. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. C. coccinea var. oligandra T. & G. Fl. N. Am. i: 465. 1840. C. Gattingeri Ashe, Journ. E. Mitch. Soc. 17': 12. 1900, C. bcdfordensis Sarg. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil, 62: 185. 1910. A shrub, sometimes 15° high, with ascend- ing branches and irregular crown. Spines numerous, i'-2' long; leaves narrowly ovate to deltoid, i'-2i' long, l'-2' wide, acuminate at
. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. C. coccinea var. oligandra T. & G. Fl. N. Am. i: 465. 1840. C. Gattingeri Ashe, Journ. E. Mitch. Soc. 17': 12. 1900, C. bcdfordensis Sarg. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil, 62: 185. 1910. A shrub, sometimes 15° high, with ascend- ing branches and irregular crown. Spines numerous, i'-2' long; leaves narrowly ovate to deltoid, i'-2i' long, l'-2' wide, acuminate at the apex, broadly cuneate or rounded at the base, serrate or broadly serrate, lobed toward the apex, membranous, glabrous, dark green above, paler beneath ; corymbs glabrous, many-flowered; flowers 7" or 8" broad; sta- mens 10-20; anthers small, pink; calyx-lobes triangular, persistent; styles and nutlets usu- ally 3 or 4; fruit globose, angular, red, slightly pruinose, 4"-6" thick; flesh hard at maturity. Southern Pennsylvania to southern Indiana and south to West Virginia and central Tennes- see. 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 of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York, Scribner
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