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Bulletin of the University of Texas 



ing in the autumn, remaining throughout the winter, de- 

 pressed globose, ys'-V-i' in diameter, bright scarlet with thin 

 dry flesh. 



Maryland, South Carolina to Florida and west to Missouri 

 and Texas. It extends to the Colorado River. 



Fig. 34. Crataegus viridis. 



8. Crataegus glabriscula Sarg. A medium sized tree 20- 

 25 high with ascending branches, brown, scaly bark and 

 slender, brown spines. Leaves oblong, ovate or somewhat 

 orbicular, pointed or rounded at the apex, l^'-2' long, 

 %'-!' wide, entire at base, glandular, toothed above the mid- 

 dle, sometimes 2-3 lobed toward the apex. Corymbs few flow- 

 ered, smooth; pedicels long and slender. Fruit ripening in 

 the autumn and remaining on the tree throughout early win- 



