CRATAEGUS ELLIPTICA Ait. Dort. Kew. 2 : 168. 1787.
On several occasions, while collecting between Tallulah Falls and Toccoa Falls and in the Nacoochee Valley in northern Georgia I have observed numerous groves of Crataegus elliptzca growing on the barren slopes of low hills, usually above streams, at alti tudes varying from f000-150o feet. After several seasons study of this form in the field I can see no reason for uniting it with flava as a variety, as has lately been done.* Be
sides characters in the habit, the leaves, the fruit and seeds, which serve to separate it specifically from Crataegus Java, I find an ap parent trustworthy distinction in the bark of the trunk. The bark of Crataegus Java is black and in high narrow ridges, while that of Crataegus elliptica is a light brown and in thin broad scales.