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2. Punctata. 



Leaves thin to subcoriaceous, obovate-cuneate, usually more or less 

 lobed above the middle; petioles short; anthers rose-colored or 

 pink (sometimes pale yellow in one variety of No. 1); fruit sub- 

 globose to ellipsoidal or oval, usually more or less flattened at the 

 ends, punctate, up to 3 cm. in diameter; flesh dry and mealy; 

 nutlets 2-5, prominently ridged on the back. 

 Stamens usually 20. 

 Anthers rose color or yellow; leaves, corymbs and calyx more or 



less densly villose 1. C. punctata. 



Anthers pink; calyx glabrous. 



Leaves oblong-obovate; pedicels glabrous 2. C. calvescens. 



Leaves broad-obovate to orbicular-obovate or elliptical ; 



pedicels slightly villose 3. C. recedens. 



Stamens 8-14; anthers pink; leaves oblong-obovate, only slightly 

 lobed. 

 Flowers on stout slightly villose pedicels, in 7- or 8-flowered 

 corymbs ; anthers pale pink ; fruit subglobose to short-oblong. 



4. C. porrecta. 



Flowers on slender glabrous pedicels, in 14-20-flowered corymbs; 



anthers light rose pink; fruit ellipsoidal to oval. .5. C. prccstans. 



1. Crataegus punctata Jacquin. 



Hort. Vind., I, 10, t. 28 (1770); Sargent, Silva N. Am., IV, 103, t. 184; 



Man., 389, f. 308; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1905, 583; Gruber, Bull. 



Torrey Bot. Club, XXXII, 389. 

 Crat<rgns punctata mutabilis Gruber, Bull. Torrev Bot. Club, XXXII, 



390 (1905). 



Crataegus Moselemensis Gruber, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, XXXII, 391 (1905). 

 Crataegus Moselemensis corrugata Gruber, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, XXII, 



391 (1905). 



Cratcegus Triosteum Gruber, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, XXXII, 392 (1905). 



Orbisonia, Huntingdon County, B. H. Smith (No. 307), May 19, 1906; 

 Valley of the Conemaugh between Portage and Wilmore, Cambria 

 County, B. H. Smith, (No. 272, with small green fruit) May 21, 1905, 

 B. H. Smith and C. S. Sargent, September 26, 1905; valley of the 

 Little Juniata River below Altoona, Blair County, B. H. Smith, 

 (Nos. 259 and 261) May 20, 1905; near Carnot, back of Stoops' Ferry, 

 Allegheny County, O. E. Jennings and B. H. Smith, (No. 89) October 

 6, 1907; near Linesville, Crawford Vounty, O. E. Jennings, (Nos. 80 

 and 81) June 12 and October 9, 1907, (No. 90) October 9, 1907, May 28, 

 1908; Lincoln Heights, Scranton, Lackawanna County, A. Twining, 

 (Nos. 7 and 8) June 8, 1907; Campbell's Ledge, Luzerne County, 

 A. Twining, May 30, 1907. > 



Crataegus punctata is one of the most generally and widely dis- 

 tributed species of northeastern North America. It varies greatly 

 in the size of the leaves, the amount of pubescence on the leaves, 



