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cnlvx tube glabrous, its lobes glabrous, laciniate serrate above the 

 middle, stamens 10, anthers pink or pinkish purple, filaments 

 usually white ; fruit erect on short slightly villose peduncles, sub- 

 globose or short oblong, glabrous, yellowish green when ripe, the 

 calyx lobes mostly deciduous, nutlets 34. 



Shaly soil. Lansingburg. Flowers the last week in May or the 

 first week in June, fniit ripens early in October and soon falls. 

 The species is closely related to C. modesta from which it 

 may be separated by its mostly broader leaves, its less hairy 

 inflorescence, pink or pinkish purple anthers and glabrous yellow- 

 ish green fruit. In this as in the two preceding species the fruit 

 is crowned by a prominent rim which surrounds the calyx cup. 

 The spines are slender, straight or slightly curved and 1.2-2.5 

 inches long. 



MOLLES 



Fruit, large, bright red and shining when ripe, often hairy, 

 specially when young; inflorescence villose tomentose; leaves large, 

 broad, softly hairy when young. 



The three species here recorded are trees or large shrubs with 

 edible fruit. 



Anthers pale yellow or whitish C. c h a m p 1 a i n e n s i s 



Anthers pink, dark red or purple 1 



1 Leaves often convex, calyx lobes hairy on the 



inner surface C. pringlei 



1 Leaves plane, calyx lobes hairy on both surfaces C. e x c 1 u s a 



Crataegus champlainensis Sarg. 



Chaniplain tliorn 



Rhodora, 3:20. Silva N. A. 13:105, t. 669. N. Y. State Mus. 



5.5th Au. Rep't p.944 



Tree or large shrub 10-20 feet tall with widely spreading 

 branches; leaves ovate or broadly ovate, 2-2.5 inches long, 1.5-2 

 broad at flowering time, larger when mature and on vigorous 

 young shoots, acute at the apex, rounded, truncate, broadly 

 cuneate or slightly oordate at the base, slightly and sharply lobed, 

 coarsely and sharply serrate, when young pubescent above with 

 whitish appressed hairs, pubescent beneath and \illose on the 



