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CRATAEGUS 



tha, Dudl.). Fig. 577. Shrub or small tree, to 20 ft., of 

 dense growth, with numerous long and slender spines : 

 Ivs. rather slender-petioled, broadly elliptic or ovate, 

 doubly serrate, glabrous, shining and dark green above, 

 almost glabrous beneath : corj-mbs more or less vil- 





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576 Crataegus punctata 



lous; fls. fragrant; calyx-teeth glandular-serrate: fr. 

 % in. in dlam. May, June. Quebec to Va., west to Mo. 

 and Dak. S.S. 4:181. B.R. 22:1912. L.B.C. 11:1012 (as 

 C. glandulosa). A.G. H:509.-Sometimes cultivated 

 under the name of C. Douglasi. Var. suocul^nta, Rehd. 

 {C. succuUnta, Schrad.). Lvs. pubescent beneath: 

 pedicels and calyx densely villous. 



11. sangninea, Pall. Shrub or small tree, with up- 

 right, spreading branches and short spines: lvs. ovate 

 or broadly ovate, narrowed into the petiole, irregularly 

 serrate and slightly lobed, more deeply lobed on vigor- 

 ous shoots, nearly glabrous, lV^-3 in. long : corymbs 

 pubescent or glabrous; fls. large; stamens 20, with pur- 

 ple anthers : fr. % in. in diam. Siber., Dahur., Amur- 

 land. Var. Altiica, Loud. (var. xanthocdrpa, Regel). 

 Fr. yellow, smaller : anthers whitish: lvs. more deeply 

 lobed. 



DDD. Fr. blacl-, shining ; stones with 2 furrows. 



12. Doilglasi, Lindl. (C sangutnea, var. Doiiglasi, 

 Torr. & Gr. ). Tree, to 40 ft., with slender, often pendu- 

 lous branches, unarmed or with short spines . lvs. short- 

 petioled, broadly ovate or oblong-ovate, serrate and 

 slightly lobed, nearly glabrous, pubescent on the mid- 

 rib above, chartaceous, 1-4 in. long; corymbs glabrous: 

 calyx lobes triangular-ovate: fr. ripening in Aug. or 

 Sept. May. Brit. Columb. to Calif. S.S. 4:175. B.I. 

 21:KS10. 



AA. Foliage distinctly lobed, with veins going fm,,, 

 the 'midrib to the sinuses (see also No.l); stones 

 plain on the inner side except No.U. 



B. Fr. very smiill, about iiin. across: calyx lobes 

 separated by a distinct line from the fr. and fall- 

 ing off at length. 



13. cordata, Ait. ( C. acer(«!ia, Mnch. C. popuUfdlia, 

 Walt.). Washington Thorn. Tree, to .^0 ft., with 

 slender spines : lvs. slender, petioled. triangular or 

 broadly ovate, usually truncate at tin l.i-. , :; ", l,,li..i, 



sharply serrate, 1 ;-q-2K in. long : • li,, 



glabrous: styles 5: fr. depress.. I .: in, 



bright coral-red. June. 111. to Ala. ;iii : \ i ^ - i i-i 

 B.R. 14:1151.-A very desirable spe.-i,->. »h1, h.-uuiUul 

 fall-coloring and large clusters of bright red f r. remain- 

 ing a long time on the branches. 



14. aplifdlia, Michx. Shrub or small tree, rarely 20 ft., 

 with stout R]iinp'5 imd the hrnm-hlets pubescent when 

 young: lvs. ^1. nil. r, p.iiMlr.l. Im.adly ovate, pinnately 

 5-7-clett, siii;,t,., ^^l.iKiMii. ,,i- |, nil. scent, %-lK in. long: 

 corymbs fi-w IM., \ iUmus, |mli.s,, nt; styles 1-3: fr. oval, 

 1-4-1-5 in. hiKh. Mny. V.u an.l I'la. to Tex. S.S. 4:188. 

 — A handsome species with gr.aceful foliage and an 

 abundance of white fls. in spring and small but bright- 

 colored frs. in fall. 



BB. Fr. K in. or more across : calyx not separated. 



O. Fr. red or yellow. 



D. Branches and lvs, glabrous. 



15. Oxyacflntha, Linn. Hawthorn or May of English 



CRAT^GUS 



literature. Shrub or small tree, to 15 ft., with spreading 

 branches and stout spines : lvs. short-petioled, oineate 

 or truncate at the base, roundish or broadly ovate, 3-5- 

 lobed, with incisely serrate lobes, 1-2 in. long: corymbs 

 5-10-fld., glabrous: fr. globular or roundish oval, /i-Hin. 

 high, scarlet; stones 2, with 2 furrows on the inner side. 

 May. Eu.,N.Afr. B.R. 13:1128 (as C. oxj/ncrt«»ioide«). 

 Var. xanthocArpa, Roem. Has yellow fr., very distinct 

 and showj'. — Often confounded with the following, and 

 less commonly cultivated. 



llo 



Shrub 



ortree, to2i) ft , 

 petioles, ovat. , 

 apex, 1-2 in. l(.h_ , . 

 pedicels: fr. u\al, v.. 

 May, June. Eu. and : 

 den forms are cultivi 



Var. pimicea, Hort. Fls. d.cp red. F.S. l.->:i:.iiii. Fig. 1. 

 L.B.C. 14:1363. Var. TftBea, Hort. Fls. pink, petals with 

 white claw. With double fls. : Var. &lba plina, Hort. 

 With white double fls. F.S. 15:1509, Fig. 2. Var. Paidi, 

 Hort. (var. cocclyiea, Hort. Var. Paul's New Double 

 Scarlet). Fig. 578. Bright scarlet, one of the most 

 showy. I. H. 14:536. Var. punlcea pl6na, Hort. Scarlet- 

 red. R.B. 24:161. Var. riibra plina, Hort. Red. F.S. 

 15:1509, Fig. 3. Varieties difff-ring in lvs. and habit: 

 Var. laoini^ta, Loud. Lvs. deeply pinnatiti.l with incised 

 serrate lobes. Var. ptjridiiolia, L<iud. (var. filirl folia, 

 Hort.). Similar, but lvs. hiniri-r, witli iiarn.w.r and more 

 incised lobes. F.S. 20:2076. Var. quercifolia, L..u(l. 

 Lvs. with broad, rounded andcrenat..- l.tln-s. \'ar. h6rrida, 

 Carr. Branches with fascicles of nuincn.us stuut si.incs. 

 F.S. 14:1468. G.C. HI. 24:13. Var. p^ndula, Hort. With 

 pendulous branches. Var. p6ndula rdsea,Hi>rt. A pen- 



dulous form, with pi 

 pyram iditlis, Hort. ) . 

 eemperfldrens, Andr.^- 

 ful shrub, flowering ii 

 are also some vars. w 



a, Loud. (var. 

 ,'ht habit. Var. 

 .). Low, grace- 

 , p. 140. There 



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577. Crat^gus macracantha (X '3 1. 



17. pinnatiKda, Bunge. Shrub or small tree, to 20 ft. : 

 lvs. slender-petioled, cuneate, elliptic-ovate, pinnately 

 .5-9-cleft, incisely serrate: corymbs many-fld., usually 

 pubescent: £r. globular orpyriform, dark red, punctate, 



