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Louis to eastern Kansas.? 
SILVA OF NORTH AMERICA. 
ROSACEA. 
It appears to have been first noticed in October, 1882, at Allenton, Mis- 
souri, by Mr. George W. Letterman, by whom the following year seeds were sent to the Arnold 
Arboretum, where this interesting tree has grown to a large size and flowers and fruits profusely every 
year.” 
1 In April and October, 1895, Crategus coccinioides was collected 
by Mr. J. B. S. Norton in Riley County, Kansas (No. 146). 
2 In spite of its large and very beautiful individual flowers and 
fruits and handsome foliage, Crataegus coccinioides is not one of the 
showiest of the American Thorns, as the flowers and fruits are pro- 
duced in such compact clusters that they are often nearly hidden 
by the large leaves. It is beautiful, however, in the autumn when 
the foliage is turning, and the brillianey of the bright orange and 
scarlet leaves at the ends of the leading branches is heightened by 
contrast with the dark green leaves with their red petioles on the 
lateral branchlets. 
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 
Puate DCLXXIV. CRat#Gus COCCINIOIDES. 
1. A flowering branch, natural size. 
to 
. Vertical section of a flower, the petals removed, enlarged. 
. A fruiting branch, natural size. 
. Cross section of a fruit showing the nutlets, natural size. 
. A nutlet, side view, enlarged. 
3 
4 
5. Vertical section of a fruit, natural size. 
6 
7 
. A nutlet, front view, enlarged. 
