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Crataegus praecoqua Sarg. 



Early tliorn 



Rhodora, 3:27, 5:167 



Shrub 8-10 feet tall with spreading branches ; leaves ovate, oval 

 or rhomboidal, acute or blunt at the apex, broadly cuneate at the 

 base or on young vigorous shoots sometimes rounded, serrate, 

 slightly divided into numerous short, narrow, sharp pointed lobes 

 on each side, at flowering time thin, pale green and clothed above 

 with short appressed whitish hairs, paler below and villose along 

 the midrib and principal veins, when mature thick, dark green, 

 shining, glabrous or scabrous above, paler below, 1.5-2 inches long, 

 nearly or quite as broad, petioles stout, 4-6 lines long, margined 

 on the upper part; flowers on villose, often branching peduncles, 

 calyx tube hairy, its lobes narrow, elongated, glandular serrate, 

 stamens 10, anthers pink; fruit subglobose, erect or drooping, 

 slightly hairy, dark red. 



Clayey soil. Crown Point. Flowers the latter part of May, 

 fruit ripens the last of August or early in September. The species 

 was first published under the name Crataegus praecox, 

 but this was afterward changed to C. p r a e c o q u a . 



Crataegus egglestoni Sarg. 

 Eggleston^s thorn 

 Rhodora, 3 : 30 

 Shrub 5-10 feet tall with slender spreading or ascending 

 branches; leaves oval, elliptic or suborbicular, acute or sharp 

 pointed at the apex, broadly rounded or cuneate at the base, ser- 

 rate, divided into 4-5 short inconspicuous acute lobes on each side, 

 at flowering time thin, yellow green and hairy above with short 

 whitish appressed hairs, paler and glabrous below, when mature 

 thick or subcoriaceous, dark green and scabrous above, 1.5-2 

 inches long and nearly or quite as broad, petioles slender, 6-12 

 lines long, slightly margined at the apex, sparingly glandular; 

 flowers 6-8 lines broad, 5-10 in a cluster, on rather long, loosely 

 villose often branched peduncles, calyx tube glabrous or slightly 

 hairy, its lobes entire or minutely glandular serrate, hairy on the 

 inner surface, stamens 5-8, usually 5, anthers red or rose color; 

 fruit subglobose or oval, crimson when ripe, the mostly persistent 

 calyx lobes reflexed, appressed, nutlets 2-3, 3 lines long. 



