316 



MALACEAE. 



VOL. II. 



57. Crataegus anomala Sargent. Oblong-leaved Thorn. Fig. 2391. 



C. anomala Sarg. Rhodora 3 : 74. 1901. 

 C. oblongifolia Sarg. Bull. N. Y. State Mus. 105 : 

 60. 1906. 



A shrubby tree, sometimes 20 high, with nu- 

 merous spines \\'-2 long. Leaves oblong to 

 ovate, ii'-3i' long, '-3' wide, acute at the apex, 

 broadly cuneate to truncate at the base, serrate 

 or doubly serrate with acute lobes, slightly pu- 

 bescent, becoming scabrous above, densely vil- 

 lous along the veins beneath, yellow-green ; 

 petioles pubescent, i'-i' long, many-flowered ; 

 corymbs and calyx villous ; flowers 7" or 8" 

 broad ; stamens about 10 ; styles and nutlets 4 

 or 5; fruit pyriform-ellipsoid, 7"-io" thick, 

 crimson, the calyx-tube prominent, the lobes 

 slightly spreading, persistent, pubescent ; flesh 

 thick, edible. 



Quebec to Massachusetts and New York. May ; 

 fruit ripe October. 



58. Crataegus dispessa Ashe. Bush's Thorn. Fig. 2392. 



Crataegus pyriformis Britton, Journ. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 1:5: 



449. March 1900. Not Jacques. 

 C. dispessa Ashe, Journ. E. Mitch. Soc. 17* : 14. Dec. 1900. 



A tree, sometimes 30 high, with spreading branches 

 and occasional thorns i'-ii' long. Leaves broadly oval 

 to obovate-oval, obtuse at the apex, cuneate at base, 

 \\'-2.\' long, f'-2ji' wide, sharply and sometimes doubly 

 serrate, slightly pubescent, becoming glabrate above, 

 pubescent especially along the veins beneath, mem- 

 branous, yellow-green ; corymbs many-flowered, villous ; 

 flowers about 12" broad ; calyx villous, its lobes slightly 

 villous, stamens about 20; anthers pink; styles and nut- 

 lets 4 or 5; fruit ellipsoid-pyriform, about 6" thick, 

 bright cherry-red; calyx-lobes reflexed; nutlets ear- 

 shaped ; flesh thick, edible. 



Rich bottom-lands, southern Missouri. May ; fruit ripe 

 September. 



59. Crataegus lanuginosa Sargent. Woolly Thorn. Fig. 2393. 



C. lanuginosa Sarg. Trees & Shrubs i : 113. 1903. 



A tree, sometimes 25 high, with both spreading and 

 erect branches, and numerous thorns ii'-3i' long, the 

 young thorns often bearing undeveloped leaves. Leaves 

 ovate to suborbicular, acute at the apex, broadly cuneate 

 to truncate at the base, coarsely and doubly serrate, l'- 

 2f long, f'-2i' wide, appressed-pubescent, becoming 

 scabrous above, densely white-tomentose beneath; 

 corymbs many-flowered, white-tomentose; flowers about 

 10" broad ; calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute ; stamens 

 about 20; anthers pink; styles and nutlets usually 55 

 fruit subglobose to short-ellipsoid, about 8" thick, 

 tomentose, bright cherry-red, the calyx-tube prominent. 



Common about Webb City, Missouri. May ; fruit ripe Sep- 

 tember. 



