546 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Landerdaie County, near Ilorence (.V. C. Wilson). 
Flowers latter part of February and in March; fruit ripe by end of May. 
Economie uses: The fruit is edible. 
Type locality not ascertained. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
CRATAEGUS L. Sp. Pl. 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. F1.126. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2: 107. 
Carolinian and Louisianian 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 Blount 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. Sury. Herb. Mohr. : 
Crataegus viridis L. Sp. P].1:476. 1753. TREE Haw. 
Crataegus arborescens Ell. 8k.1:550. 1821. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,165. Chap. I'l. 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. Hale 
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 Alabaim. 
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 Haw. 
Mespilus apiifolia Marsh. Arb. Am. 89. 1785. 
Ell. 8k.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 sduthern Missouri. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to the Coast plain. Damp woods, river banks. 
Morgan County, Falkville. Clay County, Hollins. Cullman County. Tuscaloosa 
County (£. A. Smith). Lee County, Auburn (Baker § Earle). Hale, Dallas, and 
Montgomery counties, Baldwin County, banks of Tensaw River. 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. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Crataegus rotundifolia (Ehrh.) Borck.in Roem. Arch. 1, pt.3:87. 1798. 
GLANDULAR Haw. 
Mespilus rotundifolia Ehrh. Beitr. 3:20. 1788. 
Crataegus glandulosa Willd. Sp. Pl. 2:1002. 1800. Not Solander. 1789. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern New England to Indianaand 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. Notrare. 
Tree 16 to 25 feet high, 4 to 6 inches in diameter, with dark close bark, Differs 
