. 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 . 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.
. 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 . 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 to scarl
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