An illustrated flora of the 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 ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 MALACEAE, Vol. II. 63. Crataegus albicans Ashe. Tatnall's Thorn. Fig. 2397. C. albicans Ashe, Journ, E. Mitch. Soc. 17^: 20. July 1901. C. Tatnalliaiia Surg. Bot. Gaz. 35: 106. Feb. 1903. C. polita Sarg. Rhodora 5: iii. April 1903. A shrub or small tree, sometimes 20° high, with spreading branches. Leaves broadly ov
An illustrated flora of the 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 ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 MALACEAE, Vol. II. 63. Crataegus albicans Ashe. Tatnall's Thorn. Fig. 2397. C. albicans Ashe, Journ, E. Mitch. Soc. 17^: 20. July 1901. C. Tatnalliaiia Surg. Bot. Gaz. 35: 106. Feb. 1903. C. polita Sarg. Rhodora 5: iii. April 1903. A shrub or small tree, sometimes 20° high, with spreading branches. Leaves broadly ovate to oblong- ovate, acute or acuminate at the apex, cordate, trun- cate or broadly cuneate at the base, 1^-3*' long, li'-3i' u-ide, serrate, doubly serrate or lobed, membranous, glabrous or slightly pubescent when mature; corymbs many-flowered, glabrous to villous; flowers 8'-io' broad; stamens 5-10; styles and nutlets 3-5; fruit sub- globose to short-ellipsoid-pyriform, glabrous or villous, dark red, 5'-8' thick; calyx-lobes deciduous; flesh thick, edible. Western New England Delaware and in the moun May ; fruit ripe September. 64. Crataegus Arnoldiana Sargent. Arnold's Thorn. Fig. 2 C. Arnoldiana Sarg. Bot. Gaz. 31 : 2.;i. 1901. A tree, sometimes 20° high, with ascending branches forming a broad crown; spines numerous, 2-3' long. Leaves broadly ovate to oval, ir-4' long, 1-3^ wide, acute at the apex, broadly cuneate to truncate at the base, serrate or doubly serrate with broad shallow acuminate lobes, tomentose, becoming scabrous above, subcoriaceous; corymbs ' many-flowered, tomentose ; flowers about 10' broad; stamens about 10; anthers yellow; styles and nutlets 4 or 5; fruit globose or sub- globose, 8'-io' thick, bright crimson, slightly pubes- cent; calyx-lobes but slightly swollen, .spreading; flesh thick, juicy and edible. Eastern Massachusetts August. ind Co icut. Ma fruit
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