. Trees of Texas; an illustrated manual of the native and introduced trees of the state . chare 11% long. Bark smooth and rather thin, gray in broadh^ ovate to orbicular, somewhat heart-shaped atthe bioad base, 5-7 lobed, the lobes sharply serrate V-V^long 2/3-lV, broad, bright green above, pale below. P^lowersY2 in diaineter borne in 10-12 flowered corymbs, stamens 20anthers bright rose reel. Fruit oblong to oval % long, scarlet,with 1-;^ nutlets, often hanging on the tree until early Avinter. Southern Virginia to Florida and west to Arkansas andTexas. In Texas it extends to the
. Trees of Texas; an illustrated manual of the native and introduced trees of the state . chare 11% long. Bark smooth and rather thin, gray in broadh^ ovate to orbicular, somewhat heart-shaped atthe bioad base, 5-7 lobed, the lobes sharply serrate V-V^long 2/3-lV, broad, bright green above, pale below. P^lowersY2 in diaineter borne in 10-12 flowered corymbs, stamens 20anthers bright rose reel. Fruit oblong to oval % long, scarlet,with 1-;^ nutlets, often hanging on the tree until early Avinter. Southern Virginia to Florida and west to Arkansas andTexas. In Texas it extends to the Trinity Vallev. 7. C. viridis. C. glabrisculaC. Texana. The Trees of Texas 10 2. Crataegus spathulata .Michx. Small-fruitc^d Tliom. Asmall tree 18^-25^ high and trunk diameter of 8-l() with up-right, spreading branches Avhich form a rather wide, roundedcrown. The branchlets are smooth or armed with straight,brown spines V-iy^ long. Bark gray or brown, smooth orsomewhat scaly. Leaves shaped like a spathula, rounded andsometimes 3-lobed at the apex, serrate except at the base, dark. Fig. 32. Crataegus apiifolia. green above, paler below, l-2 long, V-IY/ wide. Flowers% in diameter on slender pedicels in many flowered corymbs;calyx lobes triangular, stamens about 20, anthers rose col-ored. Fruit ripening in autumn, globose to sub-globose Vs ^^diameter, bright scarlet with 3-5 nutlets and thin, dry mealyflesh. Virginia to Florida and west to Arkansas and Texas. InTexas it extends to the valley of the Colorado River. It occursabundantly in the eastern portion of the state. 108 Bulletin of the University of Texas 3. Crataegus edita Sargent. A tree sometimes reaching aheight of 40° and trunk diameter of 1°, but usually branches are stout, horizontal and form a wide, roundedcrown. The branchlets are armed with scattred, brown spineswhich become gray with age. Bark dark, rather thin andscaly. Leave oblong, obovate or oval, iy2-2 long,%-! wide, smooth and dark, lustrous
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