ROSACEA 



surface ; Stamens 20, anthers yellow ; Styles 2-5, tufts of hair at base ; Fruit 

 a pome, oblong, truncate at apex, ^ in. long, black or dark purple ; calyx 

 deciduous ; flesh thick, yellow ; nutlets 3-5 ; ripe in September. 



Leaves alternate, ovate to obovate, cuneate and entire at base, glandular 

 serrate, acute, lobed, subcoriaceous, glabrous, dark green and lustrous above, 

 paler beneath, 1-2 ins. long, l-l^ ins. wide ; petioles glandular. 



A deciduous tree, 20-30 ft. or shrub ; Branches ascending, spreading ; 

 hranchlets slender, rigid, glabrous, bright red, shining ; spines bright red or 

 brown to grey, f-1 in. long, rigid. 



Introduced from Western N. America, 1827. 



RED HAW, Cratwgus mollis. 



Parks, gardens. May. " The large flowers and brilliant scarlet fruits 

 of this tree make it very ornamental in spring and early autunm, and when 

 young the intricate branches, covered with lustrous chestnut-brown bark, 

 render it interesting in winter." 



Floivcrs white, 1 in. diam., in a many-flowered compound corymb, tomentose, 

 bracteate and bracteolate ; pedicels stout ; Calyx-tube hoary-tomentose, lobes 

 narrow, acuminate, glandular-serrate ; Petals with small red mark at 

 base ; Stamens 20, anthers large, yellow ; Styles 4-5, hoary-tonientose at 

 base ; Fruit a pome, oblong to sub-globose, pubescent, 2-1 iu- diam. ; scarlet 

 with black dots; flesh thick, yellow, mealy; nutlets 4-5; ripe August- 

 September. 



Leaves alternate, ovate, cordate or rounded at base, acute, glandular- 

 serrate, 4 5-lobed, thick, Arm, dark yellow-green, paler and pubescent on 

 lower surface ; 3-4 ins. long and broad ; petioles terete, often glandular ; 

 stipules lunate, serrate. Autumn tints yellow, orange and scarlet. 



A deciduous tree, 15 ft., spreading head; Branches smooth; Tidgs 



pubescent; Bark ashy grey; Spines straight, 1-2 ins. long ; Jf^ood hard, light 



reddish-brown. 



Native of U.S.A. Syn. jMcspilus coccinca (Schmidt). 



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