The Hawthorns 



shrub. Thorns numerous, slender, straight, i^ to 2 inches long, 

 sometimes branched when old. Bark grey, often brownish, 

 scaly. Leaves broadly ovate, acute, irregularly lobed, finely 

 serrate, thin, firm, yellow-green at maturity; smooth, i to 2^ 

 inches long; petioles stout, short, with red glands. Flowers, May, 

 in 4 to lo-flowered corymbs, smooth, corrollas f inch across, 

 stamens 10, anthers pale yellow; styles 3 to 5, tufted. Fruit 

 ripe and falling in October, in erect clusters of 2 to 4; each a 

 flattened globe, rusty reddish green, with dark dots, ^ inch in 

 diameter; calyx spreading, falling off before fruit ripens; flesh 

 thin; nutlets 3 to 5, distinctly ridged. Preferred habitat, stream 

 borders and uplands. Distribution, Appalachian foothills, to 

 3,000 feet elevation; southern Virginia and southeastern Kentucky 

 to northern Georgia and Alabama. 



XII. PULCHERRIM/t 



Haw (C. opima, Beadl.) — Small tree 20 to 25 feet high, with 

 open, oval head, above a slender, spiny trunk. Thorns slender, 

 straight, shining, i to i^ inches long. Bark nearly black at base; 

 ashy grey on limbs. Leaves ovate, acute, sharply saw-toothed, 

 lobed above middle, thin, firm, pale beneath. Flowers, few in 

 clusters § inch across, stamens 20, anthers purple. Fruit in 

 October, persistent, small, few, bright red, mealy. Preferred 

 habitat, clay soil in woods. Distribution, about Greenville, 

 Alabama. 



XIII. BracteaT/^ 



Haw (C Ashei, Beadl.) — Tree 1 5 to 20 feet high, with pyra- 

 midal head. Thorns slender, i to i^ inches long. Bark scaly, 

 grey or brown. Leaves broadly ovate to obovate, about 2 inches 

 long, finely serrate, blunt at apex, tapering to base. Flowers in 

 May, 3 to 10 in cluster on hairy stems, f inch across, stamens 20, 

 anthers yellow. Fruit, October, bright red, i inch long, dotted, 

 thick fleshed. Preferred habitat, clay soil of fallow land. Distribu- 

 tion, near Montgomery, Alabama. 



XIV. Flavm 



Haw (C aprica, Beadl.) — ^Tree 15 to 20 feet high, or many- 

 stemmed shrub. Thorns straight, slender, chestnut brown, 



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