BILTMORE BOTANICAL STUDIES 



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The type specimens, which are preserved in the Biltmore Herbarium, repre- 

 sent both flowers (B46Q2) and fruit {B4092' 1 ) from the same tree. 



Crataegus viaria n. sp. 



A large shrub or small tree 2~5 m tall with a short trunk 

 sometimes 2 (lm in diameter, the branches, which are frequently 

 armed with short spines i-2 cm long, drooping at their extremities 

 and forming a wide, spreading top : leaves spatulate, cuneate or 

 obovate-cuneiform, the blades i-5-3-5 cm long, i-2 cm wide, pointed 

 or lobed at the apex, wedge-shaped or more abruptly contracted 

 at the base, the borders glandular, dentate and usually shallowly 

 lobed above the middle ; they are glabrate or pubescent along 

 the midrib and in the axils of the principal veins beneath at 

 maturity, and when young are almost glabrous and shining on 

 the upper surface, paler below and more or less pubescent, thin 

 to firm in texture, fading with tones of yellow, orange and 

 brown : petioles 7 mm -2 cm long, winged, glandular, pubescent, at 

 least when young : flowers io-i3 mm wide, opening towards the 

 end of March; they are solitary or in simple, 2-4- flowered co- 

 rymbs which terminate short leafy branchlets or fascicles of 

 leaves : pedicels and hypanthium tomentose : sepals 3-4 mm long, 

 glandular-serrate or nearly entire, reflexed after anthesis : stamens 

 20, the anthers yellow : fruit, which ripens in August, globose, 

 7-9 mm in diameter, red at maturity : nutlets 3-5, 6-y mm long, the 

 lateral surfaces nearly plane : hypostyle 4-5 mm long. 



Cratcegus viaria is not uncommon in sandy soil in northeastern Florida, 

 especially at Jacksonville (type locality). 



The type specimens, which are preserved in the Biltmore Herbarium, repre- 

 sent both fruit (£4063 2 ) and flowers (B4063) from the same tree. 



Crataegus cirrata n. sp. 



A large shrub or frequently arborescent, 2-6 m tall, with a 

 slender trunk covered with dark, rough bark, the crooked, droop- 

 ing branches, which are frequently armed with stout spines 2-3. 5 cm 

 long, forming an irregular, spreading top : leaves spatulate, cune- 

 ate or obovate-cuneiform, variously curled and crisped, the blades 

 i.5-2.5 cm long, 7 mm -2 cm wide, or broader on leading shoots, 

 pointed or lobed at the apex, narrowed or contracted at the base, 

 the borders dentate, glandular, lobed above the middle ; they are 



