A small shrubby tree sometimes 6 m. (20 feet) high, with irregular
branches and crown.
Specimens have been seen from the following counties: Allen (Deam);
Clark (Deam); Decatur (Deam); Delaware (Deam); Gibson (Deam); Hamilton
(Deam); Hancock (Mrs. Chas. C. Deam); Lagrange (Deam); Madison (Deam);
Marion (Deam); Monroe (Deam); Porter (Deam); Putnam (Grimes); Randolph
(Deam); Steuben (Deam); Sullivan (Deam); Tipton (Deam); Vermillion
(Deam); Warren (Deam); Wayne (Deam); Wells (Deam).
=19. Crataegus coccinioìdes= Ashe. Eggert's Thorn. (_Crataegus Eggertii_
Britton). Plate 95. Bark grayish-brown, scaly; spines curved, 2-6 cm.
(3/4-2-1/2 inches) long; leaves broadly ovate, 4-9 cm. (1-1/2-3-1/2
inches) long, 3.5-8 cm. (1-3/4-3 inches) wide, acute at the apex,
rounded or truncate at the base, doubly serrate with several pairs of
broad, acute lobes, dark green above, paler and slightly tomentose along
the veins beneath, membranaceous; petioles 2 to 3 cm. (3/4-1-1/4 inches)
long, slightly pubescent; corymbs glabrous, 5-12 flowered; flowers
appear in May, about 2 cm. (5/6 inch) broad; stamens about 20; anthers
pink; styles and nutlets usually 4 or 5; calyx lobes ovate, acute,
glandular-serrate; fruit ripens in September, subglobose, obtusely
angled, 1.5-2 cm. (3/4-1 inch) thick, flesh reddish, subacid, edible;
calyx tube prominent, the lobes spreading.
=Distribution.=--Montreal Island to Rhode Island and west to eastern
Kansas and Missouri.
A small tree sometimes 6 m. (20 feet) high, with ascending and spreading
branches and a broad, round-topped crown.
Specimens have been seen from: Floyd (Dr. Clapp, before 1840), (Deam);
Gibson (Schneck); Marion (Deam); Martin (Deam); Vigo (Blatchley);
Whitley (Deam).
=20. Crataegus coccínea= Linnæus. Scarlet Thorn. Red Haw. (_Crataegus
pedicillata_ Sargent). Plate 96. Bark light gray, spines stout, curved,
2-6 cm. (3/4-2 inches) long; leaves broadly ovate, 3-10 cm. (1-1/4-4
inches) long, 3-9 cm. (1-1/4-3-1/2 inches) wide, acute or acuminate at
the apex, broadly cuneate to truncate at the base, serrate, doubly
serrate or lobed, slightly pubescent, becoming scabrous above, nearly
glabrous beneath, membranaceous; corymbs glabrous or sometimes slightly
villous, many-flowered; flowers appear in May, 1.5-2 cm. (2/3-5/6 inch)
broad; stamens 10-20; anthers pink; styles and nutlets 3-5; fruit ripens
in September, pyriform to short ellipsoidal, scarlet or red, glabrous or
slightly pubescent, 1.5-2 cm. (3/4-5/6 inch) thick, flesh thick, dry and
mealy; calyx lobes lanceolate-acuminate, glandular-serrate, erect or
spreading, rather persistent.
[Illustration: Plate 95.