. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. Bicknelli Eggleston. Bicknell's Thorn. Fig. 2359. "" Crataegus rotundifolia van Bicknellii Eggl. Rhodora lo: X9. 1908. Crataegus Bicknellii Eggl. Bull. Torr. Club 38: :;44. 1911. A round-topped shrubby tree, not more than 10° high with numerous stout spines 1-2*' long. Leaves ovate or oblong-ovate, 13-3' long, ii'-2j' wide, acute at the apex, b
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. Bicknelli Eggleston. Bicknell's Thorn. Fig. 2359. "" Crataegus rotundifolia van Bicknellii Eggl. Rhodora lo: X9. 1908. Crataegus Bicknellii Eggl. Bull. Torr. Club 38: :;44. 1911. A round-topped shrubby tree, not more than 10° high with numerous stout spines 1-2*' long. Leaves ovate or oblong-ovate, 13-3' long, ii'-2j' wide, acute at the apex, broadly cuneate or rounded at the base, sharply doubly serrate with acute lobes towards the apex, dark green and shining above, paler and glabrous beneath; corymbs glabrous; flowers 8" or 9" broad; stamens about 10; anthers light purple; styles and nut- lets 4 or s; calyx-lobes long-acuminate, laciniate; fruit globose, red, about s" thick; calyx-lobes reflexed, per- sistent, conspicuously lobed; flesh soft at 26. Crataegus Oakesiana Eggleston. Oakes' Thorn. Fig. 2360. C. Oakesiana Eggl. Torreya 7 : 35. Feb. 1907. \ round-topped shrub or tree, sometimes 20° high. Spines numerous, J'-iJ' long. Leaves ovate to broadly ovate, acute or acuminate at the apex, gradually or abruptly cuneate at the base, doubly serrate towards the apex, 1-2?' long, 7-21' wide, slightly pubescent above, becoming glabrate. paler and glabrous beneath; corymbs slightly villous: flowers about lo" broad; calyx villous. its lobes glabrous outside; stamens about 20, anthers yellow; styles and nutlets 3-5; fruit pyriform-ellipsoid, slightly angular, yellow^ish-red, about lo" thick, calyx- lobes deciduous; flesh soft, mealy, light yellow. Locally common along the Connecticut River in Essex Co., Vermont. May; fruit ripe Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance
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