APPLE FAMILY 331 
1. A. canadensis, (L.) Medic. (Fig. 9, pl. 71.) Snap Busu. Serv- 
Ick Berry. Tree, usually small and slender, but sometimes attaining a 
considerable size. Leaves egg-shaped to oblong, usually heart-shaped at 
base, borders sharply serrated, 1 to 3 in. long, not woolly beneath. Bracts 
at base of flower stems purplish, silky, falling early. Flowers large, white, 
in drooping graceful clusters. Fruit about } in. diameter, globose; on 
long stems, crimson or purple, sweet. In dry woodlands. A handsome 
tree when in bloom in early spring. Woods and swamps. March-May. 
2. A. Botryapium, DC. Swap Busn. Tree similar to No. 1, rarely 
30 ft. high. Leaves densely white-woolly beneath. Swamps. April-May. 
3. A. spicata, (Lam.) Dec. (Fig. 6, pl. 71.) Low June Berry. 
Stems 2 to 9 ft. high. Leaves 3 to 4 in. long. Flowers about half as 
large as those of No. 1 or No. 2. Southern part of our area. Grows 
among rocks, from long creeping roots. Blooms in May. 
4. A. rotundifolia, (Michx.) Roem. (Fig. 8, pl. 71.) ROUND-LEAVED 
JUNE Berry. Similar to No. 1, but leaves broad and rounded at both ends, 
coarsely toothed at borders, sometimes heart-shaped at base, smooth on 
both surfaces. Fruit similar to that of No. 1, but ripening after that 
has fallen. Woods and thickets, New York and westward. 
5. A. oligocarpa, (Michx.) Roem. (Fig. 7, pl. 71.) OBLONG-FRUITED 
JUNE Berry. (A. arguta, Nutt.) Low shrub, 2 to 4 ft. high. Leaves 
oblong, pointed at each end with fine serrations at borders, 1 to 2 in. 
long. Flowers, only from 1 to 4, generally 2, in the cluster. Fruit pear- 
shaped, dark purple, 1/4 to 1/3 in. long. Northern borders of our area. 
May. 
6. CRATAEGUS, L. 
Trees or shrubs armed with woody thorns and with umbel-like clusters 
of white or pink flowers. Leaves simple or deeply lobed. Calyx of 5 
parts, short; petals 5, spreading; stamens numerous; pistils 1 to 5. 
Ovary 1 to 5 celled with a single seed in each cell or when two they are 
not alike. Fruit small, nearly globular, with thin fleshy parts and rather 
large nutty seeds. 
Leaves pear-shaped or oblong, not deeply lobed or incised. 
Flowers in clusters. 
eaves without, hairs’ “2° 4 2 0 « se en oe were « ee Gen Crus-Gallt 
Leaves) silky beneath <= = 2 = s 5 « «= + « G punctate 
Flowers single . C. uniflora 
Leaves broad, nearly orbicular or broadly egg-shaped, with deeply incised or 
lobed borders. 
eaves: abrupt or vheart-shaped at base << 5 =<. <« « « «| » « « €. coccinea 
Leaves acute at base. 
Fruit pear-shaped. 
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Flower stems hairy. 
Fruit smooth Pues) op et cae I ees: EC. tomentosa 
; Poaity Vhaityp Wee. os Mies; Bek is) Vereen at ce) ese ee (Ce emollis 
Fruit globular . tat C. macracantha 
Weavedaa- tom 7AlODEG: sy .c. | sume ee: ) few se ae os of ie om 4 7 ie C. Oxyacantha 
1. C. Crus-Galli, L. (Fig. 3, pl. 72.) Cockspur THorn. Shrub or 
small tree, with horizontal branches, growing in pastures and thickets. 
Branches armed with thorns 2 to 4 in. long. Leaves dark shining green 
above, broadest at apex (pear-shaped) and tapering to a short leaf stalk. 
Serrations at borders except at basal third. Fruit globular, red, 1/3 in. 
broad. Common in pastures. Blooms, May or June. 
