Tennessee Flora. ^'^ 



CYDONIA L. 



Cydonia vulgaris Pers. Quince. Native of E. Europe and 

 the Levante. In cultivation only. April. 



C. Japonica Pers. Pyrus Japonica L. Frequently cultivated 

 as an ornamental shrub. Sometimes found as a straggler. 

 Fruit very fragrant. February, March. Fruit in September, 

 •October. 



AMELANCHIER Med. 



Amelanchier Canadensis (L.) Med. Service berry. Ex- 

 tending from the high mountains to the valleys of E,/ Tenn. 

 March-May. Fruit in June, July. 



A. Botryapium (L. f.) DE. A. Canadensis var. oblongifolia. 

 T. & G. Same range with the former. April, May. 



CRAT.ffiGUS.* 



Crataegus Crus Galli L. Cockspur thorn. O. S., May. 



C. punctata Jacq. C. tomentosa var. punctata A. Gray. 

 Summit of Roane Mt. 



C. cordata Ait. Washington thorn. Rocky glades around 

 Nashville. May. ' ' / 



C. viridis L. C. arborescens Ell. .April. Jackson. Hol- 

 > low Rock. 



C. rotundifolia Bork. C. glandulosa Willd. Marion, S. W^. 

 Va. J. K.' Small. April- June. 



C. mollis (T- & G.) Soheele. C. tomentosa var, mollis. 

 'Gray. From. 15 to 20 feet high. Nashville. April, May. 



C. tomentosa L. Nashville. Tree from 12 to 15 feet high. 

 May, June. 



C. tomentosa Chapmani Beadle. M. Tenn. 



C. uniflora Moench. Dwarf thorn! Wolf Creek. T. H. 

 Kearney. Lookout Mt. Knoxville. A. R.uth. April. 



fC. Biltmoreana Beadle. E. Tenn. Shrub from i to 5 feet 

 high. Legit Beadle. ; 



♦The genus Crataegus has been revised from notes received from C. 

 D. Beadle, curator of the Biltmore Herbarium, as represented in said 



•collection. 



fC. Biltmoreana Beadle. Flowers appearing when the leaves are 

 nearly fully grown in 3-7 flowered corymbs, with lanceolate, peoti- 

 nately glandular caducous bracts on 'strict, pubescent pedicels; calyx,; 

 pubescent, obconic; petals, broadly obovate or orbicular; stamens,' 10, 

 sliorter than the petals; styles, 3-5; fruit maturing in September, 



■October; depressed globose, bluntly angled, 10-15 mtn. broad, 10-12 mm. 

 high, containing 3-5 nutlets; leaves, 2-5 cm. wide, 3-10 cm. long, includ- 

 ing the petioles; ovate, acute at the apex, wedge-shaped .at the base, 

 and prolonged into a winged or margined petiole; border acutely in- 

 cised or slightly 5-9 lobed> and sharply and irregularly serrate to near 

 the base; spines, stout, 3-5 cm. long, slightly curved. (Vide Bot. 



•Gazette, No. 6, December, 1899.) 



