. 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 . 31. Crataegus nitida (Engelm.) Sargent. Shin- ing Thorn. Fig_. 2365. Crataegus viridis nitida Engelm.; Britton & Brown, III. FI. 2:242. 1897. Crataegus nitida Sarg. Bot. Gaz. 31: 231. 1901. A tree, sometimes 30° high, with ascending and spreading branches forming a broad irregular crown. Spines occasional, 1-2' long; leaves oblong-ovate to oval, li'-3' long, i'-2l' wide,
. 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 . 31. Crataegus nitida (Engelm.) Sargent. Shin- ing Thorn. Fig_. 2365. Crataegus viridis nitida Engelm.; Britton & Brown, III. FI. 2:242. 1897. Crataegus nitida Sarg. Bot. Gaz. 31: 231. 1901. A tree, sometimes 30° high, with ascending and spreading branches forming a broad irregular crown. Spines occasional, 1-2' long; leaves oblong-ovate to oval, li'-3' long, i'-2l' wide, acute at the apex, cuneate at the base, coarsely serrate or twice serrate with acute lobes towards the apex, dark green, shining above, paler beneath, glabrous; corymbs many-flowered; flow- ers 6"-io" broad; stamens about 20; anthers light yellow; calyx-lobes lanceolate, acuminate; styles and nutlets 3-5; fruit globose to short-ellipsoid, dark dull red, i"-s" thick; nutlets small, ridged on the back. ands. souther Indi; and mil ripe October. 32. Crataegus intricata Lange. Lange's Thorn. Biltmore Haw. Fig. 2366. C. intricata Lange. Bot. Tidssk. 19: 264. 1894-95. C. biltmoreana Beadle. Bot. Gaz. 28 : 406. 1899. Crataegus modesta Sarg. Rhodora 3: 28. 1901. Crataegus premora Ashe, Ann. Cam. Mus. i : 391. _ .\n irregularly branched small shrub, occa- sionally 15° high. Spines infrequent; leaves elliptic-ovate to broadly ovate. i'-3*' long, %'- 2V wide, acute, broadly cuneate to tri-ncate, doubly serrate or lobed, rough-pubescent, some- times becoming scabrous; corymbs and calyx villous, few-flowered ; flowers about 12" broad; stamens usually 10, sometimes 20; anthers yellow or pink; styles and nutlets usually 3 oi- 4; fruit short-ellipsoid to globose, 4"-7" thick, greenish-yellow or becoming dark reddish- brown, slightly pubescent. Open rocky woods, western New England and New York south to South Carolina and Missouri. Has been mistaken for C. c
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