. 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. Crataegus Crus-galli Not L. Crataegus tomentosa Du Roi, Harbk. Baumz. Ed. i, 183. 1771. Not L. Mespihis Calpodendron Ehrh. Beitr. 2: 67. 1788. C. Calpodendron Medic. Gesch. Bot. 83. 1793. C, Chapniani Ashe, Bot. Gaz, 28 ; 270. 1899. A shrub or small tree, sometimes 20° high, with ascending and spreading branches forming a broad crown. Spines occasional, i'-2' l
. 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. Crataegus Crus-galli Not L. Crataegus tomentosa Du Roi, Harbk. Baumz. Ed. i, 183. 1771. Not L. Mespihis Calpodendron Ehrh. Beitr. 2: 67. 1788. C. Calpodendron Medic. Gesch. Bot. 83. 1793. C, Chapniani Ashe, Bot. Gaz, 28 ; 270. 1899. A shrub or small tree, sometimes 20° high, with ascending and spreading branches forming a broad crown. Spines occasional, i'-2' long; leaves rhombic-ovate, acute or acuminate at the apex, ii'-4i' long, ii'-3' wide, finely and doubly ser- rate, those on the vegetative shoots obtuse and more entire than the others, pubescent on both sides, becoming scabrate above, subcoriaceous, dull green; corymbs wdiite-tomentose; flowers about 7" broad; stamens about 20 (occasionally 10) ; anthers small, pink; styles and nutlets usu- ally 2 or 3; fruit pyriform or ellipsoid (in var. microcarpa, globose), orange-red or red, 4" or 5" thick; calyx-lobes reflexed, laciniate; flesh gluti- nous ; nutlets with deep pits in their ventral faces. Central New York, northeastern New Jersey and Pennsylvania to Minnesota and Missouri, south in the mountains to northern Georgia, May-June; fruit ripe September. Long mistaken for C. tomentosa L. White ojr_£ommon (Pa.) thorn. Thorn-apple or -plum. Black thorn. 17. Crataegus globosa Sargent, Globose-fruited Thorn, Fig, 2351. Crataegus globosa Sarg, Rep, Mo, Bot. Gard. 19: 118. 1908. A slender shrub, or tree, sometimes 25° high, with numerous spines i'-2j' long. Leaves oval, obovate or elliptic, ii'-4' long, It'-3:1' wide, coarsely serrate or doubly serrate with shallow, obtuse lobes towards the apex, acute or bluntish, broadly cuneate at the base, membranous, dark yellow-green and pubescent, becom- ing scabrate above, pubescent beneath; corymbs villous; flowers 7"-8
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