. Trees of Texas; an illustrated manual of the native and introduced trees of the state . ove the middle, smooth above,with rusty hairs along the veins and midrib below. Corymb2-5 flowered. Fruit ripening in May, depressed globose,l/2-2/3 in diameter, bright red with pale spots, and thick,juicy flesh. Florida to Arkansas, Louisiana and eastern Texas. 7. Crataegus viridis T^. Southern Thorn. A small roundtopped tree 20-30^ high and 18-20 in diamter with orangecolored bark, gray to reddish brown twigs and slender shortspines. Leaves oblong-obovate, pointed or rounded at theapex. Avedee-shaped ai
. Trees of Texas; an illustrated manual of the native and introduced trees of the state . ove the middle, smooth above,with rusty hairs along the veins and midrib below. Corymb2-5 flowered. Fruit ripening in May, depressed globose,l/2-2/3 in diameter, bright red with pale spots, and thick,juicy flesh. Florida to Arkansas, Louisiana and eastern Texas. 7. Crataegus viridis T^. Southern Thorn. A small roundtopped tree 20-30^ high and 18-20 in diamter with orangecolored bark, gray to reddish brown twigs and slender shortspines. Leaves oblong-obovate, pointed or rounded at theapex. Avedee-shaped ai^d at base, rserrate above Avithglandular teeth or some or them 8-lobed toAAard the apex, 1/-3long, %-!% Avide, smooth aboA^e Avith hairs in the axils ofA^eins beloAv. Corymbs smooth, many floAvered. Fruit ripen- 110 Bulletin of the Ujuversitij of Texas ing in the autumn, remaining throughout the winter, de-pressed gh3l)0se, Vs-V^ in diameter, bright scarlet with thindry flesh. Maryland. South Carolina to Florida and west to Missouriand Texas. It extends to the Colorado Fig-. 34. Crataegus viridis. 8. Crataegus glabriscula Sarg. A medium sized tree 20°-25° liigh with ascending branches, brown, scaly bark andslender, brown spines. Leaves oblong, ovate or somewhatorbicular, pointed or rounded at the apex. li/l>-2 long,%-! wide, entire at base, glaiidular, toothed above the mid-dle, sometimes 2-3 lobed toward the apex. Corymbs few flow-ered, smooth; pedicels long and slender. Fruit ripening inthe autumn and remaining on the tree throughout earlv win- The Trees of Texas 111 tei. (>l)ov;ito to tilobose, a))Out i^ lon^, (hill orantic with smalldots. In the bottom lands of the Trinity River. 9. Crataegus Texana Bucdvley. Texas Thorn. A mediumsized round topped tree 25°-80° high Avith scaly bark, i-eddishbrown twigs and chestnut colored spines. Leaves ])roadlyovate, pointed at the apex, doubly serrate, frequently 4-5lobed a])ove the nuddle, 3-4 long, 2^ V-3 Av
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