. 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 102nd meridian. Botany. 19. Crataegus Vailiae iliss X'ail's Tiiorn. Fig. 2353. C. Vailiae Britton, Bull. Torr. Club 24 : 53. 1897. Crataegus missouriensis Ashe, Bull. N. Car. Agric. Coll. 175: no. 1900. A shrub, sometimes 10° high, with ascending branches and a round sym- metrical crown. Spines numerous, slen- ovate to long; leaves elliptic-o\ 3'-2l' long, 4'-ir wide, at the apex, c
. 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 102nd meridian. Botany. 19. Crataegus Vailiae iliss X'ail's Tiiorn. Fig. 2353. C. Vailiae Britton, Bull. Torr. Club 24 : 53. 1897. Crataegus missouriensis Ashe, Bull. N. Car. Agric. Coll. 175: no. 1900. A shrub, sometimes 10° high, with ascending branches and a round sym- metrical crown. Spines numerous, slen- ovate to long; leaves elliptic-o\ 3'-2l' long, 4'-ir wide, at the apex, cuneate. coarsely serrate or doubly so, subcoriaceous, rough- pubescent and shining above, pale- tomentose beneath ; petioles 2"-4" long; corymbs pubescent; flowers 6" or 7" broad; stamens about 20; anthers pink; styles and nutlets 3-5; laciniate; fruit subglobose to pyriform, orange-red, about 5" thick, slightly vil- lous, rather prominent, the lobes per;istent, reflexed. Rocity 1 luiTs and river banks, south- western Virginia to North Carolina and Missouri. May ; fruit ripe October. 20. Crataegus Brainerdi Sargent. Brainerd's Thorn. Fig. 2354. C. Brainerdi Sarg. Rhodora 3: 27. Feb. 1901. C. scabrida Sarg. Rhodora 3: 29. 1901. C. Egglestoni Sarg. Rhodora 3: 30. 1901. C. asperifolia Sarg. Rhodora 3: 31. 1901. C. Schuettei Ashe, Journ. E. Mitch. Soc. 2:7. July 1901. \ shrub or tree, sometimes 20° high, with ascend- ing branches. Spines 1-2*' long: leaves elliptic to ovate (in the Egglestoni type often oval to orbic- ular), acute or acuminate at the apex, abruptly cuneate or rounded at the base; finely serrate or doubly serrate and lobed, lY-iV long, ¥-2\' wide, subcoriaceous or membranous; bright green and gla- brate or occasionally scabrate above, pubescent along the veins beneath; corymbs glabrous; flowers about 10" broad; stamens 5-20; anthers pink; styles and nutlets 2-4; fruit short-ellipsoid to globose, cherry- red t
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