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g. Crataegus rotundif6élia (Ehrh.) Borck. Glandular Thorn. (Fig. 1999.) 
Mespilus rotundifolia Ehrh. Beitr. 3: 20. 1788. 
Crataegus glandulosa Willd. Sp. Pl. 2: 1002. 1800. Not 
._ Soland. 1789. 
C. coccinea var. oligandra T. & G. Fl. N. A. 1: 465. 1840. 
C. rotundifolia Borck. in Roem, Arch. 1: Part 3, 87. 17098. 
A shrub, similar to the preceding species, the spines 
slender. Leaves mostly smaller, slender-petioled, 
thin, becoming firm, dull, glabrous or very nearly so, 
oval, ovate, obovate, or some of them nearly orbicular, 
incised-serrate with gland-tipped teeth, or sometimes 
lobed, acute at the apex, most of them narrowed or 
cuneate at the base, the veins not very conspicuous; 
bractlets and calyx-lobes very glandular; flowers nu- 
merous, 8/’-12’’ broad; fruit oval or obovoid, red, 4//— 
8’ long. 
Connecticut to Indiana, Floridaand Alabama. Ascends 
to 3500 ft. in Virginia. Blooms laterthan C. coccinea where 
the two grow together. April-June. 
1o. Crataegus macracantha Lodd. 
Long-spined Thorn. (Fig. 2000. ) 
Crataegus macracantha Lodd.; Loudon, Arb. Brit. 
Ed. 2,2:819. 1854. 
Crataegus coccinea var. macracantha Dudley, Bull. 
Cornell. Univ. 2:33. 1886 
A shrub or small tree, the branches sometimes 
straggling, the bright brown thorns 2’-5/ long. 
Leaves dark green, dull, rather stout-petioled, 
114’-314’ long, glabrous above, usually with a 
few hairs on the prominent veins beneath, 
sharply and often doubly serrate with gland- 
tipped teeth, acute or obtuse at the apex, nar- 
rowed or cuneate at the base; pedicels often 
pubescent; calyx and bractlets glandular; flow- 
ers numerous, 6//-8’ broad; fruit globose or 
oval, 3//-5/’ in diameter. 
Quebec to Dakota, south to Virginia and Mis- 
sourl. May-June. 
\ 
11. Crataegus mOllis (T. & G.) Scheele. Red-fruited Thorn. (Fig. 2001.) 
Crataegus coccinea var. mollis T. & G. Fl. N. A. 1: 
465. 1840. 
Crataegus subvillosa T. & G. Fl. N. A. 1: 465. As 
synonym, 1840. 
Crataegus mollis Scheele, Linnaea, 21: 569. 1848. 
Crataegus tomentosa var. mollis A. Gray, Man. Ed. 
5, 160. 1867. 
Similar to Cra/aegus coccinea, growing to 
about the same height. Leaves generally 
broadly ovate, truncate at the base, large 
(sometimes 5’ long), incised and sharply ser- 
rate with gland-tipped teeth, roughish above, 
very pubescent beneath, especially when young; 
corymbs many-flowered; twigs, petioles and 
calyx densely pubescent; calyx-lobes usually 
incised and glandular; flowers 8//-12/’ broad; 
fruit bright red, 7/’-12’’ in diameter, hairy. 
Thickets, Quebec to Michigan, Nebraska and 
Missouri, south to Pennsylvania, Louisiana and 
Texas. Wood hard, light reddish-brown; weight 
per cubic foot 501bs. April-May. 
