. 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. 2. Malus glaucescens Rehder. American Crab Apple. Fig. 2323. Malus glaucescens Rehder, Trees and Shrubs 2: 139. 1911. A small tree, sometimes reaching a height of 25° and trunk diameter of 12'. Leaves petioled, ovate to triangular-ovate, sparingly pubescent beneath along the veins when young, glabrous when old, sharply serrate and on sterile shoots, often somew
. 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. 2. Malus glaucescens Rehder. American Crab Apple. Fig. 2323. Malus glaucescens Rehder, Trees and Shrubs 2: 139. 1911. A small tree, sometimes reaching a height of 25° and trunk diameter of 12'. Leaves petioled, ovate to triangular-ovate, sparingly pubescent beneath along the veins when young, glabrous when old, sharply serrate and on sterile shoots, often somewhat lobed, obtuse, acute or acutish at the apex, rounded or cordate at the base, 1-3' long; flowers rose- colored, very fragrant, i'-2' broad; pedicels 6"-i8" long; calyx glabrous or pubescent, its lobes some- what persistent on the pome; pome fleshy, globose or depressed, I'-ii' in diameter, greenish-yellow, fra- grant, very acid. In thickets, Ontario to Michigan, south to New Jer- sey, South Carolina, Iowa and Missouri, Wood soft, red- dish brown; weight per cubic foot 44 lbs. Wild or fragrant crab. Sweet-scented crab. April-May. Fruit ripe Sept. Long mistaken for M. coronaria. Consists of several races, or may include more than one species. 3. Malus ioensis (Wood) Britton. Western Crab Apple. Fig. 2324. Pyrus coronaria var. ioensis Wood, Class-book, 333- i860. Pyrus ioensis Carruth, Trans. Kans. Acad. Sci. 5:48. 1877. Malus ioensis Britton, in Britt. & Brown, III. Fl. 2:235. 1897. A small irtt,;xCo\mg Malus glaucescens. Leaves simple, firm, white-pubescent beneath, at length glabrous above, obtuse at the apex, mostly narrowed at the base, ovate, oval or oblong, dentate, crenate or with a few rounded lobes, 1-2' long, or on young shoots much larger; petioles and calyx pubescent. i'-iV long; flowers much like those of M. glau- cescens; pedicels villous-pubescent, slender, l'-i¥ long; calyx-lobes persistent on the pome. Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois
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