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glandular, stamens generally 5, sometimes 5-8, anthers purple; 

 fruit subgiobose, oblong or obovate, generally narrowed toward 

 the base, bright red or crimson, crowned with the persistent, erect 

 or incurved calyx lobes, nutlets 3-5, flesh yellow. 



Clayey soil. Crown Point, Fort Ann, Thompsons Lake and 

 Albany. It flowers from May 15-25, fruit ripens the last week in 

 August and the first week in September. The foliage is commonly 

 yellow green, but it is sometimes dark green. 



Crataegus lobulata Sarg. 



Lohulate thorn 



Rhodora, 3 : 22. Silva N. A. 13 : 117, t. 675 



Tree 15-30 feet tall and a trunk diameter of 6-12 inches ; leaves 

 oval, ovate or oblong ovate, at flowering time 1.5-2.5 inches long, 

 1-2 broad, larger when mature, pubescent with soft appressed 

 whitish hairs above, slightly hairy below, specially on the midrib 

 and principal veins, acute at the apex, rounded or broadly cuneate 

 at the base, sharply serrate, with 4-5 sharp pointed distinct lobes 

 on each side, petioles slender, loosely villose or tomentose, 1-1.5 

 inches long, becoming reddish or tinged with red in maturity; 

 flowers on slender, villose or tomentose i)eduncles, the calyx often 

 hairy below and its lobes hairy on the inner surface, stamens 

 usually 10, sometimes 5-10, anthers reddish jnirple; fruit oblong 

 or subglobose, croAvned by the persistent erect or incurved calyx 

 lobes, when ripe, crimson, 6-S lines long and nearly as broad, nut- 

 lets 3-5, flesh yellow, edible. 



Clayey soil. Crown Point. It blossoms from the 20th to the 

 end of May and ripens its fruit late in September. Its foliage is 

 yellowish green. It is closel}^ related to the preceding species 

 from which it may be separated by its larger size, the hairiness of 

 the lower surface of the leaves, the more hairy inflorescence, more 

 numerous stamens and its later ripening fruit. 



FLABELLATAE 



Fruit medium, scarlet or dark red, nutlets 3-5, ridged on the 



back ; stamens 10-20 ; leaves membranaceous but firm when mature. 



Anthers pink or purplish C. contigua 



Anthers pale yellow or whitish C. i r r a s a 



