Genus 6. 



APPLE FAMILY. 



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60. Crataegus coccinioides Ashe. Eggert's Thorn. 



Crataegus coccinioides Ashe.Journ. E. Mitch. Soc. 16: 74. 



Feb. 1900. 

 Crataegus Eggertii Britton, Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. i : 447. 



March 1900. 

 C dilatata Sarg. Bot. Gaz. 31 : 9. 1901. 

 C. speciosa Sarg. Trees & Shrubs i : 65. 1903. 



A shrub or tree, sometimes 20° high, with spreading 

 branches, the spines S'-2^' long. Leaves broadly 

 ovate, acute at the apex, rounded or truncate at the 

 base, doubly serrate with several pairs of broad acute 

 lobes, i^'-3J' long, ii'-3' wide, membranous, dark 

 green above, paler and slightly tomentose along the 

 veins beneath ; corymbs 5-12-flowered, glabrous ; flow- 

 ers io"-i2" broad; calyx-lobes ovate, acute, glandular- 

 serrate; stamens about 20; styles and nutlets usually 

 4 or .5 ; fruit subglobose, obtusely angled, 7"-io" 

 thick with prominent calyx-tube and spreading calyx- 

 lobes. 



Montreal Island south to Rhode Island, west to Mis- 

 souri and Kansas. May ; fruit ripe September. 



Fig- 2394. 



61. Crataegus Pringlei Sargent. Pringle's 

 Thorn. Fig. 2395. 



C. Pringlei Sarg, Rhodora 3: 21. Feb. 1901. 

 C. exclusa Sarg. Rhodora 5: 108. April 1903. 



A tree, sometimes 25° high, with ascending branches, 

 and spines i'-2' long. Leaves ovate to oval, concave, 

 ii'-3' long, i'-2i' wide, obtuse at the apex, rounded or 

 abruptly cuneate at the base, twice serrate, very shal- 

 lowly lobed, pubescent, becoming glabrate above, pubes- 

 cent along the veins beneath, bright yellow-green ; 

 corymbs many-flowered, pubescent ; flowers about 10" 

 broad; stamens about 10; anthers pink; styles and nut- 

 lets 3-5 ; fruit short-ellipsoid to pyrif orm, pubescent, 

 red, about 8" thick; calyx-lobes spreading, persistent; 

 flesh thick, acid, edible. 



Western New England, west to northern Illinois and 

 south to Pennsylvania. May ; fruit ripe September. 



62. Crataegus coccinea L. Scarlet 



Thorn or Haw. Red Haw. 



Fig. 2396. 



Crataegus coccinea L. Sp. PI. 476. I753- 



C. pedicillata Sarg. Bot. Gaz. 31 : 226. 1901. 



C.EllwangerianaSarg. Bot. Gaz. 33 : 118. 1902. 



A tree, sometimes 25° high, with ascend- 

 ing and spreading branches, armed with 

 spines i'-2' long. Leaves broadly ovate, 

 acute or acuminate at the apex, broadly 

 cuneate to truncate at the base, 1^-4' long, 

 1V-3V wide, serrate, doubly serrate or 

 lobed, slightly pubescent becoming sca- 

 brous above, nearly glabrous beneath, mem- 

 branous ; corymbs glabrous or villous ; 

 flowers 8"-io" broad; stamens 10-20; styles 

 and nutlets 3-5 ; fruit pyrif orm to short- 

 ellipsoid, red, glabrous or slightly pubes- 

 cent, 7"-io" thick; calyx-lobes rather per- 

 sistent, erect or spreading. 



Connecticut to Ontario, Illinois. Delaware 

 and Pennsylvania. May ; fruit ripe Septem- 

 ber. Hawthorn. White-thorn. Red thorn-bush. 

 Thorn-apple, -bush or -plum. Red thorn. 



