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APPLE FAMILY. 



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2. Malus coronaria (L/.) Mill. American 

 Crab Apple. (Fig. 1979.) 



Pyrus coronaria L. Sp. PI. 480. 1753- 



Malus coronaria Mill. Card. Diet. Ed. 8, no. 2. 1768. 



A small tree, sometimes reaching a height of 25 

 and trunk diameter of 12' '. Leaves petioled, ovate 

 to triangular-ovate, sparingly pubescent beneath 

 along the veins when young, glabrous when old, 

 sharply serrate and often somewhat lobed, ovate, 

 acute or acutish at the apex, rounded or cordate 

 at the base, \ f -^' long; flowers rose-colored, very 

 fragrant, i / -2 / broad; pedicels f>"-\%" long, gla- 

 brous; calyx slightly pubescent; pome fleshy, glo- 

 bose or depressed, \'-\Yz' in diameter, greenish- 

 yellow, fragrant, very acid. 



In thickets, Ontario to Michigan, south to New Jer- 

 sey and South Carolina. Wood soft, reddish brown; 

 Weight per cubic foot 44 Ibs. Called also Sweet-' 

 scented Crab Tree. April-May. Fruit ripe Sept. 



3. Malus loensis (Wood) Britton. 

 Western Crab Apple. (Fig. 1980.) 



Pyrus coronaria var. loensis Wood, Class- 

 book, 333. 1860. 



Pyrus loensis Bailey, Am. Card. 12 : 473. 1891. 

 A small tree, resembling Malus corona- 

 ria. Leaves simple, firm, white-pubescent 

 beneath, at length glabrous above, obtuse 

 [ at the apex, mostly narrowed at the base, 

 ovate, oval or oblong, dentate, crenate or 

 with a few rounded lobes, i'-2' long, or on 

 young shoots much larger; petioles and 

 calyx pubescent, #'-i%' long; flowers 

 much like those of M. coronaria ; pedicels 

 pubescent, slender, \'-\ l /z' long. 



Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois to Ken- 

 tucky, Louisiana and the Indian Territory. 

 April-May. 



4. Malus Soulardi (Bailey) Britton. 

 Soulard Crab Apple. (Fig. 1981.) 



Pyrus Soulardi Bailey, Am. Card. 12: 473. 1891. 



A small upright stout-growing tree, resem- 

 bling the two preceding species. Leaves ovate, 

 elliptic or obovate, mostly obtuse or truncate at 

 the apex, narrowed or rounded at the base, ru- 

 gose and densely tomentose beneath, irregu- 

 larly crenate-dentate or sometimes few-lobed; 

 petioles i' long or less, tomentose; flowers 

 smaller than those of M. coronaria, the cymes 

 dense; pedicels stout, white-tomentose, 6 // -i2 // 

 long; pome i / -2^ / in diameter. 



Minnesota to Missouri and Texas. Regarded by 

 some as a hybrid between the preceding and the 

 following species. April-May. 



