Gruber: Crataegus jn Berks County, Pa. .391 



long-branched clusters, rich quince-yellow to light-yellow, fre- 

 quently one side shaded with red-orange, occasionally rich, dark 

 olive-green at apex, punctate with green- or brown-russet, cylin- 

 drical-globose or subglobose, 13-20 mm. long and thick ; surface 

 usually uneven and apex angular ; cavity often elliptical ; rarely a 

 kw stamens are fleshy and pale-yellow ; apex of pedicel frequently 

 surrounded by a fleshy ring ; flesh rich yellow, becoming rather 

 soft ; seeds 3-4, 7-8 mm. long ; fruit ripe about the first or second 

 week in October and falling with and after the leaves late in October: 

 a small tree attaining a height of 6 m. and a trunk-circumference 

 of 6 dm. ; old branches usually crowded with short branchlets. 



Type about two and one-half miles west of Kutztown, Pa., in 

 a low field. 



^ Crataegus Moselemensis sp. nov. 



Flowers 18—22 mm, wide, in 3-15-flowered cymes; stamens 

 16-20, often as long as the petals ; anthers pink, appearing yellow 

 in pollen ; styles 2-4, mostly 3 : mature leaves dark-green above ; 

 petiole .5-1.5 or 2 cm. long; blade 3-5 cm. long, 2-3.5 ^"^* 

 wide, or on ends of leading shoots often 5-7 cm. long and 4-5 

 cm. wide, obovate to oval-obovate ; base cuneate to acute ; apex 

 usually rounded to a short acute point, sometimes broadly rounded ; 

 a prominent broader tooth at end of each rib in upper part of 

 blade, often having the appearance of 4-6 pairs of very short 

 lobes, especially on leading shoots : mature twigs often glabrate 

 at middle ; bark on trunk gray to dark-gray, somewhat shaggy : 

 thorns few, 1-4 cm. long : fruit rich dark-crimson or light -maroon, 

 punctate with orange or yellow, cylindrical-globose, 16-20 mm. 

 long and thick ; sepals subsessile ; flesh whitish or yellowish, often 

 reddish-orange at surface; seeds 2-4, 7-9 mm. long, nearly 

 smooth ; fruit ripe about the fourth week in September. 



Type about one-half mile west of Moselem, Pa., on William 

 Hieter's farm, on high ground, near a large spring ; a large, 

 broad-headed tree, 7 m. high, 13.7 m. spread, with a trunk- 

 circumference of 2 m. near ground, 1.83 m. near middle, and 

 3-25 m, at top of trunk; about 90 years old (1902). This 

 hawthorn was brought to my notice by Mr. Samuel S. Gruber, 

 who also aided me in securing material. 



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"" Crataegus Moselemensis corrugata var. nov. 



Cymes 5-25-flovvered ; stamens 18-20, anthers dark-pink; 

 styles 2-5, usually 3 : mature leaves rather more villous-pubes- 

 cent arid slightly narrower, obovate to oblong-spatulate, each of 

 the 2-5 pairs of very short lobes crenate and usually with an acute 



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