530 MALACEAE 
elliptic or obovate, finely serrulate or entire, slender-petioled, 3-8 em. long, downy and 
ciliate when young, becoming glabrous or nearly so when old, the apex acute or acuminate, 
the base usually rounded ; petioles sometimes as long as the blades or longer: cymes few- 
several-flowered, borne at the ends of short twigs of the preceding year: pedicels 1.8-5 
em. long, at first downy: sepals about as long as the hypanthium : corolla white, 2.5 cm. 
broad : styles distinct to the base: pome, in the wild form, seldom over 5 cm. long, in the 
numerous cultivated forms often much larger. 
In thickets and woods, Maine to New York and Florida. Escaped from cultivation. Native of 
Europe and Asia. Spring. 
3. MALUS Juss. 
Trees or shrubs, with alternate leaves, their blades toothed or lobed. Flowers showy 
in simple terminal cymes. Hypanthium urn-shaped or campanulate. Sepals 5. Petals 
5, pink or white, rounded, with claws. Styles 2-5, usually united at the base. Ovules 2 
in each cavity. Carpels papery or leathery. Fruit a pome, usually depressed-globose, 
mostly hollowed at the base,its flesh not containing grit-cells. APPLE. CRAB APPLE. 
Leaf-blades glabrous at least at maturity. Bins! 
Leaf-blades oblong or lanceolate: styles nearly distinct. 1. M. angustifolia, 
Leaf-blades ovate: styles manifestly united at the base. 2. M. coronaria. 
Leaf-blades persistently pubescent, often tomentose beneath. 
Leaf-blades gradually or abruptly narrowed at the base: pomes less than 4.5 em. thick. 
Pediceis slender, over 2.5 em. long. 3. M. Ioensis. 
IPedicels stout, less than 2.5 em. long. 4. M. Soulardi. 
-Leaf-blades rounded or subcordate at the base: pomes over 4.5 em. thick. 5. M. Malus. 
1. Malus angustifdlia (Ait.) Michx. A small tree, sometimes 6 m. high, with the 
‘trunk 3 dm. in diameter. Leaf-blades oblong, or lanceolate, thick, shining and dark green 
above, dentate or often entire, rather obtuse or acute at the apex, narrowed at the base, 
2.5-5 cm. long: cymes few-flowered : pedicels 2.5-4 em. long, slender: flowers fragrant: 
-corolla pink, mostly less than 2.5 em. broad: styles nearly separate: pome about 2.5 em. 
-in diameter. 
In thickets, New Jersey to Illinois, Kansas, Florida and Louisiana. Early spring. 
_ 4. Malus coronaria (L.) Mill. A small tree, sometimes reaching a height of 7 m. 
"and a trunk diameter of 3 dm. Leaf-blades petioled, ovate to triangular-ovate, sparingly 
pubescent beneath along the veins when young, glabrous when old, sharply serrate and 
often somewhat lobed, acute or acutish at the apex, rounded or cordate at the base, 2.5- 
7.5 cm. long: flowers very fragrant: pedicels 1.5-2.5 cm. long, glabrous: corolla rose- 
colored, 2.5-5 em. broad: pome globose or depressed, 2.5-3.5 cm. in diameter, greenish 
yellow, fragrant, very acid. 
In thickets, Ontario to Michigan, New Jersey and South Carolina. Early spring. : 
3. Malus Ioénsis (Wood) Britton. A small tree, resembling Malus coronarta. Leaf- 
blades simple, firm, white-pubescent beneath, at length glabrous above, obtuse at the apex, 
mostly narrowed at the base, ovate, oval or oblong, dentate, crenate or with a few rounded 
lobes, 2.5-5 cm. long, or on young shoots much larger; petioles pubescent, 1.7-3.5 em. 
long: flowers much like those of M. coronaria: pedicels pubescent, slender, 2.6-3.5 cm. 
long. 
an woods, Minnesota and Wisconsin to Kentucky, Louisiana and the Indian Territory. Spring. 
4. Malus Soulárdi (Bailey) Britton. A small upright stout-growing tree, resembling 
the two preceding species. Leaf-blades ovate, elliptic or obovate, mostly obtuse or branci 
at the apex, narrowed or rounded at the base, rugose and densely tomentose beneat , 
irregularly crenate-dentate or sometimesfew-lobed ; petioles 2.5 em. long or less, tomentose : 
flowers smaller than those of M. coronaria : cymes dense: pedicels stout, white-tomentose, 
12-24 mm. long: pome 2.5-6 cm. in diameter. 
In woods, Minnesota to Missouri and Texas. Spring. :mes 
5. Malus Malus (L.) Britton. A tree with spreading branches, the trunk some 
zeaching a diameter of 1 m. in cultivation. Leaf-blades petioled, broadly ovate or oval, n 
tuse or abruptly pointed at the apex, rounded or slightly cordate at the base, 2.5-7.5 cm. a 
‘dentate or nearly entire, glabrous or nearly so above, pubescent and often woolly prn 
especially when young: pedicels generally tomentose, 2.5-5 cm. long: calyx nd as 
«corolla pink or white, 3.5-7.5 cm. broad: fruit depressed-globose or elongated, hoto 
zt the base, 3.5-7.5 cm. in diameter. : th to 
In woods and thickets, frequent in southern New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, 8 also of 
Georgia. Our common apple, introduced from Europe and escaped from cultivation. Nati 
western Asia, Spring. 
