. 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. APPLE FAMILY. 42. Crataegus macrosperma Ashe. \'ariable Thorn C. macrosperma Ashe, Journ. E. Mitch. Soc. 16: 73. 1900. JMesfilus cordala Mill. Diet. Ed. 8, n. 4. 1768: Fig. PI. 119. pi. 179. 1760. Not Crataegus cordala Ait. A shrub or small tree, sometitnes 25° high, with as- cending branches and numerous curs-ed spines }'-2i' long. Leaves elliptic-ovate to broadly ov
. 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. APPLE FAMILY. 42. Crataegus macrosperma Ashe. \'ariable Thorn C. macrosperma Ashe, Journ. E. Mitch. Soc. 16: 73. 1900. JMesfilus cordala Mill. Diet. Ed. 8, n. 4. 1768: Fig. PI. 119. pi. 179. 1760. Not Crataegus cordala Ait. A shrub or small tree, sometitnes 25° high, with as- cending branches and numerous curs-ed spines }'-2i' long. Leaves elliptic-ovate to broadly ovate, acute at the apex, rounded, truncate or rarely cordate at the base, serrate or doubly serrate, i'-2\' long, V-2\' wide, membranous, slightly villous, becoming glabrate, dark yellow-green above; petioles slender, *'-i' long; corymbs glabrous or slightly villous; flowers 7"-io" broad; sta- mens 5-20, usually 5-10; styles and nutlets usually 3 or 4; fruit ellipsoid or pyriform, scarlet to crimson, often glaucous, 5"-9" thick, its flesh soft at maturity; calyx- lobes erect or spreading. N'ova Scotia and Maine to southeastern Minnesota. North Carolina and Tennessee. May; fruit ripe August-Septem- ber. More than fifty different names have heen given to what is essentially this species. Figured in our first edition as C. coccin,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York : Scribner
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