62 TREES OF NORTH CAROLINA 



ovate or spatulate, thick, smooth, upper side shiny, 

 the broad end toothed and usually rounded; thorns 

 very long, usually two inches or more ; fruits dull red 

 or greenish red, about % i ncn i n diameter, with 

 one to three, usually two, large nutlets. Dates 

 of flowering: May 19, 1914. Examples: trees in 

 meadow 200 yards above Chapel Hill-Durham road 

 bridge on New Hope Creek. In Orange County 

 this tree with smooth leaves is found only in the low 

 grounds. 



91. Crataegus berberifolia T. & G. Barberry-leaved 

 Haw, He Hog-apple. 



A low broad-topped tree with many stout thorns, 

 1-2 inches long. This tree reaches its northern limit 

 in North Carolina and is not rare on the hills around 

 Chapel Hill. Leaves ovate-spa tulate, %-2 : (/2 inches 

 long, 1 / 3 -l inch wide, thick, shiny and rough pubes- 

 cent above, softly and rather sparcely pubescent be- 

 neath, toothed above, the lower half or third even; 

 flowers in clusters of five to nine, the flower-stalk and 

 ovary very hairy ; fruit oblong, dull orange or red or 

 greenish-red, 5 A 6 -% inch thick, the surface slightly 

 short hairy under a lens at maturity. This Haw is 

 called the He Hog-apple around Chapel Hill on ac- 

 count of the usual lack of fruit, and this year (1916) 

 for the first time we have found a little fruit on 

 them.* Dates of flowering: May 20, 1901; May 7, 



* It has recently been shown that many of the supposed species 

 of Crataegus are probably hybrids, with a large part of the pollen 

 aborted (Journal of Heredity 7:266. 1916). 



