Genus 6. 



APPLE FAMILY. 



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36. Crataegus straminea Beadle, Alleghany Thorn. Fig. 2370. 



C. straminea Beadle, Bot. Gaz. 30: 345. 1900. 



Crataegus intricata Sarg. Rhodora 2: 28. 1901. Not J. 



Laiige. 

 C. apposita Sarg. Bot. Gaz. 35; 103. 1903. 

 C. Bissellii Sarg. Rhodora 5 : 65. 1903. 



An irregularly branched shrub, sometimes 10° high, 

 with occasional spines i'-2' long. Leaves elliptic-ovate, 

 f'-2i' long, ¥-2' wide, subcoriaceous, bright yellow- 

 green above, glabrous, acute at the apex, cuneate at 

 the base, serrate or doubly serrate with 3 or 4 pairs of 

 acute lobes towards the apex, the lower pair often more 

 deeply cut; corymbs 3-7-flowered, glabrous; flowers 7"- 

 10" broad; stamens about 10; anthers yellow or some- 

 times pink; styles and nutlets 3 or 4; fruit pyriform to 

 ellipsoid, angular, about 5" thick, yellow-green; calyx- 

 tube prominent, the lobes reflexed, stronglv serrate 

 towards the apex. 



Rocky hills, western Vermont to southern Michigan, south 

 through Connecticut to Delaware, to northern Alabama and southern Missouri. May ; fruit ripe 

 October. 



37. Crataegus pallens Beadle. Beadle's Yellow-fruited Thorn. Fig. 2371. 



C. pallens Beadle, Bilt. Bot. Stud, i : 27. 1901. 

 C. amara Ashe, Journ. E Mitch. Soc. 18: 22. 1902. 

 Crataegus forlunata Sarg. Proc. Acad, Nat. Sci. Phil. 62^ : 

 239. 1910. 



A shrub or small tree up to 25° high, with ascending 

 branches and numerous slender thorns i'-2' long. 

 Leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, subcoriaceous, glabrous, 

 i'-2l' long, ¥-2¥ wide, acute at the apex, broadly 

 cuneate to slightly cordate at the base, serrate or twice 

 serrate with 2 or 3 pairs of acute lobes, the lower pair 

 more deeply cut ; corymbs glabrous, f ew-flovi'ered, 

 flowers 8" or 9" broad; calyx-lobes glabrous outside; 

 stamens 10-20, the anthers usually pink, small ; styles 

 and nutlets 2 or 3 ; fruit globose to short-ellipsoid, 

 greenish-yellow or yellow, 4"-?" thick ; sepals reflexed, 

 usually deciduous ; flesh hard at maturity. 



Lower altitudes of the Alleghany Mountains, southern 

 Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina. 

 May ; fruit ripe October. 



38. Crataegus Boyntoni Beadle. Boynton's Thorn. Fig. 2372. 



C. Boyntoni Beadle, Bot. Gaz. 28 : 409. Dec. 1899. 

 Crataegus potybracteata Ashe, Journ. E. Mitch. Soc. 16^: 79. 



Feb. 1900. 

 C. Buckleyi Beadle, Bilt. Bot. Stud, i : 25. 1901. 

 C. foetida Ashe, Ann. Carn. Mus. i : 389. 1902. 



A round-topped, irregularly branched shrttb or tree, 

 sometimes 25° high. Spines occasional ; leaves ovate to 

 oval, acute at the apex, broadly cuneate or truncate, 

 serrate or doubly serrate with acute or obtuse lobes 

 towards the apex, ij'-2i' long, i4'-2}' wide, yellow- 

 green above, paler beneath, glabrous ; corymbs often 

 slightly pubescent, becoming glabrous; flowers about 10" 

 wide; calyx-lobes but slightly toothed, sometimes entire, 

 stamens 10-15 ; styles and nutlets 3-5 ; fruit subglobose, 

 5"-8" thick, orange-red or red-brown; flesh hard at 

 maturity. 



Shaly soils, eastern Massachusetts to central Michigan, 

 South Carolina and central Tennessee. May-June : fruit 

 ripe October. 



