. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. Boynton's Thorn 459 pointed at the apex, wedge-shaped, often abruptly so, at the base, coarsely and doubly toothed, thick, hairy on the upper surface, becoming rough, dark green and shining, and with impressed veins above, paler beneath; leaf-stalks winged above, glandular-hairy, from 10 to 15 mm. long. The flowers are about 2 cm. broad, in many-flowered hairy corymbs; calyx-tube densely hairy at the base, sHghtly hairy a
. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. Boynton's Thorn 459 pointed at the apex, wedge-shaped, often abruptly so, at the base, coarsely and doubly toothed, thick, hairy on the upper surface, becoming rough, dark green and shining, and with impressed veins above, paler beneath; leaf-stalks winged above, glandular-hairy, from 10 to 15 mm. long. The flowers are about 2 cm. broad, in many-flowered hairy corymbs; calyx-tube densely hairy at the base, sHghtly hairy above; calyx-lobes lanceolate, pointed, green, slightly hairy, glandu- lar-toothed; stamens 10 to 20; anthers yellow; styles 3 to 5. The fruit ripens early in October; it is nearly globular, 10 to 13 mm. thick, bright red or orange- red, calyx-lobes spreading; flesh yellow, thick, dry and mealy, containing 3 to 5 nutlets ridged on the back, from to mm. long, the nest of nutlets 7 to 9 mm. thick. 17. BERLANDIER'S THORN — Crattegus Beriandieri Sargent Berlandier's thorn occurs in the bottom-lands of the Brazos River at Columbia and Brazoria, Texas. It is a tree 5 to 6 meters high, with spreading branches, forming a broad top; the bark is dark brown and furrowed; the twigs are dull reddish brown, whitish matted-hairy at first, becoming smooth, and bear an occa- sional straight gray spine to cm. long. The leaves are oblong-obovate to oval, 4 to 10 cm. long, 3 to 8 cm. wide, pointed at the apex, strongly wedge-shaped at the base, sharply and irregularly doubly toothed nearly to the base, with 3 or 4 pairs of broad, short lobes, hairy on the upper surface, whitish woolly-hairy on the lower side, becoming smooth and dark green Fig. 407. - Berlandier's Thom. above, paler beneath, thin; leaf-stalks woolly-hairy, becoming smooth, winged above, i to cm. long. The flowers are about 15 mm. broad in many-flowered whitish woolly-hairy corymbs; calyx woolly-hairy, its lanc
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