A small shrubby tree sometimes 6 m. (20 feet) high, with irregular 

 branches and crown. 



Specimens have been seen from the following counties: Allen (Deam); 

 Clark (Deam); Decatur (Deam); Delaware (Deam); Gibson (Deam); 

 Hamilton (Deam); Hancock (Mrs. Chas. C. Deam); Lagrange (Deam); 

 Madison (Deam); Marion (Deam); Monroe (Deam); Porter (Deam); 

 Putnam (Grimes); Randolph (Deam); Steuben (Deam); Sullivan 

 (Deam); Tipton (Deam); Vermillion (Deam); Warren (Deam); Wayne 

 (Deam); Wells (Deam). 



19. Crataegus coccinioides Ashe. EGGERT'S THORN. (Crataegus 

 Eggertii Britton). Plate 95. Bark grayish-brown, scaly; spines curved, 

 2-6 cm. (%-23/ inches) long; leaves broadly ovate, 4-9 cm. (1^-3^ 

 inches) long 3.5-8 cm. (1^-3 inches) wide, acute at the apex, rounded 

 or truncate at the base, doubly serrate with several pairs of broad, acute 

 lobes, dark green above, paler and slightly tomentose along the veins 

 beneath, membranaceous ; petioles 2 to 3 cm. (^-1^ inches) long, 

 slightly pubescent ; corymbs glabrous, 5-12 flowered; flowers appear in 

 May, about 2 cm. (5/6 inch) broad; stamens about 20; anthers pink; 

 styles and nutlets usually 4 or 5; calyx lobes ovate, acute, glandular- 

 serrate; fruit ripens in September, subglobose, obtusely angled, 1.5-2 

 cm. (%-l inch) thick, flesh reddish, subacid, edible; calyx tube promi- 

 nent, the lobes spreading. 



Distribution. Montreal Island to Rhode Island and west to 

 eastern Kansas and Missouri. 



A small tree sometimes 6 m. (20 feet) high, with ascending and 

 spreading branches and a broad, round-topped crown. 



Specimens have been seen from: Floyd (Dr. Clapp, before 1840), 

 (Deam); Gibson (Schneck); Marion (Deam); Martin (Deam); Vigo 

 (Blatchley); Whitley (Deam). 



20. Crataegus coccinea Linnaeus. SCARLET THORN. RED HAW. 

 (Crataegus pedicillata Sargent). Plate 96. Bark light gray, spines 

 stout, curved, 2-6 cm. (%-2 inches) long; leaves broadly ovate, 3-10 

 cm. (lJ^-4 inches) long, 3-9 cm. (1^-3^ inches) wide, acute or 

 acuminate at the apex, broadly cuneate to truncate at the base, serrate, 

 doubly serrate or lobed, slightly pubescent, becoming scabrous above, 

 nearly glabrous beneath, membranaceous; corymbs glabrous or some- 

 times slightly villous, many-flowered; flowers appear in May, 1.5-2 cm. 

 (2^-5/6 inch) broad; stamens 10-20; anthers pink; styles and nutlets 

 3-5; fruit ripens in September, pyriform to short ellipsoidal, scarlet or 

 red, glabrous or slightly pubescent, 1.5-2 cm. (^-5/6 inch) thick, 

 flesh thick, dry and mealy ; calyx lobes lanceolate-acuminate, glandular- 

 serrate, erect or spreading, rather persistent. 



