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MALACEAE. 



VOL. II. 



69. Crataegus Marshall!! Eggl. Parsley Haw, 

 Parsley-leaved Thorn. Fig. 2403. 



C. Marshallii Eggl. in Britton & Shafer, N. A. Trees 473. 



1908. 



Mespilus apiifolia Marsh, Arb. Am. 89. 1785. 

 C. apiifolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i : 287. 1803. Not Medic. 



I793- 



A shrub or small tree, 7-20 high, the stems usually 

 crooked ; branches spreading ; bark smooth ; twigs 

 tomentose; spines few, I'-ii' long. Leaves broadly 

 ovate to orbicular, acute, slightly cordate to cuneate at 

 the base, pinnately 3-7-lobed, serrate, i'-ii' long and 

 wide, pilose above when young, pilose beneath, mem- 

 branous; petioles i'-2' long, tomentose; corymbs 3-12- 

 flowered, usually villous; flowers 6"-8" broad; calyx- 

 lobes lanceolate, acuminate, serrate, glabrous outside; 

 stamens about 20; anthers dark red; styles and nutlets 

 usually 2; fruit ellipsoid or ovoid, 2"-^" long, scarlet, 

 slightly pubescent; calyx-lobes reflexed; nutlets smooth 

 on back, bare at apex. 



Along streams and swamps, Virginia to Florida, Mis- 

 souri and Texas. Wood hard, bright reddish-brown ; weight 

 per cubic foot 46 Ibs. March-April ; fruit ripe October. 



70. Crataegus spathulata Michx. Small- 

 fruited Thorn or Haw. Fig. 2404. 



C. spathulata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i : 288. 1803. 

 C. microcarpa Lindl. Bot. Reg. 22: pi. 1846. 1836. 



A shrub or small tree, i5-25 high, the bark light 

 brown, smooth, flaky. Twigs glabrous ; spines sparse, 

 l'-ii'; leaves spatulate or oblanceolate, i'-ii' long, 

 i'-f ' wide, acute or rounded and sometimes 3~s-lobed, 

 sharply cuneate into a winged petiole, crenate-serrate, 

 dark green and slightly villous above when young, 

 membranous; flowers about 5" broad, several or nu- 

 merous in glabrous corymbs; calyx-lobes deltoid, 

 entire ; stamens about 20 ; anthers pink ; styles and 

 nutlets usually 5 ; fruit globose or subglobose, red, 

 2" or 3" thick, calyx-lobes reflexed; nutlets slightly 

 ridged on back, the apex bare. 



Thickets at lower altitudes. Virginia to Florida, Mis- 

 souri and Texas. Wood hard, reddish-brown. Weight 

 per cubic foot 45 Ibs. Narrow-leaved thorn. May- 

 June. 



71. Crataegus uniflora Muench. Dwarf Thorn. Fig. 2405. 



C. uniflora Muench. Hausv. 5: 147. 1770. 

 C. parvifolia Ait. Hort. Kew. 2: 169. 1789. 

 C. Smithii Sarg. Trees & Shrubs 2 : 67. 1903. 



A small irregular shrub, 3-8 high. Spines numerous, 

 slender, straight, often leaf-bearing, \'-2\' long; leaves 

 obovate to spatulate, \'-\\' long, i'-ii' wide, obtuse or 

 rounded at the apex, cuneate at base, crenate or crenate- 

 serrate, subcoriaceous, shining above, very pubescent, 

 becoming scabrate; petioles about i' long, pubescent, 

 winged ; corymbs tomentose, i-3-flowered, flowers 6"-8" 

 wide; calyx-lobes foliaceous, slightly pubescent, lacini- 

 ate ; stamens about 20 ; anthers white ; styles and nutlets 

 5-7; fruit ellipsoid, pyriform or globose, greenish-yellow 

 or red, 5 "-8" thick, pubescent; calyx-tube prominent, its 

 lobes reflexed; flesh firm. 



In sandy soil, Long Island, N. Y., to Florida, west to 

 West Virginia, southern Missouri and central Texas. Has 

 been confused with C. tomentosa L. April, May ; fruit ripe 

 October. 



