Crataegus pycnoloba, Boiss. & Heldr.

22. C. pycnoloba Boiss. & Heldr. View in CoL in Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Or. Nov. 2>(1)-. 46 (1856).

Shrub; twigs silvery-sericeous; spines strong but short. Leaves 15-25 x 15-25 mm, obovate-cuneate, densely silvery-sericeous on both surfaces; lobes 5-7, narrow, acute, entire, extending %of the way to the midrib, with narrow sinuses; petiole 2-4 mm; stipules obovate, acute, entire, caducous. Hypanthium and pedicels densely silvery-sericeous; flowers c. 15 mm in diameter. Sepals triangular-lanceolate, acute, erectopatent; styles 5. Fruit 8-10 mm, globose, brick-red, sericeous while young, crowned by deflexed sepals; pyrenes 3-5. Mountain woods at 1000-1800 m. • 5. Greece (Peloponnisos). Gr.

Subfam. Prunoideae Stipules present, often small and caducous. Flowers 5-merous. Hypanthium concave or tubular, with a single free carpel at the base; epicalyx absent; stamens numerous. Fruit a 1 -seeded drupe. Basic chromosome number 8.