19. Crataegus coccinioìdes Ashe. Eggert's Thorn. (Crataegus Eggertii Britton). [Plate 95.] Bark grayish-brown, scaly; spines curved, 2-6 cm. (3/4-21/2 inches) long; leaves broadly ovate, 4-9 cm. (11/2-31/2 inches) long, 3.5-8 cm. (13/4-3 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. (3/4-11/4 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. (11/4-4 inches) long, 3-9 cm. (11/4-31/2 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.
CRATÆGUS COCCINOIDES Ashe. Eggert's Thorn. (× 1/2.)