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Cratcegus sodaiis grows in dry woods and on gravelly ridges at Girard, 

 Alabama (type locality), standing in company with other species of this and the 

 next group. 



The original material (B4S6S) is deposited in the Biltmore Herbarium. 



Crataegus furtiva n. sp. 



A large shrub 2-4'" tall with dark, rough bark and drooping 

 branches which are frequently armed with chestnut-brown or gray 

 spines i-2 cm long : leaves obovate, or on leading shoots broadly 

 ovate, the blades i-3 cm long, ymm.^cm w id e , narrowed or con- 

 tracted at the base, pointed at the apex, the margins finely den- 

 tate or glandular, usually with a few short tooth-like lobes ; they 

 are glabrate in age, subcoriaceous in texture, dull green, fading in 

 autumn with tones of yellow and brown : petioles 5 mm -2 cm long, 

 pubescent, winged, glandular : flowers produced in simple, few- 

 flowered corymbs : pedicels 5 r nm_ I cm long, pubescent or tomentose- 

 pubescent, as is the hypanthium : sepals 3-4. 5 mm long, glandular, 

 mostly serrate : stamens normally 20 : fruit, which ripens and 

 falls in August and early in September, pyriform, 7-1 2 mm thick, 

 i2-i5 mm long, at maturity orange, usually flushed or streaked with 

 red, the flesh orange-yellow, soft : nutlets mostly 2-4, 6-7 mm long, 

 the lateral surfaces nearly plane : hypostyle about 4 mm long. 



Cratcegus furtiva was found in sandy soil near Albany, Georgia (type 

 locality). 



The type material (£4865) is preserved in the Biltmore Herbarium. 



Crataegus arrogans n. sp. 



A tree 4-5™ tall with a short trunk i.5-2 dm in diameter, clothed 

 with dark, rough bark, the somewhat drooping branches fre- 

 quently armed with stout, chestnut-brown or gray spines 1.5-3°™ 

 long : leaves oval, elliptic, obovate or cuneate, or on leading 

 shoots nearly orbicular, the blades 1-3. 5 cm long, 7mm_gcm broad, 

 acute or abruptly pointed at the apex, contracted or narrowed, 

 or on the shoots rounded at the base, the borders finely dentate 

 or glandular, usually with several short, acute, tooth-like projec- 

 tions or lobes ; they are glabrous or glabrate at maturity, and at 

 the time of unfolding are more or less pubescent on both sur- 

 faces, especially along the midrib and principal veins, firm to 

 subcoriaceous in texture, dull or even bright green, fading with 



