The Hawthorns 



shrub. Thorns numerous, slender, straight, i^ to 2 inches long, 

 sometimes branched when old. Bark grey, often brownish, 

 scaly. Leaves broadly ovate, acute, irregularly lobed, finely 

 serrate, thin, firm, yellow-green at maturity; smooth, i to 2^ 

 inches long; petioles stout, short, with red glands. Flowers, May, 

 in 4 to lo-flowered corymbs, smooth, corrollas | inch across, 

 stamens 10, anthers pale yellow; styles 3 to 5, tufted. Fruit 

 ripe and falling in October, in erect clusters of 2 to 4; each a 

 flattened globe, rusty reddish green, with dark dots, ^ inch in 

 diameter; calyx spreading, falling ofi" before fruit ripens; flesh 

 thin; nutlets 3 to 5, distinctly ridged. Preferred habitat, stream 

 borders and uplands. Distribution, Appalachian foothills, to 

 3,000 feet elevation; southern Virginia and southeastern Kentucky 

 to northern Geoigia and Alabama. 



XII. PULCHERRIMiC 



Haw (C opima, Beadl.) Small tree 20 to 25 feet high, with 

 open, oval head, above a slender, spiny trunk. Thorns slender, 

 straight, shining, i to i^ inches long. Bark nearly black at base; 

 ashy grey on limbs. Leaves ovate, acute, sharply saw-toothed, 

 lobed above middle, thin, firm, pale beneath. Flowers, few in 

 clusters inch across, stamens 20, anthers purple. Fruit in 

 October, persistent, small, few, bright red, mealy. Preferred 

 habitat, clay soil in woods. Distribution, about Greenville, 

 Alabama. 



XIII. BracteaTvC 



Haw (C. Ashei, Beadl.) Tree 15 to 20 feet high, with pyra- 

 midal head. Thorns slender, i to i^ inches long. Bark scaly, 

 grey or brown. Leaves broadly ovate to obovate, about 2 inches 

 long, finely serrate, blunt at apex, tapering to base. Flowers in 

 May, 3 to 10 in cluster on hairy stems, f inch across, stamens 20, 

 anthers yellow. Fruit, October, bright red, i inch long, dotted, 

 thick fleshed. Preferred habitat, clay soil of fallow land. Distribu- 

 tion, near Montgomery, Alabama, 



XIV. Flav/e 



Haw (C. aprica, Beadl.) Tree 15 to 20 feet high, or many- 

 stemmed shrub. Thorns straight, slender, chestnut brown, 



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