COMPARISON OF MORPHOLOGICAL AND MICROSCOPICAL DIAGNOSTIC CHARACTERS OF HAWTHORN FRUITS (CRATAEGUS SPECIES)

This paper deals with studies on morphological and microscopical diagnosticcharacters of Chinese Hawthorn fruits.Their similarities and differences in morphological andmicroscopical characters among eight species of Crataegus(C.pinnatifida Bge.,C.pinnatifida var.majorNE Br.,C.cuneata sieb.& Zuce.,C.scabrifolia (Franch.) Rehd.,C.hupehensis Sarg.,C.kansuensis Wils,C.maximowiczii Schneid. and C.sanguinea Pall.)fruits are compared and illustratedwith diagrams.