44 NEW YORK STATK :MrSEUM 



Crataegus modesta Sarg. 

 Modest thorn 

 Rhodora, 3:28 



Small shrub 2-5 feet tall with irregailar short branches; leaves 

 broadly ovate, ovate or oblong ovate, acute at the apex, rounded 

 or cuneate at the base, on young and vigorous shoots often trun- 

 cate or slightly cordate, serrate, with 3-4 short, broad, acute lobes 

 each side, at flowering time pale green and hairy above, paler and 

 villose below, specialh' on the midrib and principal veins, when 

 mature thick and firm, dark green and scabrous above, much paler 

 below, 1.5-2 inches long, 1-1.5 broad, petioles 4-12 lines long^ 

 glandular, villose, margined at the apex, sometimes on vigorous 

 shoots nearly to the base, often becoming red with age; flowers 

 large, 3-6 in a cluster, on short, villose, mostly simple, peduncles^ 

 calyx tube hairy, its lobes slightly hairy, laciniate serrate, reflexed 

 in flower, stamens 10, anthers pale jellow; fruit erect, subglobose^ 

 short oblong or pyriform, greenish yellow, orange red or greenish 

 with a red cheek, hair}^, nutlets 3. 



Clayey and shaly soil. Albany, Rensselaer and Lansingburg. 



Flowers open the last week in May or the first week in June, fruit 



ripens late in September. The spines are variable, being slender 



or stout, straight or curved, and 1-1.5 inches long. On some 



clumps they are very scarce. The 3'oung shoots are more or less 



villose. 



Crataegus peckii Sarg. 



Peck's thorn 



Rhodora, 5 : 63 

 Small shrub 2-6 feet tall, sparingly branched; leaves ovate or 

 broadly ovate, acute at the apex, broadly rounded or concavely 

 cuneate at the base, on young and vigorous shoots often truncate,, 

 serrate, divided into 3-4 short, broad, acute or blunt lobes each side, 

 when young, hairy above with appressed whitish hairs, villose below 

 on the midrib and princijial veins, when mature, firm, dark green 

 and scabrous above, much paler below, the basal pair of lobes often 

 much enlarged and more distinct, 1.2-2 inches long, nearly as 

 broad or on j^oung vigorous shoots 2-2.5 inches long ; flowers large^ 

 3-6 in a cluster, supported on short, villose, simple peduncles^ 



