550 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
flat-topped head, armed with straight or curved spines # inch to 24 inches long. 
Leaves ovate or round-ovate, acute, rounded or narrowed at the base, from 1} to 4 
inches long, bright or yellowish green, roughish or scabrous-pubescent above, paler 
and generally smooth below, flowers borne on strict, short pedicels 3 to 7 lines long; 
stamens 10; styles 3 to 5; fruit globose, about } inch in diameter, red or greenish 
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 ontline, and by the short, strict, and stout pedicels. 
Carolinian area. Northwest Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Northern part of State in the “ilat woods,” and occasionally in the 
higher and drier woodlands. 
Type locality: ‘Vicinity of Gadsden, Ala.” 
Crataegus punctata Jacq. Hort. Vind. 1:10, ¢. 28. 1770. DotTrp Haw. 
Ell. Sk.1:548. Gray, Man. ed. 6,166. Chap. Fl. 127. 
Alleghenian 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. Cullman 
County. Tuscaloosa County (#. A. Smith). Lee County, Auburn (Baker §: Earle, 140). 
Flowers March, April. 
Type locality: “‘Huctransvecta * *~ * subarboris Americanae ignotae titulo.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Crataegus flava Ait. Hort. Kew. 2:169. 1789. SummMER Haw. 
Crataegus flava var. pubescens Gray, Man. ed.5, 160. 1867. 
C. flexispina Sargent, Gard. & For. 2:424. 1889. Not Mespilus flexispina Muench. 
1785. 
Ell. Sk. 1:551. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 166. Chap. Fl. 128. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 4: 118, t. 189. 
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, Ozark. 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, ¢. 190. 1893. 
C, jlava var. pubescens Gray, Man. ed.5, 160. 1867. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,166. Chap. F1.128. Sargent, 1. ¢. 
_ Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Virginia, Tennessee, Florida to Louis- 
jana. 
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ALABAMA: Lower Pineregion. 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 IIaw. 
Ell. Sk. 1:552, as C. viridis. Chap. Fl. 127. Sargent, Silv.N. A.4:119, ¢. 792. 
Louisianian area. Low country of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, west to 
Mississippi, castern Texas (.ohr), and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Edges of pine-barren swamps, Mobile County, 
Mount Vernon, Pierce’s Landing, Alabama River. 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. Dwarr THORN. 
Crataegus parvifolia Ait. Hort. Kew. 2:169, 1789. 
C. tomentosa Michx. F]. Bor. Am. 1: 289. 1803. Not L. 
