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BILTMORE BOTANICAL STUDIES 



lepid^; 



Spines less than 3 cm long 

 Fruit globose at maturity 



Inflorescence tomentose : leaves abruptly con- 

 tracted below C. lepida Beadle 38 



Inflorescence glabrous: leaves cuneate or spatu- 



late C. lacrimata Small 39 



Fruit pyriform, or nearly so 



Leaves crenate C. condigna Beadle 40 



Leaves dentate or lobed C. geniculata Ashe 41 



Spines long and slender 



Fruit globose C. fiexa 



Fruit pyriform, or nearly so 



Calyx segments 3-4 mm long : corymbs few- to sev- 

 eral-flowered C. yadkinensis Ashe 42 



Calyx segments 4~6 mm long : flowers solitary or 

 in twos and threes 

 Leaves toothed : pedicels and shoots soon be- 

 coming glabrous C. munda Beadle 43 



Leaves finely toothed and lobed: pedicels and 



shoots tomentose C. invicta Beadle 44 



Crataegus pexa n. sp. 



A shrub i~3 m tall with one or more stems, the branches zig- 

 zag, very freely armed with chestnut-brown or gray spines 2.5-4 cm 

 long: leaves cuneate or spatulate, the blades i-2 cm long, 7-15111111 

 wide, or larger on vigorous shoots and varying from obovate to 

 broadly ovate, frequently broader than long, either rounded, 

 pointed or lobed at the apex, wedge-shaped or more abruptly con- 

 tracted at the base, the margins dentate or crenate ; they are 

 pubescent at maturity, at least on the lower surface, and when 

 young are coated on both surfaces with soft pale hairs, eventually 

 bright green, subcoriaceous in texture, fading with tones of yel- 

 low, orange and brown : petioles very short, i-io mm long, glandu- 

 lar, pubescent: flowers io-i5 mm wide, either solitary or in twos 

 and threes, opening towards the end of April and when the leaves 

 are about half grown : pedicels and hypanthium tomentose : 



3 8 B. B. Studies 1 : 36, 1901. 



39 Torreya 1:97, 1901. 



40 B. B. Studies 1:35, 1901. 



41 Journ. E. Mitchell Soc. 17 1 : 16, 1900. 



42 Journ. E. Mitchell Soc. 17 1 : 17, 1900. 



43 B. B. Studies I =38, 1901. 

 4 * B. B. Studies I =37, 1901. 



