. 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 . C. beata Sarg. Proc. Roch. Acad. Sci. 4: 97. 1903. C. compta Sarg. Proc. Roch. Acad. Sci. 4: 102. 19 C. medioxima Sarg. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 62 ; 190. C. eiera Sarg. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 62: 206. 1910. A shrub sometimes 20° high, with ascending or erect branches, the thorns I'-iJ' long. Leaves ovate, ii'-3' long, l'-2V wide, acute or acuminate at the apex, broa
. 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 . C. beata Sarg. Proc. Roch. Acad. Sci. 4: 97. 1903. C. compta Sarg. Proc. Roch. Acad. Sci. 4: 102. 19 C. medioxima Sarg. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 62 ; 190. C. eiera Sarg. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 62: 206. 1910. A shrub sometimes 20° high, with ascending or erect branches, the thorns I'-iJ' long. Leaves ovate, ii'-3' long, l'-2V wide, acute or acuminate at the apex, broadly cuneate to truncate at the base, doubly serrate with acute lobes, blue-green above, paler beneath, membranous to subcoriaceous, dull, those of shoots sometimes cordate; corymbs many-flowered, glabrous; flowers /"-lo" broad; stamens 5-20: anthers pink; styles and nutlets 3-5; fruit short- ellipsoid, slightly angular, crimson, slightly pruinose, 5"_J8" thick; flesh firm at maturity. Southern Ontario to western Pennsylvania. May; fruit ripe October. 52. Crataegus disjiincta Sargent. Missouri Thorn. Fig. 2386. C, disjuncia Sarg. Trees & Shrubs I : log. 1903. .\ tree, sometimes' 20° high, with ascending and spreading branches forming a broad crown. Thorns l'-2Y long; leaves broadly ovate, ii'-34' long, li'-2i' wide, acute or acuminate at the apex, broadly cuneate, rounded or truncate at the base, coarsely serrate or twice serrate with 3-5 pairs of short acuminate lobes, membranous, blue-green above, glabrous; corymbs gla- brous, 3-6-flowered; flowers 7" or 8" broad; stamens about 10; anthers large, pink; lanceolate, entire; styles and nutlets 4 or 5; fruit short-ellipsoid, angular, 6" or j" thick, green, becoming scarlet, pruinose; calyx-tube conspicuous, its lobes deciduous. May; fruit ripe
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