ponds and rivers, South Carolina! and 

 Georgia! to Florida! Louisiana! and Arkansas! " 



Economic uses: The fruit is edible. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Crataegus uniflora Muench. Hausv. 5 : 147. 1770. DWARF TIIOUX. 



Crataegus parvifolia Ait. Hort. Kew. 2 : 169. 1789. 

 C. tom'entosa Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 289. 1803. Not L. 



