582 Ramaley and Dodds : Two species of Crataegus 



C. macracantha occidentalis Eggleston, Rhodora 10 : 82 



1908. In part. 



Comparison of the two species 



C. occidentalis 



Form and size 



C. color adensis 



Form and size 



Small, much-branched tree with crooked Spreading round-topped tree, 2-6 m. 

 trunk and limbs, 2-6 m. high, sometimes high, usually symmetrical, not crooked or 



shrub-like and dwarfed. 



much branched. 



Branches and twigs 



Branches and twigs 



Branches gray; twigs blackish, those Branches gray; twigs brownish, those 

 of the season loosely villous. Bud-scales f the season shining chestnut-brown, gla- 

 large, persistent to flowering time, the brous. Bud-scales small, early deciduous, 

 midrib pink-purplish. 



Leaf-blades 



Leaf-blades 



Broadly obovate or oval , coarsely toothed , The same . 



with a tendency to become 4 or 5-lobed. 



Very rough, dark green but not bluish 

 green nor bronze-green. 



Moderately rough, dark bluish green 

 bronze-green. 



or 



Scatteringly pubescent above, pubescent The same. 



on the veins below. 



Petioles 



About i or i the length of the blade, 



Petioles 



About \ the length of the blade, pubes 



pubescent. 



cent. 



Inflorescence 



Inflorescence 



Broad or flat-topped corymb; pedicels 



Broad or flat-topped corymb; pedicels 



villous. 



somewhat pubescent 



Flowers 



Flowers 



About 16 mm. broad. 

 Stamens 10 or less. 

 Anthers white or ere am -colored. 

 Calyx-tube conical, the lobes villous, 

 with slender gland-tipped teeth. 



The same. 

 The same. 



Anthers pink or rose-colored. 

 Calyx-tubes very short conical, the lobe 

 sometimes villous with slender gland-tippe 



teeth. 



Fruit 



Fruit 



Bright red, soft-pulpy. 



The same. 



Broader than long, 10-12 mm. broad, Spherical, 10 mm. in diameter 

 9-1 1 mm. long. 



Not indented where attached to pedicel; 

 the latter club-shaped. 



Indented at base where attached to pedi- 

 cel ; the latter not club-shaped. tuc iau^ v*»w— — r — - 



From the above comparison it is evident that the two sp 

 are easily distinguished. The present writers cannot agree 

 Mr. Eggleston, who, as cited above, combines them and places 





