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hairs: petioles .5-1.5cm. long, margined above, deeply chan- 
neled. The inflorescence is in loose, 7-18—flowered, compound 
corymbs, the branches 1-—3-—flowered, the lower from the axils 
of the upper leaves. ‘The flowers, appearing the latter part 
of May when the leaves are nearly full grown, are white, 
1.5-1.7 cm. wide: petals nearly orbicular, abruptly contracted 
into a short claw: stamens 7-10, the glabrous filiments 7-8 
mim. long, enlarged at the base, one third longer than the 
3 stout glabrous styles: calyx tube obconic, 4--6 mm. long, 
pubescent with spreading hairs, the lanceolate divisions 
deeply lacinate, appressed pubescent, the serratures gland- 
tipped: pedicels pubescent, stout, .3--2 cm. long: bracts lin- 
ear, Small, inconspicuous, early deciduous. The fruit, per- 
sisting until late in winter, is 8--11 mm. thick, bright red, 
nearly glabrous, the flesh rather thin and firm: seed 2--4, 
about 4 mm. long, somewhat grooved and ridged on the — 
back, the lateral faces plane. 
This species is related to C, Biltmoreana Bead. from which 
it is separated by having much rounder leaves, larger com- 
pound corymbs, and bright red glabrous fruit. Open woods, 
central Illinois. I refer here to material collected at Wady Pe- 
tra, Ill., by V. H. Chase, and distributed as C. macracan- 
tha. 
Crataegus pulcherrima n. sp. A small tree 3--4 metersp in 
height, Twigs very slender, 2--3 mm. thick, red-purple, 
glabrous. Leaf-blades 2--4.5 cm. long, oval to nearly orbicu-- 
lar in outline, 3--7-notched above, glandular-denticulate or 
distantly serrate, obtuse or acute at the entire base, mem- 
branaceous, bright green and glabrous on both sides, with 
4-6 pairs of prominent veins: petiole .5--2 cm. long, very slen- 
der, winged above, roughed with 1--2 pairs of sessile glands. 
Flowers white, in glabrous, few-flowered, nearly simple cor- 
ymbs: pedicels .7--1.5 cm. long, glabrous, strict: stamens 
10, styles 4--5, calyx divisions, acute, entire, deciduous. Fruit 
elabrous, yellowish or reddish, 5--7 mm. thick, 6--8 mm. long: 
seed 4--5, 3--4 mm. long, smooth on the back and the lateral 
faces plane. i 
