. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 3i6 MALACEAE. Vol. II. 57. Crataegus anomala Sargent. Oblong-leaved Thorn. Fig. C. anomala Sarg. Rhodora 3: 74. 1901. C. oblongifolia Sarg. Bull. N. Y. State Mus. 105: 60. 1906. A shrubby tree, sometimes 20° high, with nu- merous spines il'-2 long. Leaves oblong to ovate, l-i'-iV long, f'-3' wide, acute at the apex, broadly cuneate to truncate at the bas
. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 3i6 MALACEAE. Vol. II. 57. Crataegus anomala Sargent. Oblong-leaved Thorn. Fig. C. anomala Sarg. Rhodora 3: 74. 1901. C. oblongifolia Sarg. Bull. N. Y. State Mus. 105: 60. 1906. A shrubby tree, sometimes 20° high, with nu- merous spines il'-2 long. Leaves oblong to ovate, l-i'-iV long, f'-3' wide, acute at the apex, broadly cuneate to truncate at the base, serrate or doubly serrate with acute lobes, slightly pu- bescent, becoming scabrous above, densely vil- lous along the veins beneath, yellow-green; petioles pubescent, i'-l' long, many-flowered; corymbs and calyx villous; flowers 7" or 8" broad; stamens about 10; styles and nutlets 4 or 5; fruit pyriform-ellipsoid, 7"-io" thick, crimson, the calyx-tube prominent, the lobes slightly spreading, persistent, pubescent; flesh thick, edible. Quebec to Massachusetts and New York. May; fruit ripe October. 58. Crataegus dispessa Ashe. Bush's Thorn. Fig. 2392. Crataegus pyriformis Britton, Journ. X. Y. Bot. Gard. 1:5: 449. March 1900. Not Jacques. C. dispessa Ashe, Journ. E. Mitch. Soc. 17': 14. Dec. 1900. A tree, sometimes 30° high, with spreading branches and occasional thorns I'-i*' long. Leaves broadly oval to obovate-oval, obtuse at the apex, cuneate at base, ll'-2i' long, i'-2l' wide, sharply and sometimes doubly serrate, slightly pubescent, becoming glabrate above, pubescent especially along the veins beneath, mem- branous, yellow-green ; corymbs many-flowered, villous ; flowers about 12" broad; calyx villous, its lobes slightly villous, stamens about 20; anthers pink; styles and nut- lets 4 or 5; fruit ellipsoid-pyriform, about 6" thick, bright cherry-red; calyx-lobes reflexed; nutlets ear- shaped ; flesh thick, edible. Rich bottom-lands, southe
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