302 



MALACEAE. 



Vol. II. 



15- C 



New River Thorn. I'^ig 



Journ. E. 

 Bull. N. Car. Agric. Coll. 



2349- 

 Mitch. Soc. 



i6: 



rataegus neofluvialis Ashe 



Ciataegits neofluvialis Ashe 



71. Feb. I goo. 

 Crataegus tiiichigancusis Ashe 



175 : III. Aug. I you. 

 C. gcmmosa Sarg. Bot. Gaz. 33: 119. 1902. 

 C, pisifcra Sarg. Rhodora 7: 163. 1905. 



A tree, sometinie.s 30 high, with ascending and 

 spreading branches, and numerous spines 1-3' long. 

 Leaves eHiptic-ovate to obovate, l'-3' long, S'-2i' 

 wide, acute or obtuse at the apex, cuneate at base, 

 sharply and doubly serrate with obtuse or acute lobes 

 towards the apex, coriaceous, dark green and shin- 

 ing above, pubescent along the veins beneath ; cor- 

 ymbs and calyx-tube glabrous or slightly villous; 

 flowers 6"-8" broad, calyx-lobes more villous inside, 

 glandular-laciniate; stamens 15-20; anthers usually 

 pink, small ; styles and nutlets usually 2 or 3 ; fruit 

 globose or short-ellipsoid, dark red, 3"-6" thick, 

 glabrous or slightly hairy; calyx-lobes reflexed ; 

 flesh thin, glutinous. 



Western Vermont to eastern Wisconsin. North Caro- 

 lina and Iowa. May ; fruit ripe September. 



16. Crataegus Calpodendron (Ehrh.) 



Pear-thorn. Pear or Red 



Rath 



Haw 



Mill. Diet. Ed. 8, n. 5. 

 Harbk. Baumz. 



I 

 i;6S. 



Ed 



I, 



Crataegus Crus- 



Not L. 

 Crataegus tomentosa Du Roi, 



183. 1771. Not L. 

 Mespilus Calpodendron Ehrh. Beitr. 2: 67. 1788. 

 C. Calpodendron Medic. Gesch. Bot. 83. 1793. 

 C. Cliapinani Ashe, Bot. Gaz. 28: 270. 1899. 



A shrub or small tree, sometimes 20 high, with 

 ascending and spreading branches forming a 

 broad crown. Spines occasional, i '-2' long; leaves 

 rhombic-ovate, acute or acuminate at the apex, 

 iJ'-4i' long, 1Y-3' wide, finely and doubly ser- 

 rate, those on the vegetative shoots obtuse and 

 more entire than the others, pubescent on both 

 sides, becoming scabrate above, subcoriaceous, 

 dull green; corymbs white-tomentose; flowers 

 about 7" broad; stamens about 20 (occasionally 

 10) ; anthers small, pink ; styles and nutlets usu- 

 ally 2 or 3 ; fruit pyriform or ellipsoid (in var. 

 microcarpa, globose), orange-red or red, 4" or 5" 

 thick; calyx-lobes reflexed, laciniatfe; flesh gluti- 

 nous; nutlets with deep pits in their ventral faces. 



Central New York, northeastern New Jersey and Pennsylvania to Minnesota and Missouri, south 

 in the mountains to northern Georgia. May-June : fruit ripe Septeinber. Long mistaken for 

 C. tomentosa L. White orcommon (Pa.) thorn. Thorn-apple or -plum. Black thorn. 



17. Crataegus globosa Sargent. Globose-fruited 

 Thorn. Fig. 2351. 



Crataegus globosa Sarg. Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 19: 118. 1908. 



A slender shrub, or tree, sometimes 25 high, with 

 numerous spines l'-2j' long. Leaves oval, obovate or 

 elliptic. 1^-4' long, li'-li' wide, coarsely serrate or 

 doubly serrate with shallow, obtuse lobes towards the 

 apex, acute or bluntish, broadly cuneate at the base, 

 membranous, dark yellow-green and pubescent, becom- 

 ing scabrate above, pubescent beneath ; corymbs villous ; 

 flowers 7"-8" broad ; calyx-lobes lanceolate, acuminate, 

 glandular-laciniate; stamens about 20'; anthers large, 

 pink: styles and nutlets usually 2: fruit globose or 

 short-ellipsoid, about 4" thick. light orange-red, shin- 

 ing : calyx-lobes closely appressed, often deciduous ; 

 nutlets with large shallow cavities on the ventral faces. 



Southern Missouri to southeastern Kansas. May ; fruit 

 ripe October. 



