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MALACEAE. 



Vol. II. 



57. Crataegus anomala Sargent. Oblong-leaved Thorn. Fig. 2391. 



C. anomala Sarg. Rhodora 3: 74. 1901. 

 C. oblongifolia Sarg. Bull. N. Y. State Mus. 105: 

 60. 1906. 



A shrubby tree, sometimes 20° high, with nu- 

 merous spines il'-2 long. Leaves oblong to 

 ovate, l-i'-iV long, f'-3' wide, acute at the apex, 

 broadly cuneate to truncate at the base, serrate 

 or doubly serrate with acute lobes, slightly pu- 

 bescent, becoming scabrous above, densely vil- 

 lous along the veins beneath, yellow-green; 

 petioles pubescent, i'-l' long, many-flowered; 

 corymbs and calyx villous ; flowers 7" or 8" 

 broad; stamens about 10; styles and nutlets 4 

 or 5 ; fruit pyrif orm-ellipsoid, 7"-io" thick, 

 crimson, the calyx-tube prominent, the lobes 

 slightly spreading, persistent, pubescent; flesh 

 thick, edible. 



Quebec to Massachusetts and New York. May ; 

 fruit ripe October. 



58. Crataegus dispessa Ashe. Bush's Thorn. Fig. 2392. 



Crataegus pyriformis Britton, Journ. X. Y. Bot. Gard. 1:5: 



449. March 1900. Not Jacques. 

 C. dispessa Ashe, Journ. E. Mitch. Soc. 17': 14. Dec. 1900. 



A tree, sometimes 30° high, with spreading branches 

 and occasional thorns I'-i*' long. Leaves broadly oval 

 to obovate-oval, obtuse at the apex, cuneate at base, 

 ll'-2i' long, i'-2l' wide, sharply and sometimes doubly 

 serrate, slightly pubescent, becoming glabrate above, 

 pubescent especially along the veins beneath, mem- 

 branous, yellow-green ; corymbs many-flowered, villous ; 

 flowers about 12" broad ; calyx villous, its lobes slightly 

 villous, stamens about 20; anthers pink; styles and nut- 

 lets 4 or 5; fruit ellipsoid-pyriform, about 6" thick, 

 bright cherry-red ; calyx-lobes reflexed ; nutlets ear- 

 shaped ; flesh thick, edible. 



Rich bottom-lands, southern Missouri. May ; fruit ripe 

 September. 



59. Crataegus lanuginosa Sargent. Woolly Thorn. Fig. 2393. 



C, lanuginosa Sarg. Trees & Shrubs i : 113. 1903. 



A tree, sometimes 25° high, with both spreading and 

 erect branches, and numerous thorns ii'-3i' long, the 

 young thorns often bearing undeveloped leaves. Leaves 

 ovate to suborbicular, acute at the apex, broadly cuneate 

 to truncate at the base, coarsely and doubly serrate, l'- 

 2i' long, i'-2i' wide, appressed-pubescent, becoming 

 scabrous above, densely white-tomentose beneath; 

 corymbs many-flowered, white-tomentose; flowers about 

 10" broad; calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute; stamens 

 about 20; anthers pink; styles and nutlets usually S; 

 fruit subglobose to short-ellipsoid, about 8" thick, 

 tomentose, bright cherry-red, the calyx-tube prominent. 



Common about Webb City, Missouri, 

 tember. 



May ; fruit ripe Sep- 



