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BILTMORE BOTANICAL STUDIES 



2-3, 8-io mm long, 4~5 mm measured dorso-ventrally, the lateral 

 surfaces nearly plane : hypostyle 4-5 mm long. 



Cratcegus extraria grows on hillsides, mostly in red clay soil, at Marietta, 

 Georgia (type locality). 



The original specimens, representing flowers (B42SJ) and fruit (B^Sj 2 ) from 

 the same shrub, are preserved in the Biltmore Herbarium. 



sorori^: 



Leaves longer than broad 



Anthers yellow, white or cream-color 

 Pomes about i cm or more in diameter 



Fruit yellow and red, or orange-red with 



ruddy cheeks C. sororia Beadle 27 



Fruit deep or bright red 



Pedicels short, pubescent, at least at flow- 

 ering time C. galbana 



Pedicels i cm or more long, white-tomentose . C. abdita 



Pomes 5-8 mm in diameter . . . C. exilis 



Anthers purple or purplish 



Inflorescence pubescent or slightly tomentose : 

 leaves suborbicular, slightly pointed 

 Cavity 3-4 mm wide : pomes 9-1 2 mrn in diameter. C. consanguinea Beadle 28 

 Cavity 4-6 mm wide : pomes i2-i5 mm in 



diameter C. valida 



Inflorescence glabrous : leaves more elongated, 

 acutely pointed and with several tooth- 

 like lobes C. limata 



Leaves broader than long C. mira 



Crataegus galbana n. sp. 



A small tree 5~6 m tall with a short trunk sometimes i-i.5 dm in 

 diameter, clothed with dark gray or brownish-black bark ; or more 

 frequently a large shrub with one or more stems : branches 

 spreading, crooked, frequently armed with stout, chestnut-brown 

 or gray spines i-2 cm long : leaves oval, obovate or round-ovate, 

 the blades i-4 cm long, i-3 cm wide, acute or rounded at the apex, 

 rounded or contracted at the base, the margins irregularly den- 

 tate ; they are glabrous at maturity, and when young show some 

 pubescence along the midrib and veins on both surfaces, and 

 especially near the base of the blade above and in the axils of the 



2 Bot. Gaz. 30 : 336, 1900. 

 28 B. B. Studies I : 34, 1901. 



