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and falls from the middle of September to the first of October, 

 subglobose or short-oval, io-i 5 mm thick, red at maturity, the 

 flesh soft : nutlets 3-5, about 8 mm long, the lateral surfaces nearly 

 plane : hypostyle about three-fourths the length of the ventral 

 angle. 



Crataegus fortis grows in sandy woods bordering the Tombigbee river, near 

 Columbus, Mississippi (type locality). 



The original specimens, consisting of flowers {114178) and fruit (H506J) from 

 the same tree, are preserved in the Biltmore Herbarium. 



Crataegus compitalis n. sp. 



A small tree or oftener a large, much-branched shrub, 2-5 111 

 tall, the short trunk or main stems covered with dark gray or 

 brownish rough bark : branches irregular, recurved or only droop- 

 ing at the tips, sometimes armed with chestnut-brown or gray 

 spines i-2 cm long : leaves obovate or obovate-cuneiform, the 

 blades 2-4 cm long, i-3 cm wide, rounded or with a small abrupt 

 point at the apex, usually contracted at the base, the borders 

 dentate or serrate-dentate ; they are nearly or quite glabrous in 

 age, and when young are pubescent on both surfaces, especially 

 along the midrib and principal veins and in their axils, bright 

 green, firm to subcoriaceous in texture, fading in autumn with 

 tones of yellow and brown: petioles 5-i5 mm long, margined, 

 glandular, pubescent, at least when young : flowers i5-i8 mm wide, 

 expanding about the last of March and when the leaves are 

 one-fourth grown ; they are produced in simple, mostly 3-5-flow- 

 ered corymbs which terminate short, leafy branchlets or fascicles 

 of leaves : pedicels and hypanthium densely-tomentose : sepals 

 4--5 mm l° n g> serrate, glandular, reflexed after anthesis : stamens 

 20, the anthers light yellow or nearly white : fruit, which ripens 

 and falls from the middle to the end of August, subglobose or 

 oval, io-i3 mm thick, red when fully ripe, the flesh soft: nutlets 

 3-5, 8-9 mm long, the lateral surfaces nearly plane : hypostyle 6-7 mm 

 long. 



L'ratcegus compitalis grows along the roadsides near Gainesville, Florida 

 (type locality), where the species is not uncommon. 



The type material, consisting of flowers {B4060) and fruit (B4060 2 ) from the 

 same tree, is preserved in the Biltmore Herbarium. 



