CRATÆGUS COCCINEA Linnæus. Scarlet Thorn. (× 1/2.)
Distribution.—Connecticut to Ontario, Illinois, Delaware and Pennsylvania.
A small tree sometimes 8 m. (25 feet) high, with ascending and spreading branches and a broad, round-topped crown.
Specimens have been seen from the following counties: Floyd (Deam); Knox (Deam); Noble (VanGorder); Steuben (Deam); White (Deam).
Horticultural Uses.—This fine tree has been in the gardener's hands several centuries. There are specimens in the Kew Gardens, England, more than two hundred years old.
20a. Crataegus coccinea var. Ellwangeriàna, n. nom. (Crataegus pedicillata var. Ellwangeriana (Sargent) Eggleston). Corymbs densely villous; fruit slightly villous.
Distribution.—Known in Indiana from Deam's specimen No. 27355 from Warren County.